Iraq forces launch ‘last big fight’ against IS
Baghdad, Oct 26, 2017 (AFP) - Iraqi troops attacked the Islamic State group's last bastion in the country on Thursday as the retreating jihadists...
UN Palestinian agency to axe 250 jobs after US funding cuts
The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees announced Wednesday it was cutting more than 250 jobs in the Palestinian territories after the United States...
Egypt court overturns death sentences for 149 pro-Islamists
An Egyptian appeals court overturned on Wednesday death sentences for 149 pro-Islamists accused of killing policemen in a mob attack on their station, a...
Foreign diplomats voicing alarm to U.S. officials about Trump
Foreign diplomats are expressing alarm to U.S. government officials about what they say are inflammatory and insulting public statements by Republican presidential front-runner Donald...
Gulf States against Russia role in Syria
Gulf States say Russian involvement "complicates" things * Some see Russia move hastening Syria's partition * Moscow's move echoes old strains over 1980s Afghan war...
US general: Iraqi tensions divert resources from IS fight
US general: Iraqi tensions divert resources from IS fight
BAGHDAD (AP) — The top U.S. general in Iraq says the fallout from last month's Kurdish...
Turkey calls for Muslim anti-terrorism body at OIC meeting
Muslim nations have agreed to establish a Turkey-based body to fight terrorism, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday as he urged the countries'...
'Teammates' Qatar and Turkey assert post-coup ties
With his fate still uncertain just hours after the launch of the July 15 coup, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan received his first call...
Riyadh working to keep Syria as unified nation, says King Salman
Saudi Arabia's King Salman said his government was striving to maintain Syria as a unified nation inclusive of all sects, according to the Twitter...
Cameron urges Saudi Arabia not to execute Shi'ite protestor
Prime Minister David Cameron urged Middle East ally Saudi Arabia on Sunday not to go ahead with the execution of a Shi'ite Muslim sentenced...
