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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
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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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Tension high as violence spikes
A Palestinian stabbed an Israeli soldier yesterday in the flashpoint West Bank city of Hebron before he was shot dead,
17 September 2016
Israeli missiles down rockets fired from Syria
Israel's Iron Dome missile defence system destroyed two rockets fired from Syria at the Israeli-held zone of the
17 September 2016
Peres condition stable after stroke: doctor
Former Israeli president and Nobel laureate Shimon Peres remained stable yesterday, four days after a major stroke, his
17 September 2016
Israeli forces kill two assailants
Israeli forces shot dead a knife-wielding assailant in East Jerusalem yesterday and killed another attacker in a car that
16 September 2016
40 killed in clashes in Yemen
Forty people were killed in fighting between Shia Huthi rebels and pro-government forces around southwest Yemen's
16 September 2016
Yazidi slave becomes UN ambassador
A young Yazidi woman who survived trafficking and gang-rape by so-called Islamic State militants is to be
16 September 2016
Syria ceasefire extended
The United Nations yesterday urged Syria's government to allow immediate aid deliveries to hunger-stricken civilians after a fragile ceasefire was extended for 48 hours by Russia and the United States.
15 September 2016
Israeli jets hit Gaza after rocket fire
Israel's air force hit the Hamas-run Gaza Strip early yesterday after Palestinians fired a rocket into southern Israel, the military
15 September 2016
Syria truce brings 'significant drop' in fighting
The UN's Syria envoy applauds a "significant drop" in violence through the first 24 hours of a fragile ceasefire but says security concerns meant aid convoys stayed on hold.
14 September 2016
Syria war death toll now more than 300,000: monitor
More than 300,000 people have been killed in the Syrian conflict since March 2011, according to a monitor in a new toll, the first full day of an internationally-brokered truce.
13 September 2016
Air strikes kill 21 civilians in Yemen
At least 21 civilians were killed in two separate air strikes by the Saudi-led coalition in northern Yemen on Saturday,
11 September 2016
Turkey ousts 28 mayors
Turkey yesterday ousted 28 mayors accused of links to Kurdish militants or US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen,
11 September 2016
Violence rages before truce
Syria's opposition was weighing whether to take part in a truce brokered by Russia and the United States due to start
11 September 2016
Muslims climb Mount Arafat in Hajj high point
Annual Hajj pilgrimage reaches its climax when Muslims from across the world climbed a stony hill in western Saudi Arabia to pray and recite from the Quran.
11 September 2016
IS blasts near Iraq mall kill 13 people
Two bomb blasts outside a shopping mall in central Baghdad claimed by the Islamic State group killed at least 13
10 September 2016
Top three obstacles
The complex Syria ceasefire deal aims to enforce a cessation of hostilities and increased aid access to desperate
10 September 2016
Powers in fresh Syria peace push
The US and Russia conducted last-minute negotiations yesterday over a fresh bid for a Syrian peace deal ahead of an expected
8 September 2016
Iraq, Syria might splinter: CIA chief
Iraq and Syria have been so thoroughly damaged by warfare, sectarian conflict and killing that it is unclear they "can be put back together again," CIA Director John Brennan said.
8 September 2016
Palestinian court suspends local polls
A Palestinian court yesterday suspended municipal elections set for October 8 following disputes between the rival Fatah and
8 September 2016
Taliban push into southern Afghan city
The Taliban stormed into Tarin Kot yesterday, triggering heavy fighting around government buildings as panicked residents
8 September 2016