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Iraqi army forces move on villages surrounding Mosul, a Daesh stronghold in the North of Iraq

Iraqi government forces launched a US-backed offensive on Monday to drive Islamic State from the northern city of Mosul, a high-stakes battle to retake the militants' last major stronghold...

Russian and Syrian strikes pound the opposition-held East of the city

Tunisian parliament speaker Muhammed en-Nasir speaks at the parliament, showcasing the country's successful transition to democracy

Russian aircrafts and Syrian forces loyal have been bombarding opposition-controlled districts of Aleppo since the collapse the ceasefire last month

On this day in 1961, hundreds of Algerians were massacred by French police and had their bodies thrown in the River Seine.

The protest was triggered after Israeli bulldozers, working under police protection.

Hospitals in the Gaza Strip are ill-equipped to cope with the requirements of cancer patients. Furthermore, there is a severe shortage of all kinds of medicines, not just those which are essential for treating cancer.

The military offensive underway in Iraq to drive out Daesh from Mosul has raised fears about sectarian abuse. With ground support from the US-led coalition, Iraqi government forces launched...

A number of forces are partaking in the battle including the US-led coalition, which includes British forces, Iranian armed forces, Shia Mobilisation Forces, Sunni tribal factions and Kurdish Peshmerga fighters

Military action against Daesh began at Midnight

I make this dish and remember late summer night family gatherings in the Middle East and this cooling dessert.

Step into the Middle East and see what’s been happening over the last seven days in pictures…

The Turkish military claimed that it had killed 80 Daesh fighters

Palestinian students in Gaza City partake in the celebration of the international day of peace, Thursday

When crossing from Israel into Palestine's occupied West Bank, the obvious contrariety in infrastructure and economic levels is intense. From the seaside skyscrapers and trendy boutiques of Tel Aviv,...

The mayor of Aleppo has told Sky News that he blamed Western powers for the humanitarian crisis in his city, describing it as a "Holocaust" that the West's inaction has created.

Al-Khaz’ali’s statement was seen as particularly sectarian as he made it from a pulpit before a religious procession to mark the Muslim religious event of Ashura, marked differently by both Sunnis and Shia

In many art colleges today, teachers are dismissive of work that is too personal. They disapprove of students inspired by the expressivity of a Munch or trying to follow...

Shia Muslims commemorate the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Mohammed on 10 October 680 CE

The Gaza Circus school is run on donations and doesn't charge students fees.

The 10-year-old was born in Norway and spotted when YouTube videos of him playing football went viral.

The olive harvest season in Palestine starts on 27 September, when the first signs of winter start with light rain across the country

As Jerusalem's Palestinian identity continues to be erased, the work of Palestinian institutions and artists in the city is of deep significance...

Images from the carnage of war and its deverstating humanitarian consiquences

Shia Muslims commemorate the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Mohammed on 10 October 680 CE

Russian President Vladimir Putin, and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan, met Monday in Istanbul. Following the meeting Putin told a press conference Both Turkey and Russia side with...

The Swiss photojournalist Alex Kühni visited different fighting factions around the tightening noose of Iraq's second largest city

A number of delegates walked out of a UN Security Council meeting to vote on two draft proposals on a ceasefire in Aleppo on Saturday, when Russia gave the floor to an envoy of the Syrian regime.

In the wake of deadly attack earlier, Palestinian protesters take to the streets in al-Ram (North of Jerusalem)

Israel destroys structures in Atof, Nablus region, West Bank

A spokeswoman for the Israel Prisons Service said the attacker had been ordered by a court to start a four-month jail sentence next week after being convicted of assaulting a police officer