Hezbollah vows to attack al-Nusra rebels 'inside Syria'

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah says his Lebanese Shia group will launch an attack inside Syria on Sunni militants fighting for the al-Nusra Front.
6 May 2015, 04:27 AM

Saudi mulls partial truces in Yemen for aid delivery

Saudi Arabia is considering temporary halts in coalition air strikes against rebels in Yemen to allow for aid deliveries, Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said yesterday.
4 May 2015, 18:00 PM

US asks Iran to help bring parties into talks

The United States sought Iran's help to bring Yemen's warring parties into talks on a political settlement when US and Iranian foreign
30 April 2015, 18:30 PM

Israel allows building material into Gaza

Israel allowed 14,000 tonnes of building material into war-devastated Gaza yesterday, the defence ministry said of the largest single
29 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Syria regime bombing kills 21 in north

Air strikes by Syrian government forces yesterday killed at least 21 people, including six children, and wounded 50 in the northern provinces of Aleppo and Idlib, a monitor said.
29 April 2015, 18:00 PM

New heir to throne named

Saudi Arabia's King Salman yesterday named his powerful interior minister as heir in a generational shift that also saw one of his sons promoted to second in line to the throne.
29 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Yemen clashes kill 20 in Aden

Huthi rebels and their allies advanced in the heart of Yemen's second city Aden in heavy fighting that killed at least 20 people, medical and security sources said yesterday.
28 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Qaeda, ISIS gain in Syria, Iraq

Al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate and its allies seized the last major government-held city in Idlib province yesterday, in a blow that could
25 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Saudi prince offers Bentleys to bombers!

A wealthy Saudi royal attracted criticism on social media after he apparently offered luxury cars to fighter pilots participating in a bombing campaign in Yemen.
23 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Rouhani-Ghani announce security cooperation

Afghanistan and Iran yesterday announced plans for enhanced security cooperation to combat threats from the Islamic State group, including possible joint military operations.
19 April 2015, 18:00 PM

France provides first weapons to Lebanon

The first French weapons from a $3 billion Saudi-funded programme will arrive in Lebanon today as allies seek to bolster the country's defences
19 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Iraq clears massive oil refinery of ISIS

Iraqi forces backed by US-led air strikes cleared the country's largest oil refinery of the Islamic State group, the international coalition helping
19 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Egypt court sentences 11 to death

An Egyptian court yesterday sentenced 11 football fans to death after a retrial over a 2012 stadium riot in the canal city of Port Said that left 74
19 April 2015, 18:00 PM

UN envoy quits after criticism

The UN envoy to Yemen has resigned after failing to avert large-scale violence, dealing a blow to hopes of a diplomatic solution to the
16 April 2015, 18:00 PM

ISIS steps up assault on Iraq's Ramadi

Islamic State (ISIS) has stepped up its assault on the western Iraqi city of Ramadi, launching a series of suicide bomb attacks on a
16 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Iran nuke talks on April 22-23 in Vienna: EU

Major world powers and Iran will hold fresh talks in Vienna on April 22-23 to build on the framework accord reached on Tehran's
16 April 2015, 18:00 PM

Top Qaeda leader killed in Yemen

The ideological leader of Yemen-based al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula was killed in a drone strike this week, allegedly by the United
15 April 2015, 20:36 PM

ISIS lost 25- 30 pc of Iraq territory: US

The Islamic State group has lost control of "25 to 30" percent of the territory it holds in Iraq after coalition air strikes and an Iraqi
15 April 2015, 20:29 PM

Pressure mounts on rebels

Saudi Arabia and Egypt are considering holding "large-scale" military exercises after launching air strikes on Yemeni rebels who have
15 April 2015, 20:26 PM

Obama blinks on Iran deal

In the standoff with Congress over the Iranian nuclear deal, President Obama just blinked. Now the US Congress will have a say on a
15 April 2015, 18:00 PM