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...
ISIS Claims Northern Syria Suicide Bombings That Killed 26
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group has claimed responsibility for triple suicide bombings in northern Syria that killed at least 26...
ISIS oil trade 'worth more than $500m'
The so-called Islamic State (IS) has made more than $500m (£330m) trading oil, a US treasury official has said.
Its "primary customer" has been the...
Putin vows 'extremely tough' action on Syria threats
President Vladimir Putin has ordered the Russian military to take "extremely tough" action against any threat to its forces in Syria.
Such targets must be...
"Britain's motorists should thank Saudi's Al-Naimi for cheap fuel"
Britain's motorists have Saudi oil minister Ali al-Naimi to thank as the country's supermarkets cut the price of petrol to less than one pound...
Iraq's most senior Shi'ite cleric issued a call to arms
Iraq’s top Shi’ite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, called on the government on Friday to show “no tolerance” of any infringement of the country’s...
Efforts to crush ISIS will extend to Libya: French PM said
International efforts to crush ISIS will increasingly have to extend to Libya where the militants are getting a hold, French Prime Minister Manuel Valls...
Saudi Arabia, Algeria sign three agreements
The Saudi-Algerian Committee concluded here today its 11th session in Riyadh under the co-chairmanship of Dr. Tawfiq Al-Rabiah, minister of commerce and industry, and...
Syrian opposition to meet govt for talks in early January
A joint team of Syria's political and armed opposition will meet the government next month for talks seeking a political solution to nearly five...
UK police smash fraud network linked to Syria
Britain convicted nine men in a case of “industrial-scale fraud” on Thursday after a terrorism investigation uncovered suspect payments into an account of a...
