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Somalia's Al Shabaab ends bloody decade resurgent and unbowed
Dec 31, 2019
NAIROBI — In the past decade, Somali extremist group Al Shabaab has lost territory, suffered defections and faced mounting US air strikes, b ...
'Banks don't care': Lebanese scream for their dollars
Dec 31, 2019
BEIRUT — Inside a Lebanese bank, a woman screams for her salary. ...
Syria death toll for 2019 lowest in civil war — monitor
Dec 31, 2019
BEIRUT — Syria’s nearly nine-year-old conflict which has cost more than 370,000 lives recorded its lowest annual death toll in 2019, a war m ...
Iraq’s pro-Iran factions
Dec 31, 2019
BAGHDAD — Iraq’s complex security infrastructure includes tens of thousands of fighters in units trained and armed by its powerful neighbour ...
Sudan sentences to death 27 agents for killing protester
Dec 31, 2019
OMDURMAN — A Sudanese court on Monday sentenced 27 intelligence agents to death for torturing and killing a protester early this year, an AF ...
Death toll in Somalia bombing climbs to 81 — gov't
Dec 31, 2019
MOGADISHU — The death toll from a massive car bomb in the Somali capital has risen to 81, a government spokesman said on Monday, as rescue w ...
US strikes on pro-Iran group in Iraq kill 25, sparking anger
Dec 31, 2019
BAGHDAD — US air strikes against a pro-Iran group in Iraq killed at least 25 fighters, a paramilitary umbrella said on Monday, triggering an ...
Israel deducts more Palestinian money over prisoner pay
Dec 31, 2019
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Israel said on Sunday it would withhold millions more dollars worth of tax money it collects on behalf of the Palestini ...
Syria regime must halt ‘escalation of violence’: EU
Dec 30, 2019
BRUSSELS — The European Union called on Syria's regime and its allies to halt "indiscriminate" military attacks on civilians in the cou ...
Iran blasts France for ‘interference’ over jailed academic
Dec 30, 2019
TEHRAN — Iran accused France on Sunday of "interference" in the case of an Iranian-French academic held in the Islamic republic, s ...
Clashes in Paris as thousands march against Israel offensive
Jul 13, 2014
Hamas media campaign taunts Israel, fortifies battered Gaza public
Jul 13, 2014
Iraq sending 4,000 volunteers to help in Ramadi
Jul 12, 2014
Libyan protesters shut down Brega oil port — state firm NOC
Jul 12, 2014
Arab foreign ministers to meet Monday on Gaza — diplomat
Jul 12, 2014
Shiite rebels agree to pull out of key Yemen city
Jul 12, 2014
Hamas media war targets Israelis and Palestinians
Jul 12, 2014
UN chief says de Mistura to be new Syria mediator
Jul 10, 2014
Foreign ministers to join troubled Iran nuke talks
Jul 10, 2014
Baghdad halts Kurdish cargo flights after ministers’ boycott
Jul 10, 2014
Bahrain charges opposition leader over meeting with US diplomat
Jul 10, 2014
Dabiq: the smiling face of Iraq-Syria ‘caliphate’
Jul 10, 2014
Iran says it offers ways to ease impasse over underground nuclear plant
Jul 10, 2014
‘UAE holding suspected Qatari agents for questioning’
Jul 09, 2014
For thousands still in Assad jails, amnesty a ‘fraud’
Jul 09, 2014
Iran’s supreme leader calls for more nuclear enrichment capacity
Jul 08, 2014
Ageing Tunisia ex-PM to run for president ‘if still alive’
Jul 08, 2014
Somali presidential compound attacked, president safe
Jul 08, 2014
Thousands of civilians flee north Yemen battle — Red Crescent
Jul 08, 2014
Saudi Arabia says its own citizens behind border assault
Jul 08, 2014
Lebanon charges 28 with planning suicide attacks — agency
Jul 07, 2014
Syrian army tries to choke off rebels in Aleppo
Jul 07, 2014

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