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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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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Trump envoy meets Abbas
US President Donald Trump's administration waded into the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict yesterday as one
14 March 2017
Israeli patient burns nurse alive at clinic
An elderly man burns a nurse alive at a clinic in central Israel apparently being dissatisfied by the treatment he received, police say.
14 March 2017
Palestinian 'attacker' killed by Israeli forces
Israeli police yesterday killed a Palestinian who attacked and wounded two border guards with a knife near an entrance to the Old City in
13 March 2017
Forces gain more grounds
Iraqi forces yesterday said they had taken more territory from the Islamic State group as they press an offensive that has seen them
13 March 2017
Syria rebels won't attend Astana talks
Syrian rebel factions will not attend a new round of negotiations with government figures in the Kazakh capital, an opposition
13 March 2017
Third of west Mosul retaken
Iraqi security forces have seized control of more than a third of west Mosul, a commander said yesterday, after a week of steady gains in their battle to retake the city from the Islamic State group.
12 March 2017
Air strike kills 26 in Yemen
An air strike by a Saudi-led Arab coalition on a market in Yemen killed 20 civilians and six rebels on Friday, medical and military sources
11 March 2017
Trump invites Abbas to White House
Donald Trump on Friday invited Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas to visit the White House sometime soon, both sides said after the
11 March 2017
Mass grave of hundreds found in Mosul prison
Iraqi paramilitary forces announced Saturday that they had discovered a mass grave at Badush prison near Mosul containing the
11 March 2017
Bombs kill 44 in Damascus Old City: monitor
Twin bombs kill 44 people in the Old City of Damascus, according to the latest toll, in one of the bloodiest attacks in the heart of the Syrian capital.
11 March 2017
Iran successfully tests naval missile
Iran has successfully test-fired a naval missile which hit its target 250 kilometres away, local news agencies reported yesterday. The new
10 March 2017
Palestinian female MP arrested by Israel
A female member of the Palestinian parliament has been arrested by Israeli forces, Palestinian and Israeli security sources said yesterday.
9 March 2017
Israel MPs nod to bills quieting mosques
Israel's parliament gave preliminary approval Wednesday to two controversial measures that would limit calls to prayers from mosques,
9 March 2017
23 killed in air strikes
The toll in air strikes thought to have been conducted by a US-led coalition on a jihadist-held northern Syrian village yesterday has
9 March 2017
IS leader flees Mosul
US and Iraqi officials believe the leader of Islamic State, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, has left operational commanders behind
8 March 2017
Anti-IS assaults gain ground in Iraq, Syria
Iraqi forces advanced in west Mosul and fighters in Syria seized a key supply route to Raqa yesterday as twin US-backed offensives
6 March 2017
US govt warns against annexing West Bank
Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman said yesterday that the United States has warned that annexing the West Bank would lead
6 March 2017
More than 65,000 flee fierce fighting
More than 65,000 people have been forced to flee fighting in northern Syria, ravaged in recent weeks by dual offensives on the
5 March 2017
BATTLE FOR WEST MOSUL
BATTLE FOR WEST MOSUL
5 March 2017
Jordan hangs 15 in mass execution
Jordan hanged 15 death row prisoners including convicted "terrorists" at dawn yesterday, its information minister said,
4 March 2017