Buses to ship out 2,000 besieged Syrian Islamist fighters
Two thousand Syrian Islamist fighters are expected to be evacuated soon from besieged, rebel-held areas of southern Damascus in a deal brokered by the...
Turkey and Iran seek to 'manage differences', boost trade
Turkey and Iran, two countries on opposite sides of Syria's civil war, must develop a "common perspective" in order to end sectarian strife in...
World Bank: New bond scheme for Middle East and North Africa by spring
A new international bond and grant scheme to help countries dealing with the fallout of war and instability in the Middle East and North...
Turkey re-imposes curfews on Kurdish cities
The Turkish authorities on Friday lifted a nine-day curfew in a key district in the southeastern city of Diyarbakir but then promptly reimposed the...
Egypt battles landmines 75 years after El Alamein
El Alamein, Egypt, Oct 28, 2017 (AFP) - Fighting in the pivotal WWII battle of El Alamein may have stopped 75 years ago but...
Suicide bombings in and around Iraqi capital kill 27 people
Two suicide attacks in and around the Iraqi capital on Thursday killed at least 27 people and wounded dozens, officials said.
The deadliest attack took...
Turkey proposes cooperation with Russia in fighting ISIS
Turkey said on Monday it wanted to cooperate with Moscow in combating Islamic State (ISIS) in Syria but denied having suggested it might allow...
Lebanon judge issues non-binding media ban against US ambassador
Beirut (AFP) - A Lebanese judge on Saturday banned media from reporting remarks by the US ambassador after she spoke about the powerful Hezbollah...
Saudi Arabia ‘to sue’ over IS comparison after Ashraf Fayadh death sentence
A POET who was sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia has sparked a Twitter hashtag after the kingdom threatened to sue any user who...
ISIS destroys bridge as Iraqi forces close in on Ramadi
Besieged Islamic State militants in the Iraqi city of Ramadi destroyed a lock on the Euphrates River that served as a bridge as government...
