World / Middle East

40,832 arrested into FETO probe over 5 months 15 Dec 2016 - 03:04 pm

ANKARA: A total of 40,832 suspects have been arrested for links to the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO) since the July 15 failed coup...

Aid convoy headed to besieged Foua and Kefraya 15 Dec 2016 - 02:58 pm

BEIRUT: Twenty-nine trucks and ambulances along with medics are headed to the Syrian villages of al-Foua and Kefraya, which are besieged by rebels,...

IOF block roads to Ramallah villages 15 Dec 2016 - 02:24 pm

Occupied Jerusalem: Israeli occupation forces Thursday blocked roads leading to the villages of Deir Abu Mesh’al and Beit Rima, near Ramallah, in what...

Timeline of offensive to retake Aleppo 15 Dec 2016 - 01:57 pm

Beirut: As rebel fighters and civilians prepare to withdraw from Aleppo, here is a snapshot of events since forces loyal to President Bashar...

Turkey trying its best to end suffering in Aleppo 15 Dec 2016 - 01:43 pm

LONDON: Ankara is doing its best to end suffering in the Syrian city of Aleppo, Turkey’s Defense Minister Fikri Isik said Wednesday as...

Turkish jets kill 29 PKK terrorists in northern Iraq 15 Dec 2016 - 01:27 pm

ANKARA: Turkish warplanes “neutralized” 29 PKK terrorists in northern Iraq on Sunday, the military said in a statement Thursday. The Turkish Armed Forces...

Aleppo evacuation set to begin after new ceasefire deal 15 Dec 2016 - 01:25 pm

Aleppo, Syria: The evacuation of the last rebel-held areas of Syria's Aleppo was set to begin on Thursday, with opposition fighters and civilians...

Turkish jets 'neutralize' 20 IS terrorists in Syria 15 Dec 2016 - 01:03 pm

ANKARA: Turkish fighter jets have “neutralized” 20 Islamic State terrorists and hit dozens of other terrorist targets in northern Syria as part of...

Paris holds huge protest to support Aleppo 15 Dec 2016 - 12:52 pm

PARIS: Thousands of demonstrators gathered here Wednesday to demand an immediate cease-fire and urgent humanitarian intervention in the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo....

4,000 rebels, family members to quit east Aleppo: state TV 15 Dec 2016 - 11:57 am

Damascus: At least 4,000 rebels and their families will be evacuated from the last opposition-held districts of Syria's Aleppo, state television reported on...

Suicide car bomb explodes at checkpoint in Mogadishu 15 Dec 2016 - 11:27 am

MOGADISHU: A suicide car bomb exploded on Thursday at a checkpoint near Somalia's national theatre in the capital Mogadishu, killing the bomber, police...

Pro-Assad forces fire on convoy leaving east Aleppo: Rescue worker 15 Dec 2016 - 11:23 am

BEIRUT: Pro-Syrian government fighters opened fire on a convoy as it prepared to leave rebel-held eastern Aleppo on Thursday in the first part...

Syrian official says operation begins to evacuate eastern Aleppo 15 Dec 2016 - 09:19 am

BEIRUT: A Syrian official source told Reuters on Thursday that an operation to organise the departure of fighters from eastern Aleppo had started....

UN furious after Israel's terrorism remark on school 15 Dec 2016 - 12:59 am

Jerusalem: UN officials reacted furiously yesterday after a spokesman for Israel's prime minister implied a new United Nations-financed school in the Gaza Strip...

Exiled Abbas rival Dahlan gets three years for graft 15 Dec 2016 - 12:56 am

Ramallah: An exiled rival to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was sentenced in absentia to three years in prison yesterday on corruption charges, his...

Israeli police shoot dead Palestinian 15 Dec 2016 - 12:55 am

Jerusalem: A Palestinian stabbed an Israeli policeman with a screwdriver, slightly wounding him, in East Jerusalem yestersday, and the assailant was shot and...

Aleppo hit by shelling as evacuation stalls 15 Dec 2016 - 12:53 am

Aleppo: Plans to evacuate rebel districts of Aleppo stalled yesterday as more fighting rocked the city and insurgents appeared to have rejected new...