World / Middle East

US, Saudi Arabia blacklist Hezbollah members, financiers 20 Oct 2016 - 07:33 pm

Washington: The United States and Saudi Arabia Thursday imposed sanctions on alleged Hezbollah members and financial backers, accusing them of funneling money to...

Lebanon's Aoun: former general dreaming of presidency 20 Oct 2016 - 06:51 pm

Beirut: Former general Michel Aoun, who once waged a "war of liberation" against Syria but later allied with pro-Damascus Hezbollah, is poised to...

Kurds attack IS-held town as Mosul battle rages 20 Oct 2016 - 06:33 pm

Nawaran, Iraq: Kurdish forces launched a major assault Thursday on a town held by the Islamic State group near Mosul, opening a new...

Lebanon's Aoun set for presidency after key endorsement 20 Oct 2016 - 06:27 pm

Beirut: Lebanon's former prime minister Saad Hariri on Thursday endorsed the presidential bid of political rival Michel Aoun, paving the way for the...

Five things to know about Aleppo 20 Oct 2016 - 03:06 pm

Beirut: Syria's one-time economic hub, Aleppo and the surrounding countryside have suffered some of the heaviest fighting of the five-year civil war that...

Israel army shuts Jerusalem print shop for ‘incitement’ 20 Oct 2016 - 02:32 pm

JERUSALEM: The Israeli army has shut down a print shop in the Arab town of Al-Ram on Jerusalem’s outskirts for alleged "incitement", according...

UN hopes Aleppo medical evacuations will happen Friday 20 Oct 2016 - 02:12 pm

Geneva: The United Nations said it hopes to carry out the first medical evacuations from eastern Aleppo on Friday after it got clearance...

British Al-Jazeera reporter freed in Somalia 20 Oct 2016 - 12:39 pm

Nairobi: A British journalist arrested in Mogadishu while on a reporting assignment has been released by Somalian security forces, his employer Al-Jazeera said...

Sanaa has quiet night as Yemen truce starts, some small breaches 20 Oct 2016 - 11:50 am

SANAA: Parties to the war in Yemen for the most part adhered to a 72-hour truce that began just before midnight on Wednesday...

Israel PM concerned Obama may act before leaving office 20 Oct 2016 - 10:09 am

Jerusalem: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has expressed concern President Barack Obama may take action Israel opposes at the United Nations before leaving office...

Russia's Aleppo ceasefire begins but clashes erupt 20 Oct 2016 - 09:53 am

Aleppo, Syria: A "humanitarian pause" took effect Thursday in the Syrian army's Russian-backed assault on rebel-held areas of Aleppo but it was quickly...

'Humanitarian pause' goes into effect in Aleppo 20 Oct 2016 - 08:45 am

Aleppo, Syria: A "humanitarian pause" announced by Russia went into effect on Thursday in the Syrian army's devastating Moscow-backed assault on rebel-held areas...

Iraqi elite unit, Kurdish forces in fresh push to close in on Mosul 20 Oct 2016 - 08:34 am

EAST OF MOSUL, Iraq: An Iraqi army elite unit and Kurdish fighters on Thursday launched a fresh offensive to dislodge Islamic State militants...

Al Jazeera says journalist and team detained in Somalia 19 Oct 2016 - 06:53 pm

NAIROBI: Somali security agents have detained a British journalist working for television network Al Jazeera together with his cameraman and their driver and...

Mosul, Aleppo to 'set the course of anti-Islamic State fight' 19 Oct 2016 - 04:19 pm

ANKARA: Iraq's Mosul and Syria's Aleppo are the two cities which will set the future course of the fight against Islamic State, according...

Lebanon’s Hariri backs Aoun for president, some allies opposed 19 Oct 2016 - 03:07 pm

BEIRUT: Former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri intends to endorse Michel Aoun for the vacant presidency, senior political sources said, and the Hezbollah...