US-Saudi can't move on until crown prince 'dealt with'

Republican US Senator Lindsey Graham yesterday said the relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia cannot move forward until Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is "dealt with", without being more specific.
19 January 2019

Syrian Kurds reject Turkish 'security zone'

Syria's Kurds yesterday rejected a US proposal for a "security zone" under Turkish control along the Syrian side of the two countries'
16 January 2019

IS attack kills US forces in north Syria

A suicide attack killed US servicemen in northern Syria yesterday, causing the United States to suffer its worst combat losses in the war-torn country since 2014 as it prepares to withdraw.
16 January 2019

Turkey to set up Syria 'security zone'

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday said that Ankara would set up a "security zone" in northern Syria suggested by US President Donald Trump.
15 January 2019

WFP cuts aid for Palestinians

The World Food Programme (WFP) has suspended or reduced aid for some of its Palestinian beneficiaries in the occupied West Bank and
14 January 2019

4 killed, 44 injured in Kabul blast

A car bomb exploded near a heavily fortified foreign compound in Kabul yesterday, killing at least four people and wounding 44,
14 January 2019

Saudis committed to accountability

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said yesterday that Saudi leaders assured him everyone responsible for the murder of journalist Jamal
14 January 2019

Crisis gone on too long

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo yesterday said that a rift between Qatar and its Arab Gulf neighbours had gone on for too long.
13 January 2019

Turkey sends reinforcements to Idlib border

Turkey loaded tanks and armoured vehicles onto trucks yesterday and dispatched the convoy to the Turkish province of Hatay on the
12 January 2019

Israel hits Damascus airport warehouse

The Syrian state news agency said Israeli warplanes fired a number of missiles toward the Damascus area on Friday, triggering Syrian air
12 January 2019

Pompeo blames Obama

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday accused Barack Obama of sowing chaos by abandoning the Middle East to Islamist militants and Iranian influence in a blistering critique of the former president's policies even as Pompeo's boss, President Donald Trump, moves to pull American troops out of Syria.
11 January 2019

Syria withdrawal has started

The US-led coalition in Syria has begun withdrawing its troops, a spokesman said yesterday, less than a month after US President Donald Trump made his shock announcement.
11 January 2019

Some US officials 'first-class idiots'

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei yesterday dubbed some US officials "first-class idiots" as he ridiculed them for predicting
9 January 2019

Saudi teen a legitimate refugee: UN

The UN has said an 18-year-old Saudi woman who fled her family is a legitimate refugee and has asked Australia to resettle her,
9 January 2019

'Bolton made serious mistake'

President Tayyip Erdogan yesterday rebuked Washington's national security adviser for demanding that Turkey does not harm Kurdish fighters in Syria, accusing him of complicating US President Donald Trump's plan to withdraw US troops.
8 January 2019

Strong quake hits off Indonesia

A strong 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck off the Indonesian coast early yesterday, sending residents running out of their homes, but
7 January 2019

21 cops, pro-govt militias killed

Taliban insurgents have stormed security posts in west Afghanistan, killing 21 police and pro-government militia members, officials
7 January 2019

Taliban snub Saudi, seek venue change

The Taliban will not attend planned peace talks with the United States in Saudi Arabia this month, and want to shift the venue to Qatar,
6 January 2019

30 killed; 7 hurt

At least 30 people were killed when a gold mine collapsed in northeastern Afghanistan yesterday, officials said, in the latest tragedy to
6 January 2019

Maduro will be usurper president

The newly elected chief of Venezuela's opposition-run Congress on Saturday said President Nicolas Maduro will be "usurping the
6 January 2019