Middle East
UN agency calls for more access in Syria to help refugees return
March 10, 2019
UN agency calls for more access in Syria to help refugees return
BEIRUT (Reuters) – The United Nations refugee agency should have a bigger presence inside Syria to observe and help refugees…
Islamic State fighter wants to return to Italy, warns of ‘sleeper cells’
March 10, 2019
Islamic State fighter wants to return to Italy, warns of ‘sleeper cells’
QAMISHLI, Syria (Reuters) – An Islamic State fighter detained in Syria urged Italy on Saturday to let him come home…
Former TV news anchor set to become first Druze woman in Israel’s parliament
March 9, 2019
Former TV news anchor set to become first Druze woman in Israel’s parliament
DALIYAT AL-KARMEL, Israel (Reuters) – With Israel’s election just over a month away, a Druze former television news anchor is…
Algeria orders early university holiday as students spur protests
March 9, 2019
Algeria orders early university holiday as students spur protests
ALGIERS (Reuters) – Algerian authorities on Saturday ordered an early start to the spring university holiday, an apparent attempt to…
Islamic State extremism on show at ‘miserable’ Syria camp
March 9, 2019
Islamic State extremism on show at ‘miserable’ Syria camp
AL-HOL CAMP, Syria (Reuters) – Foreign women with Islamic State have tried to assault others they deem “infidels” at a…
Istanbul police fire tear gas at banned women’s day rally
March 9, 2019
Istanbul police fire tear gas at banned women’s day rally
Istanbul police fired tear gas Friday at thousands of women who took to the city’s central avenue on International Women’s…
IS runaway teen’s baby son dies in Syria
March 9, 2019
IS runaway teen’s baby son dies in Syria
The baby son of Shamima Begum, a British-born teenager who left London to join the Islamic State group, has died…
Freed Yazidi woman in Syria endured years of Islamic State slavery
March 8, 2019
Freed Yazidi woman in Syria endured years of Islamic State slavery
Salwa Sayed al-Omar spent years as a Yazidi prisoner of Islamic State but she escaped its clutches this week, fleeing…
UK to give jailed British-Iranian aid worker diplomatic protection
March 8, 2019
UK to give jailed British-Iranian aid worker diplomatic protection
Britain is to give jailed British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe diplomatic protection in an attempt to put pressure on Iran…
India signs $3 bn submarine deal with Russia: reports
March 8, 2019
India signs $3 bn submarine deal with Russia: reports
India has signed a $3 billion deal to lease a third Russian nuclear-powered submarine for 10 years, giving Delhi a…