Lebanon observed a national day of mourning on Friday after two suicide attacks killed 43 people in southern Beirut. The attacks were carried out late on Thursday in a busy residential and commercial area that is [ More … ]
The Russian jet that crashed in Sinai, Egypt, may have been brought down by a bomb that was planted near one of the plane’s fuel lines and detonated through the use of a timer. And [ More … ]
The jihadist organisation Islamic State (IS) has claimed responsibility for the double suicide attack on the residential neighbourhood of Bourj al-Barajneh, in Beirut, on Thursday. The attack killed more than 40 people and wounded more [ More … ]
At least 100 soldiers and fighters were killed in northern Syria in 24 hours of fighting earlier this week as pro-government forces reached an airbase close to Aleppo that had long been besieged by Islamic [ More … ]
US forces have carried out air strikes targeting the British Islamic State militant known as “Jihadi John”, the Pentagon has said. Mohammed Emwazi, the Kuwaiti-born British militant, was the target of an attack near Raqqa, [ More … ]
Two explosions in a predominantly Shia area of southern Beirut have killed at least 23 people and injured over 180 people, according to the Lebanese Red Cross. Witnesses said that there were only minutes between [ More … ]
Jordan is reach out to the Russian market in order to promote the Red Sea resort, Aqaba, as an alternative to Sharm al-Sheikh. This comes after Russia has halted its flights to the popular destination, [ More … ]
Isaac Herzog, head of the political opposition in Israel, is saying that the outcome of the prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Washington was unclear despite what appeared to be an improved atmosphere created by the [ More … ]
Kurdish forces in northern Iraq have launched an offensive to retake Sinjar, the strategic town near the Syrian border, from Islamic State (IS) jihadists. The offensive is supported by air strikes by the US-led coalition. Recapturing Sinjar [ More … ]
The turkish Prime Minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, is waiting for the European Union to take the necessary steps in order to make it possible for Turkey to join the EU: “Turkey is waiting for the European [ More … ]
A Russian document circulating at the United Nations is proposing a constitutional reform process in Syria, lasting 18 months, to be followed by presidential elections. The document does not say whether Syrian President Bashar al-Assad [ More … ]
The European Union pushed ahead on Wednesday with rules for labelling consumer goods from Jewish-owned businesses and farms in the occupied areas, creating new strains in relations between Europe and Israel. European officials played down [ More … ]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday called on world leaders to accept the turkish plan for a safe zone inside Syria, only days before it hosts the G20 summit. Speaking to a group of businessmen in the capital Ankara, Erdogan said [ More … ]
UN human rights experts have called on the authorities in Iran to stop intimidating journalists as the country is preparing for elections early next year. Ahmed Shaheed, who is the special rapporteur on Iran, said [ More … ]
Turkey on Tuesday rejected the European Union’s report criticising the state of human rights and media freedom in the country. Some of the report’s observations are “unfair and even partly disproportionate, and ignore the freedom-security [ More … ]
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