MECCA DEFENCE PACT / Turkey, KSA, Pakistan to hold first meeting today
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Israeli airstrike kills two people in Gaza
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Israeli strikes kill three in Gaza
29 August 2026
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New US threats: Iran warns of ‘crushing’ response
22 August 2026
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Iran fishermen venture back to Hormuz despite fears of new fighting
18 August 2026
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OCCUPIED WEST BANK / Activists rush aid to Palestinians besieged by settlers
15 August 2026
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Trump ‘used a catering truck to sneak off Air Force One’
12 August 2026
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KSA-Pak-Turkey deal: A ‘change in perception’ of US - Iran
11 August 2026
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Syria reaches deal with Moscow on fate of Russian bases
10 August 2026
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Update / 16 Bangladeshis killed in Saudi factory fire
10 August 2026
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Palestinian shot dead in West Bank
A Palestinian attempted a car-ramming and knife attack against Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank yesterday
10 July 2017
Afghanistan enacts law to control cyberspace
Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani has signed into law a cybercrime bill targeting online crime and militancy by groups such as
10 July 2017
Syria peace talks resume
Syria's government and opposition met yesterday for a seventh round of UN-sponsored peace talks with little
10 July 2017
Egypt raid kills IS suspects in Sinai
Egyptian police said they killed 14 alleged Islamic State group members Saturday in a raid on a training camp, a day after the jihadists
9 July 2017
Guns fall silent in Syria
A US-Russian brokered ceasefire for southwest Syria was holding hours after it took effect yesterday, a monitor and two rebel officials said, in the latest international attempt at peace-making in the six-year war.
9 July 2017
Huge loss but not fatal blow to IS
Mosul was the largest city in the "caliphate" proclaimed by the Islamic State group and its loss is a huge blow to the jihadists' statehood experiment -- but not a fatal one.
9 July 2017
Partial Syria ceasefire agreed
Russia and the United States have agreed to a ceasefire in southwest Syria starting from midday today, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei
8 July 2017
'Graveyard' for foreign jihadists
The decaying bodies of foreign jihadists are piling up among the ruins of Mosul where the last few dozen Islamic State group fighters
8 July 2017
Mosul victory 'imminent'
Iraqi security forces expect to take full control of Mosul within hours as Islamic State's defensive lines crumble in its former de facto
8 July 2017
10 soldiers killed in Egypt bomb attacks
At least 10 Egyptian soldiers were killed and several injured when two suicide car bombers hit army checkpoints in
7 July 2017
Qatar using Twitter to stoke dissent
Saudi Arabia, which is leading a four-country blockade of Gulf neighbour Qatar, yesterday accused Doha of being behind over 23,000
6 July 2017
Ready to work with Russia
The United States is willing to work with Russia on establishing "no-fly zones" in Syria as part of a joint effort to stabilize the war-
6 July 2017
20,000 civilians trapped
Iraqi forces yesterday battled the last remaining Islamic State group fighters in Mosul's Old City, where the UN said up to 20,000
6 July 2017
Key powers thrash out Syria safe zones plan
Powerbrokers Russia, Iran and Turkey struggled yesterday to hammer out details on a plan for safe zones in Syria at a fifth round of
5 July 2017
300 IS fighters holed up in Iraq's Mosul
Some 300 Islamic State fighters remain in the small patch of territory still controlled by the group in Mosul's Old City, a senior Iraqi
5 July 2017
Qatar rivals look to next move in Cairo talks
Arab states that have cut ties with Qatar began talks in Egypt to discuss their next move in the Gulf diplomatic crisis, after Doha said their demands were impossible to meet.
5 July 2017
Boko Haram in Niger kidnap 37 women
Boko Haram jihadists have kidnapped 37 women and slit the throats of nine other people at a village in southeastern
4 July 2017
IS cornered in Syria, Iraq
US-backed forces have penetrated the heavily fortified heart of jihadist bastion Raqa for the first time, in a key
4 July 2017
Saudi king cancels visit to G20 summit
King Salman of Saudi Arabia has cancelled attendance at this week's G20 summit in Hamburg, the German government
3 July 2017
Militants cling on to 1,500 buildings
Islamist gunmen led by one of the world's most wanted terrorists still hold about 1,500 buildings in a southern
3 July 2017