Middle East
Several Arab countries to join air campaign against IS
Several Arab countries have offered to join the United States in air strikes against Islamic State targets, U.S.
Iraq PM says will protect civilians after U.S.-Iraq air strikes against IS
Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said on Saturday that he had ordered his air force to halt strikes on civilian areas, following attacks by...
Syrian refugees attacked in Lebanon after soldiers killed
The kidnap and murder of Lebanese security forces by jihadists from Syria has sparked new tensions in Lebanon, including a backlash against Syrian refugees...
Kerry urges Turkey to join fight against Islamic State
The U.S. has pressed Turkey to support military action against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria, a day after Ankara said it would not allow its...
43 Israeli soldiers protest ‘abuses’ of Palestinians
Forty-three reservists and former members of an elite Israeli army intelligence unit condemned alleged “abuses” of Palestinians in the occupied...
In Syria’s ancient Aleppo, school is a basement under fire
Back to school for children in the rebel-held part of Syria’s northern city of Aleppo can mean having to cower in classes underground, sheltering...
Evidence growing that Hamas used residential areas in Gaza war
Two weeks after the end of the Gaza war, there is growing evidence that Hamas militants used residential areas as cover for launching rockets at Israel,...
10 Arab states agree to join U.S. coalition to fight IS
Ten Arab states, including heavyweight Saudi Arabia, agreed Thursday in Jeddah to rally behind Washington in the fight against Islamic State jihadists,...
Israel opens investigations into Gaza war as EU warns violence could return
Israel’s military said on Wednesday that it had opened five criminal investigations into its Gaza war operations, including attacks that killed four...
Syria ‘likely to have used chlorine gas in attacks’, claims weapons watchdog
Inspectors from the global chemical weapons watchdog have found “compelling evidence” that chlorine gas was used “systematically and...
Iraqi PM appeals for help to fight ‘IS cancer’ as John Kerry flies in
Iraq’s prime minister has appealed to the international community to help in the fight against Islamic State militants.
Obama’s Islamic State plan to include strikes on militants in Syria
U.S. President Barack Obama will ask Congress to quickly authorise the arming and training of Syrian opposition forces but will press forward without formal...
Fiji’s mixed messages over status of captured U.N peacekeepers
Fiji on Wednesday retracted a claim that 45 U.N. peacekeepers being held hostage in the Golan Heights by Syrian Al-Nusra Front rebels were about to be...
Bombing kills leaders of Syrian rebel group
The leader of an ultraconservative Islamic rebel group in Syria was killed Tuesday in a suicide bombing along with other of its top officials, its allies...
Israel illegally coerced African migrants to leave, rights group says
Israel has illegally coerced almost 7,000 African migrants into returning to their home countries, where some face persecution, Human Rights Watch said...
Is Islamic State taking over Al-Qaeda’s Afghanistan stronghold?
Evidence suggests that the Islamic State (IS) is making inroads in Afghanistan and Pakistan, once the traditional stronghold of Al-Qaeda.
Iraq secures area around Haditha dam; Arab League vows to confront IS
Iraqi government forces said Monday they had cleared Islamic State (IS) militants from a wide area around the strategic Haditha dam.
Israel wants international force deployment in Gaza
The Israeli foreign ministry has proposed the deployment of an international force in the Gaza Strip in the aftermath of Operation Protective Edge, the...
Viral gay wedding video leads to arrest warrants for seven in Egypt
Egypt has arrested seven men for taking part in a gay wedding video that went viral on social media, accusing them of inciting debauchery and undermining...
Iran arrests suspected nuclear plant saboteur
Iranian authorities have arrested a Ukrainian national suspected of sabotage at the country’s sole nuclear power plant, an Iranian newspaper reported...
U.S. launches airstrikes around Iraq’s Haditha Dam
The U.S. military said Sunday it launched airstrikes around Haditha Dam in western Iraq, targeting Islamic State (ISIL, or ISIS) insurgents there for the...
Egypt to try Morsi for giving Qatar security papers
Egypt’s deposed president Mohamed Morsi will be tried on charges of giving Qatar documents relating to national security, the state prosecutor said...
Dozens killed in fighting north of Sana’a as Yemen protests grow
At least 50 people have been killed in fighting betwen Yemeni troops and Houthi rebels north of Sanaa, as supporters of the Shia group continue to rally...
#BurnISISFlagChallenge goes viral in the Arab world
A social media viral campaign has sprung up in the Arab world that involves burning the flag of the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) - also known as...
Over 20 dead, dozens injured in Taliban attack in Afghanistan
A Taliban attack on a government compound in Afghanistan on Thursday left three policemen dead and at least 60 people wounded after a massive truck bomb...
Hamas popularity soars after Gaza war, poll finds
The popularity of the Hamas militant group among Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip has spiked significantly following the 50-day war with...
Amnesty International condemns ISIL’s ‘ethnic cleansing’ in Iraq
Amnesty International has accused Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) jihadists of “systematic ethnic cleansing” and mass killings...
Syrian rebels reveal demands for release of Fijian UN peacekeepers
Islamist fighters who seized dozens of Fijian soldiers serving as U.N. peacekeepers on the Golan Heights last week are demanding that their group be removed...
International lampoon: Islamic State now a target of Arab satire
Television networks across the Middle East have begun airing cartoons and comedy programs using satire to criticize the Islamic State group and its claims...
Iraq’s biggest victory in months frees thousands trapped by jihadist siege
Iraqi forces broke through to the jihadist-besieged Shiite town of Amerli Sunday, where thousands of people have been trapped for more than two months...
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