Middle East
Fighting shakes Aleppo as truce expires
Clashes and air strikes shook the Syrian city of Aleppo, a monitor said Sunday, as heavy fighting resumed after the end of ...Kurds attack IS-held town as Mosul battle rages
Kurdish forces launched a major assault Thursday on a town held by the Islamic State group near Mosul, opening a new front ...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 ...




