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Sun, 09 Apr 2017 05:42:06 +0000
Assad allies vow to keep battling 'terrorism' in Syria
Russia and Iran are Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's closest allies, and label all opponents of his regime as "terrorists".

Tue, 04 Apr 2017 06:55:22 +0000
Regime strikes kill 28 civilians near Damascus: monitor
Air strikes by Syrian warplanes on a rebel-held region near Damascus killed at least 28 civilians on Monday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor said.

Tue, 04 Apr 2017 06:51:16 +0000
Syrian people do not want Assad in power: US envoy to UN
The future of Assad has been the key stumbling block in negotiations aimed at ending the six-year war in Syria.

Mon, 20 Mar 2017 04:46:25 +0000
Clashes in Syria capital after surprise rebel assault
The attack comes just days before a fresh round of UN-brokered peace talks in Geneva aiming at ending Syria's six-year war.

Mon, 02 Jan 2017 05:01:45 +0000
Egypt arrests senior judge amid corruption probe
Egyptian authorities on Sunday arrested a senior judge as they press a rare investigation into corruption at a top court, judicial sources said.

Mon, 02 Jan 2017 04:57:43 +0000
Manhunt after Istanbul nightclub massacre kills 39
After the latest in a string of deadly attacks to hit the country, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the carnage sought to sow chaos, but vowed Turkey would never bow to the threat.

Sun, 01 Jan 2017 10:59:25 +0000
Istanbul New Year nightclub massacre kills 39, attacker on the run
The United States and France voiced outrage at Sunday's attack and said they stood alongside Turkey, their ally in NATO, in its fight against terror.

Wed, 21 Sep 2016 07:37:53 +0000
Four medics killed in strike on clinic near Syria's Aleppo: NGO
Four medics were killed and a nurse critically wounded when an air strike hit a clinic in a village near Syria's second city Aleppo, the aid group that supports it said.

Wed, 21 Sep 2016 06:39:44 +0000
Kurds hold population census to pave way for vote
Syrian Kurds, who have unilaterally proclaimed a federal region in the country’s northeast, on Monday started carrying out a population census aimed at paving the way for local elections.

Wed, 21 Sep 2016 06:37:21 +0000
Iraq forces launch push on IS-held town
Army, tribal forces push towards Sherqat, a town IS fighters took more than 2 years ago.

Wed, 21 Sep 2016 06:35:17 +0000
Turkey arrests man who kicked woman ‘for wearing shorts’
Turkish court has remanded in custody a man who kicked a young woman in the face because she was wearing shorts, after his initial release sparked a furore among activists, reports said on Tuesday.

Wed, 21 Sep 2016 06:14:33 +0000
Kuwait royal jailed for three years for 'insulting' ruler
A Kuwaiti court sentenced a ruling family member to three years in prison on Tuesday on charges of insulting the Gulf state's ruler and other royals.

Tue, 20 Sep 2016 07:36:18 +0000
Saudi hospital staff strike over unpaid wages
Staff at a hospital in eastern Saudi Arabia have gone on strike over unpaid wages, workers said on Monday, in the kingdom’s latest case of corporate financial difficulties.

Tue, 20 Sep 2016 07:25:15 +0000
Assad calls raid that hit Syria army 'flagrant American aggression'
President Bashar al-Assad on Monday described the deadly US-led coalition raid on his forces in eastern Syria at the weekend as "flagrant American aggression".

Tue, 20 Sep 2016 07:19:03 +0000
Back to school in Turkey after post-coup teacher purge
Turkish schools reopened Monday for the first time since July's attempted coup, following a summer which saw tens of thousands of teachers sacked or suspended over alleged links to the plotters or to Kurdish rebels.

Tue, 20 Sep 2016 07:13:44 +0000
Air raids, shelling across Syria after army declares truce over
Air strikes and shelling pounded multiple battlefronts in Syria into the early hours of Tuesday after the army declared a fraught week-long ceasefire over, AFP correspondents and activists reported.

Mon, 19 Sep 2016 08:04:02 +0000
US-made bomb used in deadly strike on Yemen hospital: Amnesty
Amnesty International said Monday a US-made bomb was used in an air strike on a hospital in Yemen, urging Washington and London to stop supplying the Saudi-led coalition with weapons.

Mon, 19 Sep 2016 07:26:51 +0000
Besieged Aleppo turns to dangerous 'alternative' fuels
In a destroyed building in Syria's Aleppo, neighbours Abu Ahmed and Mohammed Ibrahim desperately rummaged through rubble and debris in search of scraps of plastic to turn into fuel.

Mon, 19 Sep 2016 07:19:00 +0000
First families return to homes in Iraq's Fallujah
The Iraqi police and army had decked out the checkpoints with plastic flowers to welcome the first returning Fallujah residents following the city's recapture from jihadists in June.

Mon, 19 Sep 2016 07:16:03 +0000
Truce teeters on brink after US-led raid kills 90 Syrian troops in Deir Ezzor
Syria’s ceasefire was hanging by a thread on Sunday, after tensions escalated between Moscow and Washington over a US-led coalition airstrike that killed dozens of Syrian soldiers battling militants.



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