Trump ‘used a catering truck to sneak off Air Force One’
12 August 2026
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KSA-Pak-Turkey deal: A ‘change in perception’ of US - Iran
11 August 2026
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Syria reaches deal with Moscow on fate of Russian bases
10 August 2026
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Update / 16 Bangladeshis killed in Saudi factory fire
10 August 2026
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Hamas says still ready to go ahead with Gaza plan
9 August 2026
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Middle east conflicts: KSA, Turkey, Pakistan sign defence deal
8 August 2026
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Pakistan says any attack under new tri-party defence pact is attack on all
7 August 2026
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Houthis kill dozens of Saudi-backed Yemeni govt forces: medical sources
7 August 2026
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Iran threatens to hit Gulf states if US launches new strikes
6 August 2026
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Middle East
Proposed Hormuz deal would give Iran control of inbound traffic, sources say
6 August 2026
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World
Forces close in on Mosul mosque
Iraqi army helicopters strafed and fired rockets at Islamic State positions in Mosul's Old City yesterday as troops on
19 March 2017
Rebels leave Homs dist after deal
Hundreds of rebels and civilians left the last opposition-held district of Homs yesterday under a controversial Russian-supervised deal
18 March 2017
Forces seize ground in Mosul Old City
Elite Iraqi forces battled house by house in the Old City of Mosul yesterday, inching towards the mosque where the Islamic State group
18 March 2017
Israel shells Gaza after rocket fire
A rocket fired by Palestinians in the Gaza Strip slammed into southern Israel yesterday, prompting retaliatory Israeli tank fire, sources on
18 March 2017
UN official quits amid pressure
UN official Rima Khalaf announced her resignation on Friday, saying the secretary general had asked her to withdraw a report in which
18 March 2017
Iran pilgrims to join hajj: Saudi
Iranian pilgrims will participate in this year's annual hajj, Saudi Arabia said yesterday, despite ruptured ties between the regional rivals.
17 March 2017
Syria-Israel tensions flare
Israeli warplanes struck several targets in Syria early yesterday, prompting retaliatory missile launches, in the most serious incident
17 March 2017
Israelis imposing 'apartheid regime'
The United States on Wednesday demanded that UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres withdraw a report by a UN body accusing
16 March 2017
US may send 1,000 more troops to Syria
Up to 1,000 additional US troops could deploy to northern Syria under provisional plans drawn up by the Pentagon, a US defense official
16 March 2017
Nearly 100,000 fled in 3 weeks as fighting rages
Nearly 100,000 people have poured out of west Mosul in less than three weeks as Iraqi forces fought to retake the
15 March 2017
Suicide bomber kills 25 in Damascus
At least 25 people are killed in a suicide bomb attack at a court house in Damascus, state media reports, the second bomb attack in the Syrian capital in five days.
15 March 2017
IS Mosul commander killed, government forces battle for bridge
Iraqi government forces kill the Islamic State commander of Mosul's Old City as the battle for the militants' last stronghold in Iraq focuses on a bridge crossing the Tigris river.
15 March 2017
Hosni Mubarak to be released
Hosni Mubarak, overthrown as president of Egypt in 2011 and the first leader to go on trial in the wake of the Arab
14 March 2017
More than 1,500 children killed in two years
The conflict in Yemen has killed nearly 7,700 people, including at least 1,564 children, since a Saudi-led coalition
14 March 2017
Trump envoy meets Abbas
US President Donald Trump's administration waded into the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict yesterday as one
14 March 2017
Israeli patient burns nurse alive at clinic
An elderly man burns a nurse alive at a clinic in central Israel apparently being dissatisfied by the treatment he received, police say.
14 March 2017
Palestinian 'attacker' killed by Israeli forces
Israeli police yesterday killed a Palestinian who attacked and wounded two border guards with a knife near an entrance to the Old City in
13 March 2017
Forces gain more grounds
Iraqi forces yesterday said they had taken more territory from the Islamic State group as they press an offensive that has seen them
13 March 2017
Syria rebels won't attend Astana talks
Syrian rebel factions will not attend a new round of negotiations with government figures in the Kazakh capital, an opposition
13 March 2017
Third of west Mosul retaken
Iraqi security forces have seized control of more than a third of west Mosul, a commander said yesterday, after a week of steady gains in their battle to retake the city from the Islamic State group.
12 March 2017