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SAAD HARIRI WITHDRAWS RESIGNATION AFTER CABINET MEETING
Prime Minister Saad Hariri has revoked his resignation after Lebanon's cabinet voted to affirm its disengagement from conflicts in the Arab world... READ MORE›
ANALYSIS SUGGESTS U.S. PATRIOTS MISSED MISSILE FIRED FROM YEMEN TOWARD RIYADH AIRPORT
When Shiite rebels blasted a ballistic missile from Yemen toward the Saudi capital last month, Riyadh officials said they had intercepted and destroyed the... READ MORE›
IRAQI VP 'BAFFLED' BY FRENCH DEMAND TO DISBAND MILITIA
Vice President Nouri al-Maliki blasts French president's comments that Iraq must dissolve powerful Hashd al-Shaabi... READ MORE›
HOUTHIS TAKE OVER YEMENI CAPITAL SANAA, ANNOUNCE 'END OF CRISIS' - LOCAL MEDIA
On Monday, Yemen's embattled President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi ordered his armed forces to launch a massive military offensive against Houthis in Sanaa... READ MORE›
YEMEN HOUTHI REBEL VIDEO CLAIMS TO SHOW SLAIN EX-PRESIDENT ALI ABDULLAH SALEH
Yemen Houthi rebel video claims to show slain ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh... READ MORE›
GEORGIA KILLS SUSPECTED LEADER OF ISTANBUL ATTACK
Akhmed Chatayev was killed in a special operation in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, during which three other people also died... READ MORE›
BRITISH MAN FIGHTING ISIS IN SYRIA HAS BEEN KILLED IN RAQQA, SOURCES SAY
Oliver Hall, 24, who travelled to Syria last August, is believed to have been clearing mines with the Kurdish YPG... READ MORE›
US-LED COALITION SAYS ITS STRIKES HAVE KILLED 800 IRAQI AND SYRIAN CIVILIANS
The monitoring group Airwars says a total of at least 5,961 civilians have been killed by coalition airstrikes... READ MORE›
ON THIS DAY IN 1990: THE WORLD DECIDES TO STOP SADDAM HUSSEIN'S FORCES MARAUDING AROUND KUWAIT
On August, 2 1990, Iraqi Republican Guard soldiers, special forces, regular army troops, and air force units invaded Kuwait... READ MORE›
ROUHANI: SAUDI TENSIONS WITH IRAN 'TO COVER UP DEFEATS'
Saudi Arabia accuses Iran of arming Houthi rebels in Yemen and blamed it for a missile attack north of its capital earlier in November... READ MORE›
DOCUMENTS REVEAL HOW ISIL RAN AREAS UNDER ITS CONTROL
The documents were seized from al-Baaj district west of Mosul, Iraq's second-biggest city, following its capture by Iraqi forces in June... READ MORE›
DON'T TURN YOUR BACK ON US
Ankara sees the Syrian Kurdish fighters as an extension of its own insurgent group it labels terrorists... READ MORE›
TURKISH PM WARNS EU OVER REFUGEE DEAL AHEAD OF SYRIAN PEACE TALKS
Turkey regards the Syrian Kurds as inextricably linked to the Kurdish militant organisation, the PKK, which operates inside Turkey... READ MORE›
UNLIKE HIS PREDECESSOR, TRUMP IS ACTUALLY DEALING WITH THE MIDDLE EAST
Things are changing fast. Saudi Arabia and Israel have moved towards an understanding on Iran, their mutual enemy... READ MORE›
FIRST PHASE OF NEPAL ELECTIONS SEES HIGH TURNOUT
There has been a high turnout in Nepal's parliamentary and provincial elections, which mark the final stage of a peace process that started in 2006... READ MORE›
FIRST PHASE OF NEPAL ELECTIONS SEES HIGH TURNOUT
There has been a high turnout in Nepal's parliamentary and provincial elections, which mark the final stage of a peace process that started in 2006... READ MORE›
'US BETRAYAL OF KURDS AN ATTEMPT TO FIX TROUBLED RELATIONS WITH TURKEY & FAILED SYRIA POLICY'
Of course, they have never been fighting against the Syrian government forces... READ MORE›
WALID JUMBLATT CALLS FOR SAUDI-IRANIAN DISCUSSIONS
Lebanon was thrust back onto the front line of a regional power tussle this month between Saudi Arabia and Iran... READ MORE›
BRITON HELD IN TURKEY ON TERRORISM CHARGES RELEASED ON BAIL
Former soldier Joe Robinson was arrested while on holiday in July after spending a month in Syria with Kurdish militia in 2015... READ MORE›
QATAR CALLS FOR RENEWED PUSH AGAINST 'TERROR GROUPS'
Qatar's foreign minister says countries must not use fighting terror as an excuse to attack opponents... READ MORE›
IRAN SEES ITS RIVALS UNITING AS ISRAEL TALKS UP SAUDI TIES
Read More How Do Israel's Tech Firms Do Business in Saudi Arabia?... READ MORE›
IRAQ 'CHILD MARRIAGE' BILL PROPOSES TO SCRAP MINIMUM AGE
