Middle East
Cholera spreads from Iraq to Syria, Kuwait, Bahrain: UNICEF
November 7, 2015
Cholera spreads from Iraq to Syria, Kuwait, Bahrain: UNICEF
A cholera outbreak in Iraq has spread to neighboring Syria, Kuwait and Bahrain, and risks turning into a region-wide epidemic…
Obama, Netanyahu eye arms deal to mend ties
November 6, 2015
Obama, Netanyahu eye arms deal to mend ties
Barack Obama and Benjamin Netanyahu will hold a post-row summit Monday, hoping a massive 10 year defense deal will help…
FIFA: Palestine will play matches in Jordan
November 6, 2015
FIFA: Palestine will play matches in Jordan
World football governing body FIFA has said that Palestine must play its 2018 World Cup qualifiers against Saudi Arabia and…
Chemical weapons used by rebels in Syria: sources
November 6, 2015
Chemical weapons used by rebels in Syria: sources
Chemical weapons experts have determined that mustard gas was used in a Syrian town where Islamic State insurgents were battling…
Israeli troops kill Palestinian assailant in West Bank: army
November 5, 2015
Israeli troops kill Palestinian assailant in West Bank: army
Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian in the occupied West Bank on Thursday after he ignored calls to halt and…
Syrian rebels capture town in west, rebels and monitor say
November 5, 2015
Syrian rebels capture town in west, rebels and monitor say
Syrian insurgents captured a town on a major highway in the west of the country on Thursday after heavy fighting…
UPDATE: Lebanon bomb kills 9 on Syria border: security source
November 5, 2015
UPDATE: Lebanon bomb kills 9 on Syria border: security source
A bomb blast killed at least nine people on Thursday outside a Muslim clerics' meeting in the Lebanese town of…
Iran to meet Rouhani timetable on ending sanctions: nuclear chief
November 5, 2015
Iran to meet Rouhani timetable on ending sanctions: nuclear chief
Iran will fulfill its commitments under the July nuclear agreement with major powers in time to have sanctions, that have…
Amnesty condemns Syria for disappearance of detainees
November 5, 2015
Amnesty condemns Syria for disappearance of detainees
The Syrian state and allied militia have detained and abducted tens of thousands of people since 2011 in a campaign…
For Libya UN deal, former rebel brigades mean success or failure
November 5, 2015
For Libya UN deal, former rebel brigades mean success or failure
In Misrata, a statue of a fist crushing a US fighter jet that rebels seized as war bounty from Muammar…