MECCA DEFENCE PACT / Turkey, KSA, Pakistan to hold first meeting today
31 August 2026
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Israeli airstrike kills two people in Gaza
31 August 2026
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Israeli strikes kill three in Gaza
29 August 2026
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Middle East
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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Amnesty condemns US, UK on Yemen
Amnesty International yesterday condemned the United States and Britain for transferring arms to Saudi Arabia to use in its war in Yemen.
23 March 2017
Laptop ban sparks ire among ME travellers
Travellers across the Middle East expressed frustration Wednesday at a ban on large electronic devices for flights to the United States
23 March 2017
Palestinian killed by Israeli fire in Gaza
A Palestinian was killed and two others injured before dawn on Wednesday by Israeli artillery fire in Gaza, according to
22 March 2017
Rebels launch fresh assault on capital
Rebels and jihadists launched a fresh assault on east Damascus yesterday, just two days before another round of
21 March 2017
More than 180,000 displaced
More than 180,000 people have fled west Mosul as Iraqi forces battle to retake it from the Islamic State group, the
20 March 2017
'Intense' strikes pound rebel-held Damascus
Syrian government forces clashed with rebels and hammered opposition-held areas of east Damascus yesterday
20 March 2017
Forces close in on Mosul mosque
Iraqi army helicopters strafed and fired rockets at Islamic State positions in Mosul's Old City yesterday as troops on
19 March 2017
Israel shells Gaza after rocket fire
A rocket fired by Palestinians in the Gaza Strip slammed into southern Israel yesterday, prompting retaliatory Israeli tank fire, sources on
18 March 2017
UN official quits amid pressure
UN official Rima Khalaf announced her resignation on Friday, saying the secretary general had asked her to withdraw a report in which
18 March 2017
Rebels leave Homs dist after deal
Hundreds of rebels and civilians left the last opposition-held district of Homs yesterday under a controversial Russian-supervised deal
18 March 2017
Forces seize ground in Mosul Old City
Elite Iraqi forces battled house by house in the Old City of Mosul yesterday, inching towards the mosque where the Islamic State group
18 March 2017
Iran pilgrims to join hajj: Saudi
Iranian pilgrims will participate in this year's annual hajj, Saudi Arabia said yesterday, despite ruptured ties between the regional rivals.
17 March 2017
Syria-Israel tensions flare
Israeli warplanes struck several targets in Syria early yesterday, prompting retaliatory missile launches, in the most serious incident
17 March 2017
Israelis imposing 'apartheid regime'
The United States on Wednesday demanded that UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres withdraw a report by a UN body accusing
16 March 2017
US may send 1,000 more troops to Syria
Up to 1,000 additional US troops could deploy to northern Syria under provisional plans drawn up by the Pentagon, a US defense official
16 March 2017
Nearly 100,000 fled in 3 weeks as fighting rages
Nearly 100,000 people have poured out of west Mosul in less than three weeks as Iraqi forces fought to retake the
15 March 2017
Suicide bomber kills 25 in Damascus
At least 25 people are killed in a suicide bomb attack at a court house in Damascus, state media reports, the second bomb attack in the Syrian capital in five days.
15 March 2017
IS Mosul commander killed, government forces battle for bridge
Iraqi government forces kill the Islamic State commander of Mosul's Old City as the battle for the militants' last stronghold in Iraq focuses on a bridge crossing the Tigris river.
15 March 2017
Hosni Mubarak to be released
Hosni Mubarak, overthrown as president of Egypt in 2011 and the first leader to go on trial in the wake of the Arab
14 March 2017
More than 1,500 children killed in two years
The conflict in Yemen has killed nearly 7,700 people, including at least 1,564 children, since a Saudi-led coalition
14 March 2017