Middle East
Lawyer for Pakistan doctor who helped CIA find bin Laden shot dead
A Pakistani lawyer under death threats for defending a doctor who helped CIA agents hunt al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden was shot dead on Tuesday, police...
Syria, Iraq, and the specter of chemical warfare
A Syrian opposition group claimed Tuesday that Bashar al-Assad’s government carried out a chlorine-gas attack in the northern town of Sarmin, killing...
Abu Azrael: Iraq’s celebrity anti-IS fighter
Abu Azrael, Father of the Angel of Death, is the black-bearded, blade-wielding embodiment of the retribution many Iraqis want against the Islamic State.
Israeli opposition promises ‘despair’ will follow vote for Netanyahu
Israelis have begun voting today after a heated three-month campaign that focused on economic issues but ended with a dramatic last-minute pledge by Prime...
Gulf Arabs alarmed as U.S. suggests Assad has a future role in Syria
A remark by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry that President Bashar al-Assad should be included in negotiations on a Syrian political transition provoked...
Saddam’s tomb suffers extensive damage in Iraq fighting
The tomb of Iraq’s late dictator Saddam Hussein was virtually leveled in heavy clashes between militants from the Islamic State group and Iraqi security...
Iraqi Kurds claim Islamic State group used chemical weapons
Kurdish authorities claim to have evidence showing the Islamic State used weaponised chlorine gas against Peshmerga fighters in January.
Iraqi forces poised for final Tikrit assault
Iraqi commanders were plotting a strategy for flushing out the few remaining Islamic State group jihadists from central Tikrit, a city one commander said...
Closing in on victory: Iraqi forces ‘will liberate Tikrit within 72 hours’
Iraqi commanders were plotting a strategy for flushing out the few remaining Islamic State group jihadists from central Tikrit, a city one commander said...
Talks over Iran’s disputed nuclear plans still have ‘important gaps’, says Kerry
US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Saturday that talks on Iran’s disputed nuclear programme have made progress, but there were still “important...
Victory close as Iraqi forces pound besieged Tikrit jihadists
Iraqi forces battled Islamic State jihadists making what looked increasingly like a last stand in Tikrit, but the group responded by vowing to expand its...
Egypt tycoon says family will finance a fifth of country’s investment needs
A tycoon from Egypt’s wealthiest family said Friday that they are putting up a fifth of the country’s investment needs this year because it...
IS readies for Tikrit last stand but ‘expands’ to Nigeria
Thousands of Iraqi forces laid siege to jihadists holed up in Tikrit Thursday but the Islamic State group shrugged off setbacks by welcoming Nigeria’s...
Islamic State launches major Syrian offensive as Iraqi troops move into Tikrit
The Islamic State jihadist group launched a major offensive Wednesday to try to capture a strategic town on the Syrian-Turkish border, leaving dozens dead...
Young boy shown killing Israeli in new Islamic State video is French
A man and young boy shown killing a Palestinian hostage in the latest Islamic State video are French citizens, according to a French official.
Israel demolishes EU-funded shelters in Jerusalem
Israeli authorities on Tuesday demolished an EU-funded shelter in Arab east Jerusalem, the European Union said, denouncing the move. EU funds have helped...
Ultraconservative to head Iran’s top clerical body
Iran’s Assembly of Experts, the clerics who appoint and can dismiss the country’s supreme leader, have picked an ultraconservative as their...
Netanyahu says Israel will not cede land to Palestinians
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel will not cede any territory due to the current climate in the Middle East, appearing to rule...
Beleaguered President renames Aden as Yemen’s ‘new capital’
Beleaguered President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi, who fled to Aden after escaping from Shiite militia controlling Sanaa, considers the southern port city to...
IS advances on strategic town in northeast Syria, destroy ruins in Iraq
Islamic State group jihadists launched a fierce assault Saturday in a bid to gain control of a strategic town in Syria’s northeastern Hasakeh province,...
IS militants ‘bulldoze’ ancient Iraqi city of Nimrud
The Islamic State group began bulldozing the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud in Iraq, the government said, in the jihadists’ latest attack on the...
IS militants ‘bulldoze’ ancient Iraqi city of Nimrud
The Islamic State group began bulldozing the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud in Iraq, the government said, in the jihadists’ latest attack on the...
Saudi top diplomat urges allies to face IS ‘on the ground’
Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister urged the U.S.-led coalition conducting air strikes against the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq to wage a ground...
IS Militants ‘Bulldoze’ Ancient City of Nimrud In Iraq
The Islamic State group began bulldozing the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud in Iraq, the government said, in the jihadists’ latest attack on the...
Islamic State torches oil field snear Tikrit as Iraqi soldiers advance
A witness and a military source said Islamic State fighters ignited the fire at the Ajil oil field to shield themselves from attack by Shi’ite militiamen...
Mines and bombs slow Iraqi advance on Islamic State-held Tikrit
Iraqi forces are closing in on Tikrit on the second day of Baghdad’s largest operation yet against the Islamic State group.
U.S., partners conduct nine air strikes against Islamic State
The United States and its coalition partners conducted four air strikes against Islamic State militants in Syria and five in Iraq on Sunday and Monday,...
Iraqi offensive unfolding without U.S. support
The United States and its allies have received no request from Iraq to carry out air strikes in support of Baghdad government troops fighting to recapture...
U.S., partners conduct 9 air strikes against Islamic State
The United States and its coalition partners conducted four air strikes against Islamic State militants in Syria and five in Iraq on Sunday and Monday,...
Iraqi army sends in 30,000 troops in a bid to get Tikrit back from IS control
Some 30,000 Iraqi troops and militia backed by aircraft pounded jihadist positions in and around Tikrit on Monday in the biggest offensive yet to retake...
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