Death toll from east Damascus air strikes rises to 33
The death toll from air strikes in the Deir al-Asafir district southeast of Damascus has risen to 33, mostly women and children, the Syrian...
US-backed forces give ISIS '48 hours' to leave Syria's Manbij
US-backed Syrian fighters on Thursday gave Islamic State group (ISIS) jihadists 48 hours to leave their stronghold of Manbij in an effort to "protect...
Syrian opposition and rebels not invited to Vienna talks with Saudi
Neither Syria's main political opposition body nor representatives of the armed opposition have been invited to international talks on the country's war, an opposition...
President Obama meets GCC in Saudi Arabia to discuss security
President Barack Obama met Thursday with top officials from six Arab nations to discuss regional security issues in the Arabian Gulf including the fight against...
Fears for Libya's growing jihadist haven
Public beheadings and roving jihadist gangs are terrifying residents in the Islamic State (ISIS) group's Libyan stronghold of Sirte, in an ominous sign of...
Iran’s Khamenei warns economy will worsen if virus spreads
Tehran (AFP) - Iran's supreme leader warned on Saturday that the country's economic problems would worsen if the novel coronavirus spreads unchecked, saying the...
Saudi interior ministry names Qatif and Medina bombers
Saudi Arabia said a suicide bomber who attacked the prophet's mosque in the city of Medina on Monday was a 26-year-old Saudi citizen with...
Egypt’s Sisi pardons 3,477 prisoners ahead of Eid holiday
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has pardoned 3477 prisoners before the Eid al-Fitr holiday, many of them imprisoned for debt, the interior ministry said...
Aleppo airport is reopened to civilian flights
For the first time since the war forced its closure in 2012, the airport in Syria's northern hub of Aleppo is to reopen to...
Saudi central bank to appoint KPMG partner as deputy governor for supervision – sources
The Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA) is set to appoint KPMG Saudi Arabia's managing partner Tareq al-Sadhan as its new deputy governor for supervision,...
