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Israel strikes Syrian army targets after border unrest
Jul 25, 2020
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Israeli helicopters struck military targets in southern Syrian on Friday in retaliation for earlier "munitions" fire to ...
Iraqi forces free German woman kidnapped in Baghdad
Jul 25, 2020
BAGHDAD — A German woman kidnapped in Baghdad this week was freed overnight and handed over to her embassy, officials from the two countries ...
US general sees Iraq troop drawdown as IS threat dims
Jul 24, 2020
WASHINGTON - A feared resurgence of the Daesh has not so far materialised in Iraq, paving the way for a further coalition troop drawdown, a ...
French FM scolds 'passive' Lebanon leadership
Jul 24, 2020
PARIS -- France's top diplomat Jean-Yves Le Drian scolded Lebanon's leadership on Thursday for failing to take the measures he said are nece ...
Greek navy on alert over Turkish activities
Jul 23, 2020
ATHENS — Greece's navy has deployed ships in the Aegean Sea in "heightened readiness" over Turkish energy exploration activities, a navy sou ...
Egypt homeless, street children hit hard by pandemic scourge
Jul 23, 2020
CAIRO — Wandering Cairo's bustling streets, Zeinab was struggling to survive by selling tissues when the coronavirus left her even more vuln ...
UN warns of alarming rise of hunger in war-torn Yemen
Jul 23, 2020
DUBAI — Acute food insecurity is forecast to rise sharply in war-ravaged Yemen over a combination of factors exacerbated by the coronavirus, ...
Israel arrests Palestinian cultural leaders, raids centres
Jul 22, 2020
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Israeli forces arrested two prominent Palestinian cultural leaders on Wednesday at their home in East Jerusalem on a su ...
Turkey vows to stand by Libya’s unity gov’t against ‘putschists’
Jul 22, 2020
ISTANBUL — Turkey's top security council reaffirmed its determination to back the Government of National Accord in Tripoli, against the riva ...
Iraqi PM meets Rouhani in first trip abroad
Jul 22, 2020
TEHRAN — Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al Kadhemi met Iran's President Hassan Rouhani in Tehran on Tuesday during his first trip abroad since ...
Al Qaeda-linked militants attack Daesh affiliate in Libya
Jun 10, 2015
Libya’s elected parliament rejects UN unity gov’t proposal
Jun 09, 2015
Yemen rebel ally welcomes Swiss peace talks
Jun 09, 2015
US raid on Daesh produced wealth of intelligence — report
Jun 09, 2015
Daesh slave markets sell girls at any price — UN envoy
Jun 09, 2015
With Scud launch, Yemen’s Saleh shows his hand ahead of talks
Jun 09, 2015
US weighs more Iraq training sites but no strategy overhaul
Jun 09, 2015
Iraqi forces push back Daesh in Baiji — US military
Jun 08, 2015
Israelis, Palestinians would gain billions from peace — study
Jun 08, 2015
UN keeps Israel, Hamas off children’s rights blacklist; raps Israel army
Jun 08, 2015
Israel says China does not want its citizens to work on settlements
Jun 08, 2015
‘Stalkers’: Tracking Daesh’s female cheerleaders online
Jun 07, 2015
Britain to expand Iraq training mission to counter Daesh — Cameron
Jun 07, 2015
Saudi-led air strikes kill at least 44 in attack on Yemeni army HQ — agency
Jun 07, 2015
Iraqi troops, militias repel Daesh attacks in Anbar province
Jun 06, 2015
Britain’s Princess Charlotte to be christened in July
Jun 06, 2015
Hizbollah vows to displace ‘millions’ in Israel if Lebanon attacked
Jun 06, 2015
Iran says ‘important progress’ made in nuclear talks
Jun 04, 2015
‘Much Loved’ movie stirs Morocco prostitution rumpus
Jun 04, 2015
Al Qaeda's Syria chief says Daesh caliphate 'illegitimate'
Jun 04, 2015
Conflicts hamper fight against hunger in Mideast — FAO
Jun 03, 2015
Iraqi officials fear Daesh ‘water war’ in Ramadi
Jun 03, 2015

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