Middle East

Syria

[WATCH] Donald Trump confirms US missile strikes on Syria

US President Donald Trump has confirmed the US has launched missile strikes on a Syrian airfield.

07/04/2017

Syria

Homs governor says US strike was to 'serve the goals of terrorism'

The governor of Homs says the US missile attack on an air base near the western Syrian city was to “serve the goals of terrorism.

07/04/2017

Syria

Sarin gas thought to be likely agent used in Syria attack

Sarin gas is now thought by many to have been used in the attack in Syria.

06/04/2017

Syria

Amid calls for inquiry, Syria again denies chemical attack

Images from the Syrian town of Khan Sheikhoun on Thursday showed men collecting evidence from the site of the chemical attack that killed at least 70 people including…

06/04/2017

Syria

Chemical killer slays 22 members of the same Syrian family

Chemical killer claims 22 members of the same Syrian family

06/04/2017

Syria

Syria again rejects claims it was behind chemical attack

There are more strong denials from the Syrian government amid worldwide condemnation of the chemical attack that killed at least 70 people including children.

06/04/2017

Israel

'Peace Through the Eye of a Needle'

Two Neighbors fashion peace between Israel and the Palestinians

06/04/2017

Israel

Car rams into bus stop in occupied West Bank

One Israeli man in his twenties is killed, and a 19-year old is injured in the attack.

06/04/2017

Syria

US Secretary of State Tillerson blames Syria regime for gas deaths

Some of the 72 victims of the suspected gas attack in northern Syrian were buried on Wednesday as their families grieved.

06/04/2017

Syria

Chemical Weapons Convention disregarded with impunity

Chemical Weapons Convention routinely ignored in Syria

05/04/2017

Syria

Russia says bombed rebel weapons dump caused Syria 'chemical attack'

Russia has said chemical gas which killed dozens in Syria leaked from a rebel facility, after it was bombed by Syrian planes.

05/04/2017

Syria

Russia says bombed rebel weapons dump caused Syria 'chemical attack'

Russia has said chemical weapons that killed as many as 100 people in the town of Idlib leaked from a rebel weapons facility after it was bombed by the Syrian air…

05/04/2017

Turkey

Germany is finally granted a consular visit to jailed 'Die Welt' journalist

Jailed Die Welt journalist held in 'solitary confinement' in a Turkish prison according to German diplomat

04/04/2017

Syria

Syrian “gas attack”: What we know

At least 58 people have been killed in Syria’s northern Idlib province, in what has been reported as a chemical weapon attack.

04/04/2017

Syria

International outrage at Syria 'gas attack'

The White House said on Tuesday that President Donald Trump was alarmed at reports of a suspected Syrian government chemical attack that has left dozens of people…

04/04/2017

Europe News

Fresh funding pledges for Syrian refugees expected at Brussels conference

International donors are expected to pledge billions more euros for Syrian refugees at a conference that has kicked off in Brussels.

04/04/2017

Syria

Suspected gas attack kills dozens in northern Syria

Another suspected chemical attack in Syria has killed at least fifty people including a dozen children.

04/04/2017

Yemen

US intensifies Yemen airstrikes

The Pentagon says a further 20 US strikes have targeted al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula since the middle of last week.

03/04/2017

Egypt

Egypt to transfer strategic Red Sea islands to Saudi

An Egyptian court has annulled a ruling blocking the transfer of sovereignty of two islands to Saudi Arabia.

03/04/2017

Africanews

Ethiopian maid in Kuwait: I wasn't attempting suicide in cruel employer's viral video

An Ethiopian maid who survived a fall from the seventh floor of a building in Kuwait's Sabah el-Salem area while her employer filmed has explained that she wasn't trying to commit suicide.

02/04/2017

World

Live from WEF: Searching for sustainable solutions to the global refugee crisis

02/04/2017

Israel

Israel: Teenage attacker killed

Israeli paramilitary police shot a 17 year-old Palestinian dead on Saturday after he stabbed three Israelis in Jerusalem’s Old City.

01/04/2017

Syria

Syria conflict: Assad army 'retakes rebel ground' in Hama

President Assad’s forces have retaken most of the land lost recently to rebels in Hama province, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

01/04/2017

Israel

Palestinians demand sanctions against Israel over new settlement

Palestinians demanded international sanctions against Israel on Friday over its approval of the first officially authorised new settlement in the occupied West Bank for over two…

31/03/2017

Lebanon

Embroidered dolls tell the stories of mothers in war-torn Aleppo

56-year old Amina is one of 80 Syrian women in a Beirut refugee camp who are embroidering designs onto dolls that share the stories and dreams of mothers still living in war-torn…

31/03/2017

Israel

Outrage as Israel approves first new West Bank settlement in 20 years

The Israeli government backed the construction despite talks with Washington on possibly curbing settlement activity.

31/03/2017