Middle East
Sporadic fighting strains fragile Yemen truce
Scattered clashes between rebels and pro-government forces undermined a fragile ceasefire in Yemen Thursday as global pressure intensified for a lasting truce ...Iraq forces advance on IS stronghold of Mosul
Iraqi forces advanced Monday in an offensive aimed at retaking Mosul and dealing a death blow to the Islamic State group\'s "caliphate" ...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 ...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 ...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 ...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 ...




