Middle East
Iraq forces in west Mosul aim for key bridge
Iraqi forces battled jihadists in west Mosul on Sunday, aiming to build a floating bridge across the Tigris to establish an important ...Israel reinstates life term of Hamas prisoner freed in swap
An Israeli court has ordered a senior Hamas member to complete his life sentence after he was freed in a 2011 swap ...11 family members dead in rebel push on IS Syria bastion
Eleven members of the same family were killed on Monday as Turkey-backed Syrian rebels advanced on the town of Al-Bab held by ...Huge Baghdad car bomb kills at least 52
A powerful car bomb ripped through a used car market in the south of Iraq\'s capital Thursday, killing more than 50 people ...Syrian opposition wants Geneva talks on political transition
The main Syrian opposition body said on Wednesday it wanted face-to-face negotiations with the Damascus government about a political transition at peace ...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 ...




