Body launches probe into airstrikes on Yemen school, hospital
Air strikes by Saudi-led forces in Yemen that hit a school and a hospital are being investigated by a body set up by the...
Saudi state TV says Yemen shelling kills 3 in Jazan
Saudi state television is reporting that two people and a child were killed and a foreigner was wounded by shelling from neighboring war-torn Yemen.
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Plane carrying bodies of 20 Egyptian Christians beheaded in 2015 leaves Libya
A Libyan plane carrying the bodies of 20 Egyptian Christians killed in 2015 by Islamic State in its former Libyan stronghold of Sirte left...
Iraq MPs call for timetable for foreign troop pullout
Iraq's parliament called for the government to draw up a timetable for the withdrawal of foreign troops from the country in a resolution passed...
Government bombing of Damascus suburbs kills more than 100
Government forces bombed the northeastern suburbs of the Syrian capital for a second straight day on Tuesday, killing more than 100 people and raising...
No problem if opposition boycotts Syria talks, government says
The Syrian government's chief negotiator said on Tuesday that peace talks in Geneva could continue with other rebel groups even though the main Riyadh-backed...
OPEC fails to agree production ceiling after Iran pledges output boost
OPEC members failed to agree an oil production ceiling on Friday at a meeting that ended in acrimony, after Iran said it would not...
Philippines’ Aquino urges lawmakers to pass Muslim autonomy measure
Philippine President Benigno Aquino on Tuesday urged Congress to pass a bill giving greater autonomy to a Muslim minority in the country’s south, ending...
Lebanon protests clash with police leaving dozens wounded
Police forces clashed with angry protesters resulted in wounding dozens of the latter. This has accumulated upon the continuous delays in forming a government.
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US special forces traveling 'very soon' to Syria
Dozens of US special operations forces will arrive in Syria "very soon," as promised by President Barack Obama's administration, a senior official said Sunday.
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