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Syria authorities say armed groups have agreed to disband
Dec 24, 2024
DAMASCUS — Syria's new leaders announced Tuesday that they had reached an agreement with the country's rebel groups on their dissolution and integration under the defence ministry.Absent from the meeting were representatives of the US-backed, Kurdish-led forces that control swathes of Syria's northeast.The meeting between the rebel groups and Syria ...
Iran flights to Syria on hold until late January
Dec 24, 2024
 TEHRAN — Iranian flights to Syria will remain suspended until late January, loc ...
Netanyahu tells Israel parliament 'some progress' on Gaza hostage deal
Dec 23, 2024
 OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu told lawmakers ...
South Sudan 'overwhelmed' by refugee influx and cholera outbreaks - MSF
Dec 23, 2024
 NAIROBI — South Sudan is facing a "completely overwhelming" influx of refugees from war-torn Sudan as well as a rapidly growing choler ...
Syria's new leader says all weapons to come under 'state control'
Dec 23, 2024
DAMASCUS — Two weeks after seizing power in a sweeping offensive, Syria's new leader Ahmed al Sharaa on Sunday said weapons in the country, ...
US strikes Huthi targets in Yemen, hours after rebels hit Israel
Dec 22, 2024
MENA Dubai Shopping Festival and New Year’s Eve Dubai FAM Trip
Dec 22, 2024
AMMAN — This year, Dubai proudly celebrates the 30th anniversary of its iconic annual Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF) from December 6 2024 to& ...
Turkey's top diplomat meets Syria's new leader in Damascus
Dec 22, 2024
ANKARA — Turkey's foreign minister Hakan Fidan met with Syria's new leader in Damascus on Sunday, Ankara's foreign ministry said.A video rel ...
Gaza rescuers say Israeli strikes kill 28
Dec 22, 2024
 GAZA STRIP, Palestinian territories — Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli strikes overnight and early Sunday killed at least 28 P ...
US drops bounty for Syria's new leader after Damascus meeting
Dec 21, 2024
DAMASCUS — Washington is scrapping a long-standing reward for the arrest of Syria's new leader, a senior US diplomat said Friday, following ...
Gaza rescuers say Israeli air strike kills 7 children from one family
Dec 21, 2024
GAZA STRIP, Palestinian Territories — Gaza's civil defence rescue agency reported that an Israeli air strike killed 10 members of a family o ...
Bombardment kills 3 UN food agency staff in Sudan -WFP
Dec 21, 2024
ROME — The UN expressed outrage Friday after three World Food Programme (WFP) staff were killed in an "aerial bombardment" in Sudan, but sai ...
Iraq says to begin repatriating Syrian troops who fled offensive
Dec 19, 2024
 BAGHDAD — Iraq said it would begin repatriating on Thursday Syrian troops who fled a lightning offensive that precipitated the ouster ...
Israel says intercepted projectile fired from Yemen
Dec 24, 2024
Khamenei says Iran does not have or need regional proxy forces
Dec 22, 2024
20 migrants die in shipwreck off Tunisia, five rescued - coastguard
Dec 19, 2024
EU to 'step up direct engagement' with Syria leaders: Von der Leyen
Dec 17, 2024
Hamas says Gaza truce talks in Doha 'serious and positive'
Dec 17, 2024
Syria chemical weapons: 'large quantities' and major questions
Dec 10, 2024
Turkey braces for surge of Syrian refugees heading home
Dec 10, 2024
UN General Assembly pushes for Palestinian state
Dec 04, 2024
Turkey, Iraq hold high-level talks over Syria
Dec 03, 2024
Lebanon state media says Israeli fire wounds two journalists in south
Nov 27, 2024
UN calls on parties to 'accept a ceasefire' in Lebanon
Nov 25, 2024
UN envoy says 'extremely critical' to avoid Syria being dragged into war
Nov 24, 2024
West Bank city buries three Palestinians killed in Israeli raids
Nov 21, 2024
Israel killed 71 pro-Iran fighters in Syria's Palmyra: monitor
Nov 21, 2024
Netanyahu 'now officially a wanted man' after ICC warrant - Amnesty chief
Nov 21, 2024
Iran site targeted by Israel not 'nuclear facility', says IAEA chief
Nov 20, 2024
Schools closed in Beirut after deadly Israeli air raid
Nov 18, 2024
American forces hit Iran-backed militia targets in Syria-- US military
Nov 13, 2024
Israeli strike near Damascus kills seven: war monitor
Nov 10, 2024
Iran warns of risk of 'expansion of war' beyond Middle East
Nov 09, 2024
Famine looming in north Gaza - UN-backed report
Nov 09, 2024
UNRWA ban in Gaza 'will not make Israel safer' - WHO
Nov 05, 2024

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