Middle East
Russia launches Syria airstrikes from Iranian base
Russia said Tuesday its warplanes flew out of an Iranian airbase for the first time to bomb jihadist groups in Syria, as ...10 children dead in Arab coalition raid on Yemen school: MSF
Saudi-led air strikes on a school in a rebel-held province of northern Yemen have killed 10 children and wounded 28 others, Doctors ...UN probe into chlorine gas attack report in Aleppo
At least four people died and many suffered breathing difficulties when a gas, believed to be chlorine, was dropped alongside barrel bombs ...11 newborns dead in Baghdad hospital blaze
At least 11 premature babies were killed Wednesday in a fire that tore through one of Baghdad\'s largest maternity hospitals, medical and ...Leaders of Russia, Iran, Azerbaijan discuss closer ties
Leaders of Russia, Iran and Azerbaijan met on Monday to discuss a new transport corridor and other economic projects in the Caspian ...At least 500 fighters killed in a week in Aleppo battle: monitor
More than 500 rebels and government forces have been killed in one week of fierce fighting to control the northern Syrian city ...Syria rebels in huge attack to break Aleppo siege
Jihadists and their rebel allies pressed an offensive Friday with a massive attack aimed at seizing a military academy south of Aleppo ...Egypt says IS Sinai chief killed in strike
An Egyptian air strike killed the head of the Islamic State group branch behind scores of deadly attacks on security forces and ...UN envoy says to suspend Yemen peace talks
The UN special envoy to Yemen said Thursday he plans to suspend peace talks between the country\'s warring parties at the weekend ...Emirates plane crash-lands in Dubai
An Emirates plane with 300 people on board crash-landed and caught fire in Dubai Wednesday, causing the death of a firefighter and ...




