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9 Iran-backed fighters killed in 2nd raid in Syria in 24 hours — monitor
Jun 28, 2020
BEIRUT — Air strikes targeting positions of Iran-backed militias in eastern Syria killed nine fighters on Sunday in the second such raid in ...
Civilians among over 100 victims of Libya mines — UN
Jun 28, 2020
TRIPOLI — Mines have killed or wounded more than 100 people, including many civilians, south of Libya's capital following deadly combat betw ...
The men who bake up a ‘blessing’ in Tehran
Jun 28, 2020
 TEHRAN — They bake what Iranians call "the barakat [blessing] of the table", and it is eaten for breakfast, lunch and dinner — traditi ...
Ethiopia says it is on track to fill mega-dam as AU pushes for deal
Jun 27, 2020
ADDIS ABABA — Ethiopia said Saturday it was on schedule to begin filling a controversial mega-dam on the Blue Nile River within weeks but vo ...
Israel strikes Gaza in response to alleged rocket fire: Occupation forces
Jun 27, 2020
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Israeli air force jets have struck Hamas positions in the Gaza Strip after rockets were fired on Friday from the territ ...
Funding gap risks pushing millions of Yemeni children to 'brink of starvation' — UNICEF
Jun 27, 2020
DUBAI — Millions of children in war-torn Yemen could be pushed to "the brink of starvation" due to a lack of funding amid the coronavirus pa ...
A world redrawn: Lebanon film director fears nothing will change
Jun 27, 2020
 NICOSIA — Prize-winning Lebanese documentary filmmaker Carol Mansour fears the world has learnt nothing from the novel coronavirus sho ...
Hamas says West Bank annexation would be 'declaration of war'
Jun 25, 2020
GAZA CITY — Israel's planned annexation of parts of the occupied West Bank would be a "declaration of war", Gaza rulers Hamas said on Thursd ...
Iraq hit with record-high COVID-19 deaths
Jun 25, 2020
BAGHDAD — Iraq registered nearly 2,500 new coronavirus cases and over 100 deaths on Thursday, setting new records in a country whose health ...
Iran says coronavirus deaths top 10,000
Jun 25, 2020
TEHRAN — Iran on Thursday announced 134 new deaths from the novel coronavirus took the overall toll in the Middle East's deadliest outbreak ...
Yemen strikes show Arab resolve to act alone — Saudi Arabia
Apr 22, 2015
UN demands aid access to Syria’s Yarmouk camp
Apr 21, 2015
Daesh claims execution of 11 pro-government fighters in Iraq
Apr 21, 2015
Libya’s official gov’t has no luck selling oil bypassing Tripoli — sources
Apr 21, 2015
Ramadi exodus compounds Iraq humanitarian crisis
Apr 20, 2015
Palestinian ministers cut short Gaza visit over dispute with Hamas
Apr 20, 2015
Egypt court sentences 22 to death over 2013 attack on police
Apr 20, 2015
Kuwait top court orders bail for opposition leader
Apr 20, 2015
Somali militants kill six in bomb attack on UN vehicle
Apr 20, 2015
Iran charging US journalist Rezaian with four crimes — Washington Post
Apr 20, 2015
Saudi Arabia on alert over possible oil or mall attack
Apr 20, 2015
Israel’s Netanyahu given 14 more days to form government
Apr 20, 2015
Palestinian court drops case against ex-Gaza strongman
Apr 20, 2015
Mayor in stand-off with chemical firms in Haifa
Apr 20, 2015
Jewish man stabs Arab Israeli in hate attack
Apr 20, 2015
Palestinian ministers visit Gaza over employee dispute
Apr 19, 2015
Iran, Afghanistan announce security cooperation against Daesh
Apr 19, 2015
Iraq clears massive oil refinery of Daesh — coalition
Apr 19, 2015
Israel PM to request extra time for forming government
Apr 19, 2015
France provides first weapons to Lebanon for Daesh fight
Apr 19, 2015
Iran nuclear weapons are US ‘myth’ — Khamenei
Apr 19, 2015
Israel, Palestinians ‘reach accord’ on frozen taxes
Apr 18, 2015

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