World / Middle East

Four Jordanians given death penalty over drugs killing 26 Dec 2016 - 06:40 pm

Amman: A state security court sentenced four Jordanians to death on Monday for murdering a member of the security forces involved in the...

Netanyahu seeks to rally Israelis around him in anti-Obama assault 26 Dec 2016 - 05:04 pm

JERUSALEM: Benjamin Netanyahu has been unrelenting in his criticism of the Obama administration over what he condemned as its “shameful” decision not to...

Ronaldo’s message to Syrian children goes viral 26 Dec 2016 - 02:00 pm

ISTANBUL: A heart-warming message from a world-famous footballer to devastated children in war-torn Syria went viral through social media. Real Madrid Portuguese star...

Iran culls birds after avian flu outbreak 26 Dec 2016 - 01:45 pm

Tehran: Iran has killed hundreds of thousands of birds in recent weeks as avian flu spreads across seven provinces of the country, officials...

Israel to demolish mosque South of Hebron 26 Dec 2016 - 12:45 pm

Hebron: Israeli forces on Monday informed Palestinians in Masafer Yatta area, a Bedouin congregation south of Hebron in the West Bank, that they...

Turkey accuses IS of killing 30 civilians in Syria 26 Dec 2016 - 12:31 pm

Istanbul: The Turkish army on Monday accused Islamic State (IS) jihadists of killing at least 30 civilians seeking to flee the flashpoint Syrian...

Israeli forces shoot and detain Palestinian in Nablus 26 Dec 2016 - 12:15 pm

Nablus: Israeli forces shot and injured a Palestinian in Nablus, north of the West Bank, on Monday when youths confronted soldiers accompanying around...

Over 240 injured Aleppans treated in Turkey 26 Dec 2016 - 12:05 pm

HATAY, Turkey: As many as 246 injured civilians evacuated from the Syrian city of Aleppo have been treated at hospitals in Turkey, the...

Airstrikes kill 13 militants in Egypt’s Sinai 26 Dec 2016 - 11:38 am

CAIRO: At least 13 militants were killed in Egyptian airstrikes in the restive Sinai Peninsula late Sunday, according to a local security source....

Airstrike kills 20, injures scores in Iraq’s Mosul 26 Dec 2016 - 11:18 am

NINEVEH, Iraq: At least 20 people were killed and scores injured in an airstrike in Iraq’s northern city of Mosul on Sunday. A...

Turkish army says Islamic State attack in Syria's al-Bab killed 30 civilians 26 Dec 2016 - 10:56 am

ANKARA: At least 30 civilians were killed and many others were wounded on Sunday after Islamic State launched an attack in the Syrian...

233 injured Aleppans treated in Turkey 26 Dec 2016 - 10:53 am

HATAY, Turkey: Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Veysi Kaynak said Sunday 233 injured people from east Aleppo have been brought to Turkey for treatment...

Erdogan calls Putin over Syria, Russian plane crash 26 Dec 2016 - 09:12 am

ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin following the tragic Russian plane crash that killed 92 people, presidential...

Al Jazeera condemns arrest of its journalist in Egypt 26 Dec 2016 - 09:00 am

Al Jazeera Media Network has denied "fabricated charges" against its news producer who was arrested in Egypt on Friday. The Qatar-based Network on...

Syrian prisoner dies in Israeli jails 26 Dec 2016 - 08:51 am

Ramallah: A Syrian prisoner died in the Israeli jails, the Palestinian Authority for Prisoner Affairs announced. Asaad Al Wali, from the occupied Golan...

Fire at oil refinery in Israel’s Haifa 26 Dec 2016 - 12:15 am

Firefighters are battling a blaze that erupted in a fuel tank at the Oil Refineries Ltd. facility in the northern city of Haifa,...

Turkey moves arms to Syria border, seeks Trump’s backing in war on IS 26 Dec 2016 - 12:15 am

Ankara: Turkey’s military deployed tanks and guns on the Syrian border as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged joint action with the Trump administration...

Israel to approve new settlements in Jerusalem 25 Dec 2016 - 11:59 pm

Occupied Jerusalem: Israel will approve thousands of new settlement units in Occupied Jerusalem within two weeks in response to the UN Security Council...