Middle East
MSF urges aid access in Yemen
Doctors Without Borders on Wednesday urged all warring parties in Yemen to allow aid deliveries, saying it had treated more than 55,000 ...Baghdad suicide car bomb kills nine
A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle in a Shiite majority neighbourhood of Baghdad on Wednesday, killing at least nine people, an ...Syria refugees test Palestinian solidarity in Lebanon
When Palestinian Fuad Abu Khaled fled Syria\'s war in 2013, he sought refuge among his own, looking for solidarity among Palestinian refugees ...Netanyahu urges pardon for convicted Israeli soldier
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday he supported pardoning a young Israeli soldier convicted of manslaughter for shooting dead a ...Syria army presses fight near Damascus despite truce
Syria\'s army advanced Monday as it battles to capture a rebel region that is key to the capital\'s water supply, launching strikes ...Central Baghdad market blasts kill at least 27
Twin bomb blasts ripped through a busy market area in central Baghdad Saturday, police said, shattering a relative lull in attacks in ...World celebrations ring in New Year 2017
Much of the globe celebrated the beginning of 2017 with fireworks, parties and other festivities, though many were somber in reflecting on ...Syria truce holding despite isolated violence
A fragile calm was holding across Syria on Friday after a truce brokered by Russia and Turkey came into effect, a potentially ...Syria regime, rebels agree nationwide ceasefire
Syria\'s army and key ally Russia on Thursday announced a nationwide ceasefire to take effect at midnight, in a potential major breakthrough ...Iraqi forces launch second phase of Mosul offensive against Islamic State
Iraqi security forces on Thursday began the second phase of their offensive against Islamic State militants in Mosul, pushing from three directions ...




