Middle East

Cyprus

Greek Cypriots head to the polls to pick their next president

Polls predict outgoing president Nicos Anastasiades will win the election.

28/01/2018

Turkey

Turkey's military offensive in Syria enters second week

Turkey says the United States has pledged to stop supplying weapons to a Kurdish militia in Syria.

27/01/2018

Saudi Arabia

Saudi billionaire prince freed in corruption investigation

Release suggests corruption probe is winding down after it sent shockwaves through kingdom's business and political establishment

27/01/2018

Saudi Arabia

Unusual snowfall blankets northern Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia's northwestern Tabuk region was blanketed in a white sheet of snow and locals wasted no time in sharing photos and videos before it melted away again.

26/01/2018

Saudi Arabia

Banned for Botox: 12 camels disqualified from Saudi beauty pageant

The pursuit of the perfect pout got the camels disqualified.

25/01/2018

Syria

Trump urges Turkes to 'de-escalate' its military operation in Afrin

Turkey's 'Operation Olive Branch' continues with reports of more civilian casualties on both sides

25/01/2018

Turkey

Turkish border mayor says ready for new wave of Syrian refugees

Hatay, already home to 500,000 refugees, will support new camps but only on Syrian side of border.

24/01/2018

Egypt

Egypt detains last major challenger to Sisi's reelection

The army says former military chief of staff Sami Anan broke the law by running for president without permission.

24/01/2018

Syria

Turkey says 'Olive Branch' to continue until terrorists eliminated

Ankara claims it's taking all measures to prevent civilian casualties

24/01/2018

Israel

Female journalists complain of gender segregation at Western Wall

Women have been voicing their outrage on social media under the hashtag #PenceFence.

23/01/2018

Israel

Mike Pence visits Western Wall amid tension with Palestinians

Palestinians in Jerusalem closed up shop in protest against Pence's visit, a day after the vice president said the US would open its embassy there by the end of next year.

23/01/2018

Syria

Ankara-Washington talks scheduled as Turkey pushes ahead in Syria

Ankara announces President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will speak to his US counterpart Donald Trump on Wednesday.

23/01/2018

Syria

'We are not enemies of the Turkish people': former PYD leader

Salih Muslim tells euronews that Moscow is also involved in the northern Syrian campaign, known as 'Operation Olive Branch'.

23/01/2018

Turkey

President Erdogan defends Turkey's offensive in Syria

Turkish leader says the fighting won't stop until the mission to oust Kurdish YPG militia is complete

22/01/2018

Syria

Turkey wants international support for its 'olive branch' offensive

Turkey is waging a military campaign with rebel allies against a US-backed Kurdish militia in Syria's Afrin region.

22/01/2018

Saudi Arabia

Saudi women get the right to drive — but what about everything else?

Headline-grabbing announcements regarding women's rights obscure the conflicts within families and throughout society over justice and the rule of law.

22/01/2018

Yemen

Yemen suffers deadly strikes as Russia calls for dialogue

Amid fresh violence in Yemen, Russia calls for dialogue to resolve what the UN says is currently 'the worst man-made humanitarian crisis'.

22/01/2018

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Shops reopen in Aleppo market – or what's left of it

The market in Syria's largest city still has no water, electricity or telephone lines.

22/01/2018

Israel

Mike Pence is given a warm welcome in Israel but Palestinians boycott

The US Vice President's MidEast tour does little to build bridges over Trump Jerusalem move

22/01/2018

Syria

Turkish troops enter Afrin region in northern Syria

Rockets fired from inside Syria hit Turkish border towns in retaliation for Turkish incursion

21/01/2018

Turkey

Missiles fired from Syria hit two Turkish border towns

Attacks come after a day of Turkish artillery bombardments and airstrikes into Syria against Kurdish positions.

21/01/2018

Egypt

US Vice President Mike Pence visits Middle East

Mr Pence's trip to Egypt, the first leg of a Middle East tour, was marred by continuing anger over the US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital last month.

21/01/2018

Syria

Syria: Turkey steps up offensive against Kurdish forces

The Turkish military is set to activate ground operations in addition to the air strikes it has launched against the US-backed YPG militia in Afrin province

21/01/2018

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Syrian soldier spends his downtime breeding pigeons in Aleppo

The scaling down of the fighting in Aleppo over the past two years has given Bassil the chance to explore his hobby of breeding pigeons.

20/01/2018

Turkey

Turkish President Erdogan says a ground operation has begun in Syria

20/01/2018

Egypt

Egypt: Sisi to run for second presidential term

The general-turned-president is widely expected to win re-election in March

20/01/2018