Bashar Assad must go: Obama says at U.N
UNITED NATIONS, United States: US President Barack Obama said Tuesday that Syrian President Bashar Assad must go if the Daesh is to be defeated,...
Syrian opposition not in Geneva on day of peace talks
A Syrian opposition official says the main opposition group is staying away from peace talks until they get a response to their demands from...
Morocco investigates journalist after Amnesty claims
Rabat (AFP) - Morocco said Wednesday it is investigating a journalist for receiving "foreign funding" for "intelligence services" days after rights group Amnesty alleged...
Syrian opposition says truce not respected, conditions unfavourable for talks
Syrian opposition coordinator Riad Hijab said Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Russia and their allies had carried out 90 air strikes in the country since...
Somali Islamists publicly execute two officials
Islamist militant group al Shabaab publicly executed a Somali military officer and the leader of a small town in the southern Somali region of...
Saudi crown prince meets Archbishop of Canterbury
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman held a private meeting Thursday with Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, where he made a "strong commitment" to...
UN chief urges compromise, realism between Saudis and Iran
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon used a stopover in the Middle East to urge Saudi Arabia and Iran to compromise and interact responsibly,...
Syrian Observatory says war has killed more than half a million
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a British-based war monitor, said on Monday about 511,000 people had been killed in the Syrian war since...
Turkish FM says Kurdish YPG seeking to divide Syria
The Syrian Kurdish YPG militia, like Islamic State (ISIS), seeks to divide Syria, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Thursday, adding that the...
2 rockets hit Baghdad’s Green Zone
In the first attack following a brief lull in violence from earlier this month, Iraq's military on Thursday said at least two rockets hit...
