Middle East
Britain and U.S. consider extra sanctions against Assad and his supporters
Britain and the United States said on Sunday they were considering additional sanctions against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his supporters, and ...Israel suspends cooperation with UNESCO after Jerusalem vote
Israel suspended cooperation with UNESCO Friday after the UN cultural organisation adopted two resolutions on the occupied Palestinian territories including annexed east ...12 Egypt soldiers killed in Sinai attack
An attack on an Egyptian military checkpoint killed 12 soldiers and wounded six others on Friday in the Sinai Peninsula where security ...US military strikes Yemen after missile attacks on US Navy ship
The United States on Thursday bombed three radar sites controlled by Huthi rebels in Yemen, the first direct US strike against the ...Putin accuses France of playing tricks with Syria resolution
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday accused France of deliberately luring Moscow into vetoing a United Nations resolution on Syria and suggested ...Arab coalition says to probe Yemen raid that killed 140
The Saudi-led coalition fighting rebels in Yemen said on Sunday it is ready to investigate together with the United States an air ...18 killed in PKK car bomb in southeast Turkey; 27 wounded
Kurdish militants detonated a car bomb Sunday outside a military checkpoint in southeast Turkey, killing ten soldiers and eight civilians, the prime ...UN envoy warns east Aleppo faces total destruction
The UN\'s Syria envoy Thursday warned east Aleppo faces total destruction, as government forces made their biggest gains in years against rebels ...Syria army advances in Aleppo after US drops Russia talks
Syrian regime forces advanced against rebels during intense street battles in the heart of Aleppo on Tuesday, after the United States abandoned ...Aleppo hospital hit as Syria army presses assault
The largest hospital in rebel-held east Aleppo was bombed on Saturday for the second time in days as Syrian government forces pressed ...




