World / Middle East

One Turkish soldier, two PKK militants killed in clashes 14 May 2016 - 02:31 pm

Ankara: One soldier and two Kurdish rebels were killed in clashes on Saturday in Turkey's restive southeast, the Turkish army said. Two soldiers...

Syrian regime shells Turkmen Mountain region, killing 2 14 May 2016 - 01:52 pm

By Erdal Turkoglu HATAY, Turkey: Two people were killed early Saturday when Assad regime forces shelled the Turkmen Mountain area of Syria’s northwestern...

Israel army arrest 2 Palestinians in West Bank 14 May 2016 - 01:48 pm

Ramallah: Israeli occupation authorities today arrested 2 Palestinians in West Bank. Palestinian sources said a student was arrested inside Al Aqsa Mosque and...

Rebels seize Syrian village, killing 19, dozens missing 14 May 2016 - 01:28 pm

BEIRUT: A group monitoring the Syrian civil war said insurgents killed at least 19 civilians after capturing an Alawite village from government control...

45 Islamic State terrorists killed in Syria 14 May 2016 - 01:22 pm

ANKARA: A total of 45 Islamic State terrorists were killed in Syria's Aleppo province during an operation carried out by Turkish Armed Forces...

Turkey president's daughter to marry in Istanbul 14 May 2016 - 12:50 pm

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan is greeted by students upon his arrival at Kocaeli University in the western city of Izmit, Turkey. Kayhan Ozer/Presidential...

Turkish shelling, coalition air strike kills 45 IS militants in Syria-Anadolu 14 May 2016 - 11:58 am

ISTANBUL: The Turkish military and U.S.-led coalition forces killed 45 Islamic State militants in shelling and an air strike north of the Syrian...

Insight: For Iran and Hezbollah, a costly week in Syria 14 May 2016 - 10:49 am

People inspect a site hit by an airstrike in the rebel-controlled city of Idlib, Syria May 13, 2016. REUTERS/AMMAR ABDULLAH By Tom Perry...

Hezbollah blames Islamist extremists for killing military chief in Syria 14 May 2016 - 10:12 am

Members of Lebanon's Shiite militant group Hezbollah carry a portrait of Mustafa Badreddine, a top Hezbollah commander who was killed in an attack...

GCC states denounce Iran’s attempts to politicise Haj 14 May 2016 - 05:42 am

Riyadh: Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states have denounced Iran’s attempts to politicise Haj and using the Islamic pillar to harm Saudi Arabia. Secretary-General...

Insurgents kill 19 seizing Syrian Alawite village: Observatory 13 May 2016 - 06:16 pm

File photo of women walking past damaged buildings along a street in the old city of Homs June 3, 2015. REUTERS/OMAR SANADIKI BEIRUT:...

Blast kills Hezbollah military chief in Syria 13 May 2016 - 05:27 pm

An undated handout picture released by the military media office of Lebanon's Shiite movement Hezbollah on May 13, 2016 shows its top military...

Women boxers punch through social taboos in Sudan 13 May 2016 - 04:02 pm

Arrafat Abkar, 22, waits in the ring during boxing practice at Nile Club in Khartoum May 9, 2016. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah By Khalid...

Europe needs ‘new formula’ to solve visa-free deal with Turkey: Turkey’s EU minister 13 May 2016 - 02:47 pm

Turkey's Minister of EU Affairs Volkan Bozkir speaks during a joint press conference with President of the European Parliament after a meeting, on...

Eight wounded by car bomb near Istanbul military barracks 13 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Members of the police special forces stand guard following a vehicle explosion near a military facility in Istanbul, Turkey, May 12, 2016. REUTERS/Yagiz...

Residents hold protest blaming leaders for Baghdad carnage 13 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Iraqi Shiite men carry the coffin of a victim of the bomb attack a day earlier in Baghdad's Sadr city, during a funeral...

Sudan’s Bashir defies arrest warrant with trip to Uganda 13 May 2016 - 12:00 am

Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir attends the swearing-in ceremony of Uganda's president Yoweri Kaguta Museveni at the Kololo independence grounds in Kampala, Uganda,...