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Iran urges people to stay home, closes tomb as virus kills 113
Mar 15, 2020
TEHRAN — Iran shut a key Shiite tomb and appealed Sunday to its citizens to stay at home to halt a coronavirus outbreak it said has claimed ...
Nearly 5 million children born into Syria war — UN
Mar 15, 2020
AMMAN — At least 4.8 million children were born since Syria's war began nine years ago while 9,000 others have been killed or wounded in the ...
Morocco migrants cling to Europe dreams despite virus lockdown
Mar 15, 2020
TANGIERS, Morocco — Abdelwahed sat outside a vast port on the northern tip of Morocco, looking out for trucks heading towards Spain. ...
New rockets target Iraq base where US, UK troops killed
Mar 14, 2020
BAGHDAD — A fresh spate of rockets targeted an Iraqi base north of Baghdad on Saturday where foreign troops are deployed, Iraqi and US secur ...
Syria death toll 384,000 after nine years of war — monitor
Mar 14, 2020
BEIRUT — At least 384,000 people have died in Syria, including more than 116,000 civilians, since the war began in March 2011, the Syrian Ob ...
Coronavirus curfew shuts down cities in Iraq’s Kurdish region
Mar 14, 2020
ERBIL, Iraq — Pigeons are the only visitors to Erbil's citadel, normally buzzing with tourists, and security forces in masks and gloves have ...
Iran reports 97 new virus deaths, taking total to 611
Mar 14, 2020
TEHRAN — Iran said on Saturday that the novel coronavirus has claimed 97 more lives, raising the country's total to 611, as the number of co ...
Tracing wounded body, one Syrian charts course of war
Mar 12, 2020
DEIR HASSAN, Syria — First he lost three fingers, later his hearing in one ear. Then all at once, both his legs and eyes. ...
Iraq fears escalation after deadly rocket attack, air strike
Mar 12, 2020
BAGHDAD — Iraqi and United Nations officials scrambled Thursday to contain the fallout from an unprecedented rocket attack that killed three ...
Algerian ex-diplomat eyed as next UN Libya envoy
Mar 12, 2020
ALGIERS — Former Algerian foreign minister Ramtane Lamamra is being considered as UN envoy to Libya, diplomatic sources said on Thursday, af ...
Syria approves medicine deliveries to Aleppo — WHO
Dec 22, 2014
Kurdish fighters face stiff resistance from IS
Dec 22, 2014
Libya fighting spreads to third oil port; 11 killed in Benghazi
Dec 22, 2014
Israel charges 8 Palestinians over Facebook incitement
Dec 22, 2014
Germany plans trauma centre for IS rape victims — minister
Dec 22, 2014
IS arrests ‘extremists’ accused of plot against group
Dec 22, 2014
Brutal French driver attack ‘not a terrorist act’
Dec 22, 2014
Al Jazeera suspends Egypt channel as Doha, Cairo mull closer ties
Dec 22, 2014
Qatar gives ‘full support’ to Sisi’s Egypt
Dec 21, 2014
Egyptian jailed for 10 years for spying for Israel
Dec 21, 2014
Rival Libya government urges foreigners to return to Tripoli
Dec 21, 2014
Egypt’s Sisi replaces spy chief
Dec 21, 2014
Iran hails US-Cuba thaw as proof sanctions do not work
Dec 21, 2014
Israel aircraft hits Gaza for first time since August truce
Dec 20, 2014
Iran’s support for Syria tested by oil price drop
Dec 20, 2014
UN asks Israel to pay Lebanon $856 million for oil spill
Dec 20, 2014
‘Kurds secured route to besieged Sinjar’
Dec 18, 2014
Gazans rally for ex-strongman as West Bank trial opens
Dec 18, 2014
Iraq wins one-year reprieve on Gulf War reparations due to crisis
Dec 18, 2014
Israelis want Netanyahu out but don’t see better choice — poll
Dec 18, 2014
Over 120,000 pro-Assad fighters killed in Syria conflict — monitoring group
Dec 17, 2014
Police took ‘Syria-bound girl’ off plane on London runway
Dec 17, 2014

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