Middle East
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 ...Five dead as Russian military helicopter downed in Syria
A Russian military helicopter was shot down over Syria on Monday, killing all five people on board in the single deadliest incident ...Rebels launch major assault to break siege of opposition-held Aleppo
Syrian rebel fighters launched on Sunday a major assault on government-held southwestern parts of Aleppo in the first major drive to regain ...Many Houthis, seven Saudi troops killed near Yemen border
Seven Saudi troops and dozens of Houthi fighters were killed in heavy fighting on the border with Yemen, Saudi state news agency ...Syria rebels prevent civilians from leaving Aleppo: monitor
Only a few residents of Syria\'s Aleppo were able to leave encircled opposition-held districts through humanitarian corridors before rebels prevented them from ...Assad offers amnesty to Syria rebels who surrender
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Thursday offered an amnesty to armed rebels battling his forces if they surrender, the official SANA news ...UN eyes late August for new Syria talks
The UN\'s Syria envoy voiced hope Tuesday that peace talks could restart next month, as US Secretary of State John Kerry said ...Turkey frees 1,200 soldiers detained after coup bid
Turkey has freed 1,200 soldiers detained after the failed military coup, a top prosecutor said on Saturday, in its first major release ...Turkey widens crackdown after botched coup
Turkey on Wednesday intensified a sweeping crackdown on the media, the military, the courts and the education system following an attempted coup, ...Clashes as Israel destroys Palestinian home over deadly attack
Clashes erupted Monday as Israel\'s military demolished the home of a Palestinian accused of involvement in a February attack outside Jerusalem\'s Old ...




