Middle East

Inquiry says Israel fired on seven UN Gaza schools in 2014 war
Israel fired on seven United Nations schools during the 2014 Gaza war, killing 44 Palestinians who had sought shelter at some sites, while Palestinian...
Islamist rebels capture key town of Jisr al-Shughur from Syrian forces
Fighters of Syria’s al-Qaeda affiliate and its allies have overrun the last major government-held city in the northwestern province of Idlib, according...
Iraq army ‘driving IS out of the country and winning the battle’
A senior commander in the Iraqi army has revealed they are taking back crucial territory from the Islamic State group in Anbar province. Special forces...
New deadly strikes in Yemen despite rebel demands
Saudi-led warplanes launched more deadly strikes in Yemen Thursday despite a demand by Iran-backed rebels for a complete halt to the raids as a condition...
Afghan Taliban announce ‘spring offensive’ to start April 24
The Afghan Taliban announced on Wednesday they will launch their annual “spring offensive” from April 24, vowing attacks across the country...
Arrival of U.S. warships off Yemen ‘proof U.S. in league with Saudi Arabia’
A senior official in the Iran-allied Houthi movement said the movement of more U.S.
Saudi vows to cover $274m UN aid call for Yemen as air raids continue
Saudi Arabia pledged Saturday to cover the entire $274 million in humanitarian aid sought by the UN for conflict-torn Yemen, which has also been the target...
IS claims deadly Afghan suicide attack: President Ghani
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a suicide attack in Afghanistan Saturday that killed 33 people and wounded more than 100 others, President...
Over 25,000 flee military operations in Iraq
Over 25,500 people have fled Iraq’s Ramadi district due to the ongoing military operations launched on April 8, a UN spokesperson said. More...
Iraqi forces kill Saddam aide, car bomb explodes outside U.S. consultate
Iraqi officials said Friday they believe that government forces had killed Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, a former deputy of Saddam Hussein who for over a decade...
Australian FM to tackle Iran on nuclear and asylum seekers
Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop visits Iran at the weekend looking for Tehran to take back failed asylum seekers, but the rare trip also has deeper...
Intense Yemen bombing, al-Qaeda attack after UN peace call
Intense bombing by a Saudi-led coalition hit Yemen again Friday, three weeks into an air campaign against Iranian-backed rebels, as Al-Qaeda seized more...
Iran to appoint first female ambassador since Islamic Revolution in 1979
Iran will appoint its first female ambassador abroad since the Islamic Revolution in 1979, Fars and Mehr news agencies said late on Monday.
Indonesian domestic worker beheaded for murder in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia on Tuesday beheaded an Indonesian domestic worker who knifed to death a Saudi woman described in press reports as her employer.
Families of Turkey mining disaster victims in quest for justice
Dozens of suspects go on trial Monday over modern Turkey’s worst mining disaster that left 301 miners dead in the western town of Soma and tarnished...
U.S. Washington Post journalist held in Iran facing ‘espionage’ charges
A Washington Post journalist detained in Iran for over eight months is accused of “espionage” and “acting against national security,”...
U.S. journalist held in Iran facing ‘espionage’ charges
A Washington Post journalist detained in Iran for over eight months is accused of “espionage” and “acting against national security,”...
Saudi demands Iran stop backing rebels in war-torn Yemen
Riyadh on Sunday demanded Tehran stop backing Shiite rebels in Yemen but insisted it is “not at war with Iran”, as Saudi-led warplanes launched...
Saudi air strikes kill eight more civilians in Yemen, medical sources say
Saudi-led airstrikes targeting a military camp killed eight civilians in the central Yemeni city of Taiz on Sunday, a medical source said.
UN envoy sees Syria willing to help ease Yarmouk crisis
A U.N. envoy said on Saturday he was confident the Syrian government would cooperate in alleviating the situation facing some 18,000 people in a Palestinian...
Afghan aid workers found dead; 100 students hospitalised after meal
Authorities in western Afghanistan are investigating whether 100 schoolboys who were hospitalised on Saturday were poisoned, police said, a day after five...
Yemen rebels capture city, Iran condemns Saudi air campaign
Shiite rebels and allied troops overran the capital of an oil-rich Yemeni province in a heavily Sunni area on Thursday, making significant territorial...
Agreement opens door to Syrian army operation in Yarmouk
Palestinian groups agreed to join forces with the Syrian government to expel Islamic State militants from an embattled Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus,...
Islamic State group releases over 200 captive Iraqi Yazidis
More than 200 most elderly members of Iraq’s Yazidi minority were freed by the Islamic State group after eight months in captivity and crossed Wednesday...
Developing: At least one NATO soldier killed in firefight with Afghan troops
An American soldier has been killed and at least three wounded during a firefight between NATO troops and an Afghan soldier.
Iraq exhumes remains of 47 from Tikrit graves: spokesman
Iraq has exhumed the remains of 47 people believed to have been massacred by jihadists from mass graves in Tikrit, the human rights ministry’s spokesman Kamel...
2,000 refugees evacuated from Syria’s Yarmouk after IS advance
Around 2,000 people have been evacuated from the Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus after the Islamic State group seized large parts of it, a...
Saudi-led Yemen air strikes continue despite Red Cross pleas for ceasefire
Saudi-led air strikes against Houthi rebel targets have continued unabated in Yemen, hours after the Red Cross called for a 24-hour ceasefire to give aid...
Yemen air strikes continue despite Red Cross pleas for ceasefire
Saudi-led air strikes against Houthi rebel targets have continued unabated in Yemen, hours after the Red Cross called for a 24-hour ceasefire to give aid...
In Iraq, a historic Christian library saved from militants
The Syriac Orthodox Christians of Mar Matti, a monastery that dates back to the 4th century, moved to rescue their centuries-old library of around 80 manuscripts...

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34