World / Middle East

Turkish strikes kill Kurdish fighters in Syria, Iraq 25 Apr 2017 - 08:45 pm

AL-MALIKIYAH, Syria: Turkish warplanes killed more than two dozen Kurdish fighters Tuesday in strikes in Syria and Iraq, where the Kurds are key...

Countries pledge $1.1bn to avert Yemen famine 25 Apr 2017 - 08:28 pm

Geneva: Countries around the world Tuesday pledged more than one billion dollars to help prevent a looming famine in war-torn Yemen at a...

Sudan union wants Egyptian journalists expelled 25 Apr 2017 - 08:16 pm

Khartoum: Sudan's pro-government journalists' union on Tuesday urged Khartoum to expel Egyptian reporters from the country after Cairo refused entry to two Sudanese...

Iraq forces retake large Mosul neighbourhood from Islamic State 25 Apr 2017 - 03:09 pm

Mosul, Iraq: Iraqi forces retook full control of one the largest neighbourhoods of west Mosul Tuesday from the Islamic State group after a...

Air strikes kill at least 12, damage hospital in Syria's Idlib 25 Apr 2017 - 12:04 pm

BEIRUT: Syrian or Russian air strikes killed more than a dozen people and severely damaged a hospital in and around a town in...

Turkish jets hit PKK targets in Iraq, northeast Syria 25 Apr 2017 - 11:47 am

ANKARA: Turkish Armed Forces hit terrorist PKK targets in northern Iraq and northeastern Syria on early Tuesday, the military said. In a statement,...

US sanctions 271 Syria state workers after chem attack 25 Apr 2017 - 11:22 am

WASHINGTON: The U.S. on Monday sanctioned 271 employees of Syria's state-run Scientific Studies and Research Center (SSRC) following a deadly chemical attack in...

Iran nuclear deal reviewed as uncertainty grows 25 Apr 2017 - 10:45 am

Vienna: Iran and major powers were set to review adherence to their 2015 nuclear agreement on Tuesday, as uncertainty grows about the landmark...

US blacklists 271 Syrian chemists, other experts over sarin attack 25 Apr 2017 - 09:47 am

Washington: The US government put 271 Syrian chemists and other officials on its financial blacklist Monday, punishing them for their presumed role in...

Turkish military says struck PKK targets in Iraq's Sinjar, northeastern Syria 25 Apr 2017 - 08:07 am

ISTANBUL: The Turkish military said on Tuesday that it has carried out air strikes against Kurdish militant PKK targets near Iraq's Sinjar mountains...

US-backed forces enter major Islamic State-held Syria town Tabqa 24 Apr 2017 - 06:03 pm

Beirut: The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces penetrated the Islamic State group's bastion of Tabqa in northern Syria on Monday, overrunning territory in the...

Iran reports H5N1 bird flu outbreak in northern part of country 24 Apr 2017 - 03:38 pm

PARIS: Iran has reported an outbreak of the highly contagious H5N1 bird flu virus in backyard ducks in the northern part of the...

Health of jailed Palestinian MP deteriorates: Panel 24 Apr 2017 - 03:23 pm

RAMALLAH, Palestine: The health of hunger-striking Palestinian lawmaker Marwan Barghouti has reportedly deteriorated inside an Israeli prison, a Palestinian committee said Monday. Barghouti...

Egypt sentences 20 to death in police killings 24 Apr 2017 - 03:04 pm

CAIRO: An Egyptian court has upheld death sentences against 20 suspected Islamists convicted of murder in the deaths of 15 people, including 11...

Iranian court rejects final appeal of jailed British-Iranian charity worker 24 Apr 2017 - 02:59 pm

DUBAI: Iran’s Supreme Court has upheld a five-year jail sentence for a British-Iranian charity worker who was convicted on unspecified charges relating to...

Erdogan accuses French researcher of 'inciting assassination' 24 Apr 2017 - 01:45 pm

Istanbul: President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's lawyer has lodged a complaint against a former French diplomat accusing him of inciting an assassination of the...

Syrian refugees are New York tourists for the day 24 Apr 2017 - 12:24 pm

New York: After fleeing war in Syria and arriving in America with her family four months ago, for one day Mona Hafez is...

Israel detains 12 Palestinians in West Bank raids 24 Apr 2017 - 12:12 pm

JERUSALEM: Israeli forces rounded up 12 Palestinians in overnight raids across the occupied West Bank on Monday, according to the Israel military. The...