OCCUPIED WEST BANK / Activists rush aid to Palestinians besieged by settlers
15 August 2026
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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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Manbij freed
More than 2,000 civilians held captive by IS as human shields have been freed after militants were driven out of a key stronghold in
13 August 2016
IS flees Manbij, abducts 2,000 as 'human shield'
Islamic State group fighters seized around 2,000 civilians to use as "human shields" Friday as they fled their stronghold of Manbij in
12 August 2016
IS abducts around 2,000 civilians in north Syria
Islamic State group fighters seize around 2,000 civilians to use as "human shields" Friday as they fled their stronghold of Manbij in northern Syria, according to US-backed forces and a monitor.
12 August 2016
UN probes new Syria gas attack
The UN yesterday said it was investigating evidence of a toxic gas attack on a rebel-held area of the Syrian city of Aleppo which killed 4 people including a mother and her 3 children.
11 August 2016
Palestinian stabs man in Jerusalem
A Palestinian man stabbed and wounded a young Jewish man in Jerusalem yesterday before fleeing, in what Israeli
11 August 2016
Battle for Sirte in 'final phase'
Pro-government forces yesterday battled to clear the Islamic State group from its main Libyan stronghold of Sirte,
11 August 2016
Taliban close in on Helmand capital
Fighting raged yesterday in Helmand after Afghanistan rushed military reinforcements to beat back Taliban
11 August 2016
Aleppo bleeds on despite 'truce'
Fresh fighting hit Syria's Aleppo yesterday, the first day of a promised Russian aid window the UN said was
11 August 2016
'Children die in our arms'
Doctors in rebel-held districts of Aleppo have made an urgent plea to US President Barack Obama to take action to help civilians following repeated atrocities in the devastated Syrian city.
11 August 2016
45,000 IS fighters killed
About 45,000 jihadists have been killed in Iraq and Syria since the US-led operation to defeat the Islamic State group began two years ago, a top general said yesterday.
10 August 2016
Afghan Taliban close in on Helmand capital
Afghanistan rushed military reinforcements to Helmand as Taliban insurgents closed in on the besieged capital of the southern
10 August 2016
TRAGIC
A fire tore through the maternity ward of one of Baghdad's largest hospitalsyesterday, killing at least 12 premature babies,
10 August 2016
Philippines' Duterte calls US envoy 'gay'
The Philippines' President Rodrigo Duterte has sparked a fresh diplomatic row with his colourful language, calling the
10 August 2016
Israel arrests UN Gaza employee
Israel yesterday said it had arrested and charged a United Nations employee for allegedly providing "material
9 August 2016
Saudi-led air strikes kill 9 in capital
A Saudi-led military coalition conducted air strikes on the Yemeni capital Sanaa yesterday for the first time in five
9 August 2016
Aleppo war escalates
Syrian regime forces and rebel factions sent hundreds of reinforcements to Aleppo yesterday as opposition fighters announced an all-out offensive to take the country's second city.
8 August 2016
Fighting in Aleppo after Syria rebels 'break siege'
Syrian regime forces were on the defensive around Aleppo yesterday after a rebel alliance said it inflicted a major setback by breaking a three-week government siege of the battered city.
7 August 2016
Duterte vows to keep 'shoot-to-kill' order
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has vowed to maintain his "shoot-to-kill" order against drug dealers while in
6 August 2016
Yemen peace talks tatters
The UN suspended talks between Yemen's warring parties yesterday after the Iran-backed Shia rebels and their allies appointed a council to run the country in a blow to the peace process.
6 August 2016
Turkey sacks 167 staff from scientific council
Turkey has dismissed 167 staff from its Scientific and Technological Research Council (Tubitak) as a purge of state
5 August 2016