Middle East
Air strikes on IS convoy in Syria kill 40
Air strikes on a convoy of the Islamic State group killed at least 40 jihadists in central Syria at the weekend, a ...Egypt votes in parliamentary elections
Egypt kicked off a long-awaited parliamentary election on Sunday, the final step in a process that was meant to put the country ...Israel says further knife attacks thwarted, three Palestinians dead
Three Palestinians were shot dead and a fourth wounded in stabbing incidents in east Jerusalem and the West Bank Saturday, as violence ...Israelis kill 2 alleged Palestinian attackers
Israeli police shot and killed a Palestinian teenager they say drew a knife on them in Jerusalem on Saturday, while another alleged ...Turkey downs drone as Syria launches Aleppo offensive
Turkey shot down a drone on Friday in an incident highlighting the dangers of multiple air combat operations over Syria, where government ...Violence escalates as Palestinians torch Jewish holy site at West Bank
Palestinians set fire to a Jewish shrine in the occupied West Bank and an attacker disguised as a journalist stabbed an Israeli ...Syria regime in new offensive as Putin blasts US
Russia said its warplanes had eased back on air strikes in Syria as regime forces press a widening ground offensive, while President ...Mideast violence spikes despite new Israeli measures
Israel has struggled to curb a spate of violence that has raised fears of a full-blown uprising, with more knife attacks shaking ...Turkey suspends Ankara police, intelligence, security chiefs after bombing
Turkey\'s interior ministry said it had removed the police, intelligence and security chiefs of Ankara from their posts in an effort to ...Three Israelis killed in Palestinian attacks in Jerusalem
Palestinian men armed with knives and a gun killed at least three people and wounded several others in a string of attacks ...




