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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Joint 'mechanism' agreed
Russia, Iran and Turkey, the sponsors of peace talks between Syrian rebels and Damascus, agreed yesterday to establish a joint "mechanism" to monitor the frail truce in the war-torn country.
24 January 2017
Islamic State blows up Mosul hotel
Islamic State blew up a landmark hotel in western Mosul on Friday in an apparent attempt to prevent advancing Iraqi forces from using it
23 January 2017
Syria peace talks off to rocky start
Syrian rebels yesterday began peace talks with the war-torn country's government in Kazakhstan's capital Astana, but refused to negotiate face-to-face in the first session.
23 January 2017
Assailants kill five troops in Sinai
The Egyptian army yesterday said that assailants killed five soldiers in the Sinai Peninsula, where security forces have been targeted in a
23 January 2017
Rebels arrive for talks with regime
Members of the Syrian opposition delegation yesterday arrived in the Kazakh capital Astana for face-to-face peace
22 January 2017
Israel approves permits for 566 settler homes
Israeli authorities have approved building permits for 566 settler homes in occupied East Jerusalem, according to
22 January 2017
Militants blow themselves up in Saudi
Two suspects blew themselves up yesterday during a firefight with security forces in the Red Sea city of Jeddah in
21 January 2017
Hopes fade for trapped Iran firefighters
Iranian officials said yesterday they were losing hope of pulling any survivors from the rubble of a collapsed Tehran high-rise where
20 January 2017
Scores of jihadists killed in Syria strikes
More than 100 fighters of former al-Qaeda affiliate Fateh al-Sham Front were killed in air strikes on their camp in northern Syria late on
20 January 2017
Outrage as IS destroys monuments in Palmyra
The Islamic State group has demolished more treasured monuments in Syria's ancient Palmyra, a month after recapturing it from
20 January 2017
Rocket fire kills 9 civilians in Yemen
Twin rockets fired from the rebel-held outskirts of Yemen's third city Taez killed nine civilians late on Wednesday, a medic and a loyalist
19 January 2017
2016 deadliest year for Afghan journalists
Afghanistan suffered its deadliest year on record for journalists in 2016, according to a report released yesterday which said the country
19 January 2017
IS lost nearly a quarter of its territory in 2016
The Islamic State group lost nearly a quarter of its territory in Iraq and Syria last year, according to a report released yesterday by research firm IHS Markit.
19 January 2017
Baghdad eyes west Mosul
Iraqi forces battled the last holdout jihadists in east Mosul yesterday after commanders declared victory there and set their sights on the city's west, where more tough fighting awaits.
19 January 2017
Egyptian football star placed on 'terror' list
Egypt has added Mohamed Aboutrika -- one of the most successful African footballers of his generation -- to its terror watch list on
18 January 2017
Hamas, Fattah agree to form unity govt
The main Palestinian parties on Tuesday announced a deal to form a national unity government prior to the holding of elections, after
18 January 2017
East Mosul liberated from IS
Iraqi forces have fully retaken east Mosul from the Islamic State group, a top commander said yesterday, three months after a huge
18 January 2017
Maksuda’s body to be brought back next week
The body of Maksuda Begum, who died at a hospital in Beirut of Lebanon Monday morning, will be brought back next week, the Bangladesh ambassador in Bairut says.
18 January 2017
Gunman caught, 'confesses'
A 34-year-old Uzbek man suspected of slaughtering 39 people at an Istanbul nightclub on New Year's Eve confessed
17 January 2017
Oman receives ten prisoners from Gitmo
Oman said it received 10 inmates from the Guantanamo Bay Monday, as President Obama looks to reduce the number
17 January 2017