Middle East

Turkey

Syria conflict will be central to major Islamic summit

It calls itself the collective voice of the Muslim world. And ahead of a leaders summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, foreign ministers

13/04/2016

Turkey

Turkey shells ISIL targets in Syria after rockets hit Kilis

Turkey says it has retaliated against the so-called Islamic State after three days of rockets fired from across the border in Syria caused panic and

13/04/2016

Syria

Syria: Polls and peace talks as fighting escalates

State-controlled areas of Syria are voting on Wednesday in parliamentary elections boycotted by the opposition. The polls are seen as a sham by the

13/04/2016

Egypt

Diplomatic tension escalates between Egypt and Italy

Investigations continue into the death of 28-year-old PHD student Giulio Regeni in Cairo

12/04/2016

Sport

Besiktas' first game at new stadium overshadowed by fans being tear-gassed

Besiktas’ first match in their newly rebuilt Vodafone Arena will be remembered more for pre-match violence than the game itself. The first match in

12/04/2016

Turkey

No Joke: Turkey's president files complaint against German comedian

Erdogan has called for the prosecution of Jan Böhmermann for performing a satirical poem on the German TV channel ZDF. in Germany it is illegal to insult a foreign head of state.

12/04/2016

Turkey

Turkey: soldier killed and dozens injured in Diyarbakir truck bomb

A Turkish soldier has been killed and dozens injured in a truck bomb in Diyarbakir province in the southeast of the country. Thirty-nine soldiers and

12/04/2016

Syria

Fighting continues in Homs and Aleppo provinces on eve of Syria election

Fighting has continued in Syria, on the eve of the first parliamentary elections in four years. Opposition activists reported airstrikes by

12/04/2016

Sport

Besiktas unveil new stadium

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan inaugurated Besiktas’ brand new waterfront stadium on Sunday. The formal opening did not take place inside the

11/04/2016

United Arab Emirates

Dubai plans tower even higher than Burj Khalifa

11/04/2016

Yemen

Cautious ceasefire begins in Yemen

Hostilities end Sunday, midnight local time Peace talks to follow later this month Truce to allow for delivery of humatiarian aid A tentative

11/04/2016

Syria

Italian architects reconstructing Palmyra's Triumphal Arch

A group of Italian architects are resurrecting parts of the war-ravaged ancient Syrian city of Palmyra by recreating the 2,000-year-old Triumphal

09/04/2016

Syria

Syrian towns retaken from ISIL

A pro-rebel Syrian news agency (SMART) reported the southern town of Tasil has been retaken by rebel groups linked to the Free Syrian Army. The town

09/04/2016

Egypt

Red Sea bridge to be built linking Egypt and Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia and Egypt have announced a bridge is to be built across the Red Sea linking the two countries – as well as the continents of Africa and

08/04/2016

United Arab Emirates

Flydubai crash could have been pilot error - investigators

Russian investigators have said pilot error could be to blame for the crash of a Flydubai passenger flight in March, but added the conditions and

08/04/2016

Syria

Fighting rages along Syria's northern front

No news on the whereabouts of scores of workers seized from a cement works by ISIL

08/04/2016

My Europe Series

Boom times for Turkey's lucrative smuggling rings

Criminals based in Turkey have reaped huge profits from the human windfall of hundreds of thousands of desperate refugees and migrants that have flooded into the country. A lucrative business has spru

08/04/2016

Turkey

Turkey and Israel move a step closer to reconciliation deal

Teams from Turkey and Israel have made progress towards a reconciliation deal. The two sides met in London on Thursday (April 7). A statement

08/04/2016

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Cleaning up after ISIL

The Russian Defence Ministry released a video on Wednesday (April 6) showing teams of military sappers searching for mines in the historic part of

08/04/2016

Syria

Syria: ISIL alleged to have kidnapped 250 factory employees

Approximately 250 Syrians are feared kidnapped following an alleged ISIL attack east of Damascus. The cement factory employees have been unreachable

07/04/2016

Turkey

Turkey probes leak of 50 million people's data

Turkey is investigating how hackers managed to post online the personal data of nearly 50 million people, or two-thirds of the population. It is

06/04/2016

Syria

Inside the city of Palmyra and what is left after the defeat of ISIL there

The battle for Palmyra is over but the reminders of the dangers are ever present as a team from France 2 discovered. They spent time there with the

06/04/2016

Turkey

Turkey: personal data of 50 million citizens leaked online, hackers claim

Turkey has launched an investigation into an alleged leak of the personal data of almost 50 million citizens. The information is said to have been

06/04/2016

Syria

Islamists down Syrian government aircraft capturing pilot

Islamist rebels have shot down a Syrian government aircraft over Aleppo. Reports suggest that militants from the Nusra Front have captured the pilot

05/04/2016

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Return of the migrants

Turkey receives the first group of migrants rejected from Greece on Monday under a landmark EU deal aimed at stopping the huge influx of migrants

05/04/2016

Turkey

Deported migrants are sent to holding centre in Turkey

The first migrants deported from Greek islands back to Turkey under a controversial deal with the EU have now been sent to a holding centre in

05/04/2016