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June 25, 2017

Turkish president issues Eid message: Turkey to thwart all regional plots

Turkey will not surrender to any regional plot, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday. In a televised message on the eve of Eid al-Fitr, Erdogan said Turkey is...

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June 25, 2017

Israeli jets hit targets in Syria

Israeli jets on Saturday hit several targets in Syria allegedly in response to rocket attacks from the war-torn country, the military said in a written statement. It said that...

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June 24, 2017

Israel shifting towards ‘fascism’, says opposition leader

Israel’s opposition party leader on Saturday accused the government of shifting towards a “fascist” trend. According to The Jerusalem Post, speaking at a cultural event, Zionist Union Party Chairman...

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June 24, 2017

Qatar says demands by blockade states are not ‘reasonable’

Qatar said today that a list of demands by Saudi Arabia and its allies to end their blockade was not “reasonable” and “actionable”. Sheikh Yusuf Bin Ahmed, the director...

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June 24, 2017

HRW accuses UAE of running private torture facilities in Yemen

The Yemeni government on Saturday formed a panel to investigate reports about secret prisons in Yemen where inmates have been tortured. The panel will produce a report in two...

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June 24, 2017

WHO: Cholera outbreak kills 1,310 Yemenis since April

A cholera epidemic has killed some 1,310 people in war-torn Yemen since late April, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). In a Saturday statement, WHO’s Yemen office said...

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June 24, 2017

Iraqi forces open escape routes for civilians in last stand for Mosul

Iraqi forces opened exit routes for hundreds of civilians to flee the Old City of Mosul on Saturday as they battled to retake the ancient quarter from Daesh militants...

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June 24, 2017

Bomber planning to attack Makkah’s Grand Mosque blows himself up

Saudi security forces on Friday foiled a suicide attack on the Grand Mosque in the Muslim holy city of Makkah, cornering the would-be attacker in an apartment, where he...

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June 24, 2017

Israel pays Turkey $20m compensation for Mavi Marmara attack

Israel paid $20 million to Turkey on Friday as compensation for the 2010 attack on the Mavi Marmara, which was part of a Gaza-bound humanitarian aid flotilla, Anadolu has...

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June 24, 2017

Houthis attack targets inside Saudi Arabia

Yemen’s Houthi militias announced on Thursday that they attacked targets inside Saudi Arabia during clashes that took place with Saudi forces on the border, Saba news agency has reported....

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