Roadmap in works for new nations to join Makkah pact
Agencies
1 September 2026 Middle East
Israeli airstrike kills two people in Gaza
Reuters, Cairo
31 August 2026 Middle East
Israeli strikes kill three in Gaza
AFP, Gaza City
29 August 2026 Middle East
New US threats: Iran warns of ‘crushing’ response
Agencies
22 August 2026 Middle East
Iran fishermen venture back to Hormuz despite fears of new fighting
AFP, Bandar Abbas
18 August 2026 Middle East
Syria reaches deal with Moscow on fate of Russian bases
AFP, Damascus
10 August 2026 Middle East

Turkish troops killed in 'PKK suicide attack'

Two Turkish soldiers were killed and at least two dozen other troops were wounded early yesterday in a suicide attack blamed on Kurdish militants, as Ankara kept up its air campaign against the rebels' bases in northern Iraq.
2 August 2015

UAE to try 41 for seeking 'caliphate'

The United Arab Emirates is to try 41 people for allegedly seeking to overthrow the government to set up an Islamic State group-style caliphate in the Gulf state, prosecutors said yesterday.
2 August 2015

Iran nuke deal will make region safer

US Secretary of State John Kerry sought to assure Middle East allies that the Iran nuclear deal would make them safer, as he began a regional tour in the Egyptian capital yesterday.
2 August 2015

Syria forces push back rebels in Hama

Nearly 40 government and opposition fighters have been killed as Syrian regime forces pushed rebels back from an area bordering
1 August 2015

PM returns to Yemen from Saudi exile

Yemeni Prime Minister Khaled Bahah flew into the southern port of Aden from exile in Saudi Arabia yesterday, after pro-government forces
1 August 2015

Iraqi Kurds want PKK pullback

Kurdish rebels of the PKK should take their war with Ankara out of Iraqi Kurdistan to prevent Turkish air strikes from causing civilian
1 August 2015

A 'shocking disregard for lives'

Amnesty International has accused Israeli forces of war crimes during a day of “carnage” in the Gaza Strip that has been named Black Friday.
29 July 2015

'ISIS preparing to attack India'

The ISIS is preparing to attack India to provoke an Armageddon-like confrontation with the US, according to an internal recruitment document of the feared group which also seeks to unite the Pakistani and Afghan Taliban into a single army of terror.
29 July 2015

Israel okays 300 more settler homes

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday approved the "immediate" construction of 300 settler homes in the occupied West Bank as his government
29 July 2015

Saudi coalition suspends Yemen strikes to allow aid

The Saudi-led coalition fighting rebels in Yemen suspended its air war yesterday to allow desperately needed aid deliveries, although
27 July 2015

Syrian army 'fatigued' but will prevail Admits Assad

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad acknowledged the shrinking ranks of his government's army in a rare public speech yesterday, but
26 July 2015

Turkey-PKK truce risks collapsing

The Turkish army yesterday blamed PKK militants for a deadly car bomb attack that killed two of its soldiers in the Kurdish-dominated
26 July 2015

Saudis declares Yemen humanitarian truce

Pro-government forces battled retreating rebels on the northern outskirts of Yemen's second city of Aden yesterday ahead of a
26 July 2015

US airstrike kills senior Al-Qaeda commander

A United States air strike in Afghanistan killed a senior Al Qaeda commander in charge of suicide bombing and two other militants, the Pentagon says.
24 July 2015

Turkey bombs Islamic State targets in Syria

Turkish planes have for the first time carried out air strikes against Islamic State (IS) group targets in Syria.
24 July 2015

'Israel not bound by deal'

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday said after world powers reached a historic nuclear deal with Iran that Israel was not bound
14 July 2015

Air strikes, clashes continue to flout Yemen truce

Saudi-led warplanes bombed Yemeni rebels who clashed with pro-government fighters in the south despite a UN-declared truce aimed
13 July 2015

ISIS claims Baghdad bombings that killed 23

The Islamic State group yesterday claimed a string of bomb attacks that killed at least 23 people in the Iraqi capital Baghdad. In a
13 July 2015

UN truce fails to hold in Yemen

A UN Yemen truce aimed at delivering desperately needed aid to millions threatened with famine failed to take hold yesterday as
11 July 2015

Blast hits Italian consulate in Egypt, killing 1

A car bomb outside Italy's consulate in Cairo yesterday killed one person, the first attack on a foreign mission since jihadists began a
11 July 2015