Middle East

Syria

Turkey vows to push back PYD fighters from Syrian border

Turkey’s Defence Minister says its armed forces are hoping to push the Syrian Kurdish PYD fighters further east in Jarablus within a week.

25/08/2016

Syria

Syrian government troops behind two toxic gas attacks, report concludes

It has long been suspected and now an official investigation reportedly concludes that government troops were behind two toxic gas attacks in Syria.

25/08/2016

Turkey

Biden reassures Erdogan but Turkey-US tensions persist over Gulen

President Erdogan has received an apology from US vice president for not visiting Turkey earlier after the failed coup attempt.

24/08/2016

Syria

Turkish-backed rebels enter ISIL-held Jarablus in Syria

Turkish tanks have been in action inside Syria, taking part in an offensive to try to drive the self-proclaimed Islamic State from the border area.

24/08/2016

Syria

Erdogan wants to contain Syria's Kurdish rebels at all costs

In a joint operation with the US military Turkey has launched its largest incursion into Syria yet, with the aim of taking control of the border town of Jarablus away from…

24/08/2016

Sport

Abu Ghaush treated to a hero's welcome

Jordan’s first ever Olympic medalist Abu Ghaush was treated to a hero’s welcome as he arrived back home on Tuesday night.

24/08/2016

Turkey

Biden seeks to reassure Turkey of US support after criticism over coup

The US Vice President Joe Biden has voiced support for Turkey during the highest-level visit by a Western diplomat since the failed coup in mid-July.

24/08/2016

Syria

Turkey sends tanks into Syria

A Turkish-backed operation has begun to rid Syria’s northern border of ISIL militants and the Kurdish PYD, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has confirmed.

24/08/2016

Syria

Syrian Kurdish and government forces agree Hasaka ceasefire

The aim is stop fighting in the Syrian city of Hasaka.

23/08/2016

Syria

Turkey bombards ISIL positions in northern Syria

Turkey has bombarded ISIL and Kurdish militia positions in northern Syria, following a wedding suicide bombing which killed more than 50 people.

23/08/2016

Israel

Israel grants 'permission' for Hebron settlement expansion

Israeli authorities have confirmed the process of expanding an Israeli settlement in the West Bank city of Hebron has begun.

23/08/2016

Turkey

Turkey backtracks on who was behind Gaziantep wedding blast

Turkey's prime minister backtracks on an earlier statement by the country's president that Saturday's attack at a Kurdish wedding in Gaziantep was carried out by a child.

22/08/2016

Syria

Turkey's fighting talk ups ante in Syria's long and complex war

Turkey is upping the ante against ISIL, with Ankara saying its “ready to do what it takes” to drive the militants out.

22/08/2016

Turkey

Ankara vows to 'completely cleanse' ISIL militants from border region

A victim of a wedding party attack has been laid to rest, as Turkey vows to “completely cleanse” ISIL militants from its border region.

22/08/2016

Syria

The iconic images of children suffering in war

Viewers are almost immune now to the dusty aftermath of air strikes on city streets in Syria on their television screens.

22/08/2016

Israel

Multiple Israeli air strikes hit Gaza Strip after Palestinian rocket attack

People in the Gaza Strip have been surveying the aftermath of Israeli airstrikes.

22/08/2016

Syria

French forces bombard ISIL as new fighting complicates Syria's war

French forces have bombarded ISIL targets in the Syrian city of Raqqa, apparently destroying a heavy weapons storage and maintenance centre.

22/08/2016

Turkey

Turks hold government responsible for latest deadly attack

A suicide bombing which killed at least 51 people during a wedding in the Turkish city of Gaziantep sparked anti-government protests on Sunday.

21/08/2016

Yemen

Huge rally in Sanaa in support of Houthis and former Yemen President Saleh

Yemen has seen one of its biggest mass rallies since the 2011 overthrow of President Ali Abdullah Saleh.

20/08/2016

Israel

Turkish parliament ratifies renewed Israeli relationship

The Turkish parliament has ratified a deal made earlier this year between Turkey and Israel ending their six-year long freeze in relations.

20/08/2016

Syria

Pentagon scrambles jets to protect US forces from Syrian bombing

The Pentagon says US-led coalition aircraft have been scrambled in Syria to protect American special ground forces from attack by government jets.

20/08/2016

Turkey

Sex laws row between Turkey and Sweden leads to rape billboard

A row between Turkey and Sweden over changes in laws on sexual assault of minors led to a billboard appearing in Istanbul's main airport claiming Sweden has the world's highest rate of rapes.

19/08/2016

Syria

On World Humanitarian Day Syria is still suffering

On World Humanitarian Day the global humanitarian picture looks particularly grim in Syria.

19/08/2016

Turkey

PKK admits it planted Elazig bomb in Turkey

A car bomb exploded outside the police headquarters in the city of Elazig on Thursday. At least five people died and 146 were injured, 14 seriously.

19/08/2016

Syria

Russia signs on to 48-hour Aleppo ceasefire for aid deliveries

The United Nations has welcomed Russia saying it will support a 48-hour ceasefire in the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo with the first "humanitarian pause" next week.

19/08/2016

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: abandoned migrant workers refuse free flights home

Thousands of migrant construction workers – abandoned by their employers in filthy desert camps in Saudi Arabia amid the kingdom’s economic slump – say they will not accept a government offer of free

18/08/2016