Middle East
Syria enters fifth year of bloody civil conflict
Syria\'s conflict entered its fifth year on Sunday with the regime emboldened by shifting international attention, and a growing humanitarian crisis exacerbated ...US shuts Saudi embassy over security fears
The US embassy in Saudi Arabia said it had suspended consular services in the kingdom for two days due to "heightened security ...Egypt sacks 41 judges for supporting Brotherhood
An Egyptian disciplinary court ordered 41 judges into compulsory retirement on Saturday for supporting the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, judicial sources said, the ...Egypt announces plans to build new capital
Egypt plans to build a new administrative capital east of Cairo within five to seven years at a cost of $45 billion.Syria Kurds urge US-led strikes as IS forces mass
Syrian Kurdish fighters urged the US-led coalition Friday to launch new air strikes on the Islamic State group as the jihadists brought ...Iraqi troops clash with ISIS in Tikrit
Iraqi security forces and mainly Shi\'ite militia exchanged fire sporadically with Islamic State fighters in Tikrit on Thursday, a day after they ...Islamic State says Australian teenager carries out suicide attack in Iraq
Australia is seeking to confirm Islamic State\'s claim that an Australian teenage recruit died after blowing himself up in Iraq, the country\'s ...Iraqi forces enter northern district of Tikrit
Iraqi security forces and militia fighters captured part of Tikrit\'s northern Qadisiya district on Wednesday in their first advance into the city ...IS claims execution of Arab Israeli accused of spying
The Islamic State released a video Tuesday purporting to show a young boy executing an Arab Israeli who it claimed infiltrated the ...UN chief calls on world to stop destruction of Iraqi sites
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on the international community to halt the destruction by Islamic State jihadists of Iraqi archaeological sites, branding ...




