Friday, January 16, 2026

Obama: Saudi Arabia and Iran must shape 'cold peace'

Wars and chaos in the Middle East will not end until Saudi Arabia and Iran can find a way to "share the neighborhood" and...

Turkey downs 'drone' on Syria border: Syria Crisis

Turkey says its warplanes have shot down an unidentified aircraft which intruded into its airspace near the border with Syria. Media reports quote officials as...

Saudi says Assad must be removed from power to crush Islamic State

Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said on Thursday that to eliminate militant group Islamic State, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad must be removed from power. Jubeir...

US: Turkey-sent Syrian fighters generate backlash in Libya

CAIRO (AP) — A U.S. report said the presence of thousands of Syrian mercenaries sent by Turkey to Libya to fight on the side...

Saudi airstrikes hit Houthi supply lines in Yemen's south

Security officials say airstrikes from a Saudi-led coalition targeting Yemen's Shiite rebels have killed eight rebel fighters in a renewed attempt to cut their...

Syrian government ready to join UN talks to end conflict

A close adviser to Syrian President Bashar al Assad said on Wednesday Damascus was ready to join U.N.-sponsored peace talks with its position bolstered...

UN Security Council condemns attack on Saudi embassy in Iran

The UN Security Council on Monday strongly condemned an attack on the Saudi embassy in Tehran by protesters angered by Riyadh's execution of a...

Saudi Arabia considers military option against Al Assad

Saudi Arabia has not ruled out talking to Iran on Syria, but calls Tehran an occupying force Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister said Tuesday there is...

World Bank to provide Egypt with first $1 billion of $3 billion loan

The World Bank will provide the first $1 billion tranche of a $3 billion loan to Egypt after parliament approves the government's economic programme,...

Morocco arrests Belgian man linked to Paris attackers

Moroccan police have arrested a Belgian man of Moroccan descent linked to the ISIS group and who had a "direct relationship" to attackers who...

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