Middle East

Turkey

Turkey: at least 27 migrants drown as boat sinks off coast near Edremit

At least 27 migrants and refugees have died off Turkey’s Aegean coast trying to reach the Greek island of Lesbos, according to the Turkish

08/02/2016

Syria

Syria conflict: UN report denounces 'state policy of extermination'

Detainees held by Syria's government are dying in such numbers a UN war crimes report says that it denounces "a state policy to attack a civilian population".

08/02/2016

Turkey

Thousands of Syrians stranded in 'desperate situation' on Turkish border

German Chancellor Angela Merkel heads to Ankara for border-control talks as thousands remain stranded at Turkey-Syria frontier.

08/02/2016

Turkey

Migrant crisis: Turkish police raid factories producing faulty dinghies

Turkish police have raided three factories producing unlicensed and faulty dinghies, according to local media reports. Almost 50, deemed to be

07/02/2016

Syria

Syrian refugees flee to Turkey border as Aleppo assault intensifies

Around 35,000 Syrian refugees have arrived at the Turkish border, near the southern city of Kilis in the last two days, and are being accommodated on

06/02/2016

Syria

Syrians flee to Turkish border as government forces close in on Aleppo

At least 15-thousand Syrians have fled an intensifying assault around the city of Aleppo Crowds of people have been massing at the Bab al-Salam

06/02/2016

Syria

Diplomatic row at the UN highlights the difficulties for peace in Syria

As thousands flee the intense fighting around the Syrian city of Aleppo.

05/02/2016

Sport

Nizzolo takes Dubai Tour lead as Lobato wins stage three

Italian Giacomo Nizzolo took control of the Dubai Tour standings on Friday after a second place finish in the penultimate stage three. Spaniard Juan

05/02/2016

Syria

20,000 Syrian refugees stuck on Turkish border after fleeing Aleppo

Tens of thousands of people are leaving the Syrian city of Aleppo or the refugee camps on its outskirts and fleeing towards Turkey. Some 20,000 are

05/02/2016

Turkey

Davutoglu promises 'rose garden' in Turkey's Kurdish south-east

Turkey's prime minister has been in the mainly Kurdish south-east of the country after weeks of anti-PKK operations left some areas badly damaged.

05/02/2016

Syria

Civilians flee Aleppo as Syrian army and Russian air power lay siege

Ancient armies fought here, but now modern weapons are beginning to encircle Aleppo, and the city is being hit remorselessly from the air by the

05/02/2016

Cinema

An intimate doc on the Egyptian Revolution

'I Am The People' chronicles the post-Arab Spring tensions in Egypt seen from the eyes of a farmer in the Nile valley.

05/02/2016

United Arab Emirates

Camel Trek: In the Footsteps of our Ancestors

04/02/2016

Egypt

Italy-Egypt to jointly investigate death of 'tortured' student Giulio Regeni

Italy’s Foreign Minister has confirmed Rome will collaborate with Cairo in an investigation into the death of twenty-eight-year-old student Giulio

04/02/2016

Sport

Team Sky's Viviani wins stage two of Dubai Tour

Team Sky’s Elia Viviani enjoyed a double victory of sorts on Thursday. The Italian won a crash-hit stage two of the Dubai Tour and with it took the

04/02/2016

Syria

Syria: stakeholders surprised by halt in talks

Talks in tatters after Russian-backed Syrian Army offensive in Aleppo

04/02/2016

Egypt

Missing Italian Giulio Regeni found dead in Cairo with 'signs of torture'

Missing Italian student Giulio Regeni has been found dead in Cairo “with signs of torture,” according to a senior Egyptian prosecutor. The Cambridge

04/02/2016

Syria

Aleppo assault threatens fragile Syrian peace process

A Syrian government offensive on rebel-held towns around Aleppo has thrown the UN brokered peace talks into chaos.

03/02/2016

Sport

Kittel wins opening stage of Dubai Tour

Marcel Kittel won the opening stage of the Dubai Tour on Wednesday following a powerful sprint finish in Fujairah. The first stage of the third

03/02/2016

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Istanbul's historic Grand Bazaar set for restoration

This is drone footage of one of the world’s oldest and largest covered markets. It emerged as Turkish authorities announced this week that Istanbul’s

03/02/2016

United Arab Emirates

Peace talks do not legitimise Syrian rebel groups, says Russia

Moscow has agreed that two Syrian rebel groups taking part in peace talks are doing so on an individual basis. Sergei Lavrov, Russian Foreign

02/02/2016

Jordan

UK berates Russia ahead of Donors' Conference on Syria

Ahead of the London Donors’ Conference on Syria, British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond visited the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan. The conference

02/02/2016

World

Terror, anti-Semitism and peace: Israel's Ambassador to France meets euronews

More than 70 years after the end of the Second World War, these are dark days for France’s Jews. The fear of being attacked is every present in a

01/02/2016

Syria

Syria peace talks: UN mediator 'optimistic and determined'

Syria’s main opposition group met with the UN’s mediator in Geneva for the first time on Sunday but attempts to get talks started to find a solution

01/02/2016

Syria

Death toll rises in Shi'ite shrine blasts in Damascus

The number of people killed in Sunday's bomb attacks in the Syrian capital Damascus has risen to 71 with dozens more wounded.

31/01/2016

Syria

Blasts close to Damascus' main Shi'ite shrine kill 60 - monitor

The Sunni militant group calling itself Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attack.

31/01/2016