Conservative Shiite deputies on October 31 proposed an amendment to a 1959 law that set the minimum age for marriage at 18... READ MORE›
CRITICS VIEW PROPOSED IRAQ CHILD MARRIAGE BILL AS LICENSE TO RAPE
Majeda al-Tamimi, a female legislator, said she is confident that many of her colleagues in parliament would oppose the bill... READ MORE›
IRAN DECLARES END OF IS GROUP
The Revolutionary Guards has been fighting in support of Syrian and Iraqi governments for several years... READ MORE›
TRUMP'S STAYING IN SYRIA, WHERE AMERICA'S ENEMIES HOLD THE CARDS
They're hosting Syrian opposition movements, and have been pressing the biggest one to combine with two smaller factions less hostile to Assad... READ MORE›
SYRIA OPPOSITION IN RIYADH AIMS TO FORM UNITED FRONT
The YPG have had an ambiguous relationship with the government, refusing to fight alongside Syrian opposition groups against it... READ MORE›
AIR ATTACKS KILL DOZENS IN SYRIA'S BESIEGED EASTERN GHOUTA
The volunteer rescue group Syria Civil Defence said more than 200 air attacks have hit the Eastern Ghouta region of rural Damascus since last Tuesday... READ MORE›
DEADLY CAR BOMBING STRIKES IRAQ'S TUZ KHURMATU
Located about 200km north of Baghdad, Tuz Khurmatu is one of the disputed areas between the Iraqi central government and the Kurdistan Regional Government... READ MORE›
NASRALLAH REJECTS ARAB LEAGUE STATEMENT ON HEZBOLLAH
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has rejected claims made by Arab foreign ministers that the Lebanese group is arming rebels in Yemen... READ MORE›
IRAQI FORCES RETAKE LAST TOWN UNDER ISLAMIC STATE CONTROL
Still, Iraqi officials warn, the Islamic State poses a threat as it turns to more-traditional terrorist tactics... READ MORE›
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DEFENSE DEPARTMENT: THE WAR ON TERROR HAS COST $250 MILLION A DAY FOR 16 YEARS
A 2011 paper from Harvard Kennedy School professor Linda Bilmes estimated the cost of veterans' benefits as 600 billion to 1 trillion over the next 40 years... READ MORE›
IRAN-IRAQ EARTHQUAKE: MORE THAN 300 DIE IN HEAVY TREMOR
In 2003, a 6.6 magnitude earthquake flattened the historic city of Bam in southeastern Iran, killing some 26,000 people... READ MORE›
IRAN-IRAQ EARTHQUAKE DEATH TOLL CLIMBS TO MORE THAN 400
More than 70,000 people were in need of emergency shelter, the Iranian Red Crescent said... READ MORE›
GORDON BROWN SAYS PENTAGON MISLED UK OVER CASE FOR IRAQ INVASION
Brown's intervention will reopen the debate about Britain's decision to join the US-led invasion of Iraq... READ MORE›
THIS MIGHT BE TRUMP'S SECRET IRAN WEAPON
While Saudi Arabia may have some diplomatic and economic sway over Lebanon, it cannot fight Hezbollah militarily... READ MORE›
ISRAEL INSTRUCTS DIPLOMATS TO SUPPORT SAUDIS
Leaked cable shows Israel told diplomats to support Saudi Arabia's war of words with Iran and Lebanese group Hezbollah... READ MORE›
GIRLS IN IRAQ 'COULD BE MARRIED AT NINE' IF DRAFT LAW IS APPROVED
The proposal is part of a draft law recently approved by 40 MPs that would see the restoration of religious courts, says Equality Now EN ... READ MORE›
SAUDI-LED COALITION FIGHTING IN YEMEN HINTS AT ACT OF WAR BY IRAN
He also pointed to Saudi Arabia's deals with Washington and London for arms being used in Yemen... READ MORE›
AT LEAST 445 KILLED AS HUGE EARTHQUAKE HITS IRAN-IRAQ BORDER
Iran's English-language Press TV said at least 450 people were killed and 7,000 were injured, while the semi-official Tasnim agency put the total at 445 killed and 7,370 injured... READ MORE›
IRAQ FORCES IN FULL CONTROL OF KIRKUK PROVINCE
Iraqi forces have claimed control of all of Kirkuk province after intense fighting against Kurdish Peshmerga forces... READ MORE›
STRONG EARTHQUAKE HITS IRAQ AND IRAN, KILLING MORE THAN 130[1]
At least 129 people were killed in Iran's Kermanshah province on the Iraqi border, the provincial deputy governortold state television... READ MORE›
IRAN REJECTS MACRON'S CALL FOR TALKS ON MISSILE ISSUE
Iran says defence affairs not negotiable in response to President Macron's call for dialogue over its missile programme... READ MORE›
IRAN-IRAQ EARTHQUAKE: RESCUERS IN RACE FOR SURVIVORS
In 2003, a 6.6 magnitude earthquake flattened the historic city of Bam in southeastern Iran, killing some 26,000 people... READ MORE›
HAIDER AL-ABADI TAKES A VICTORY LAP IN TEHRAN
Flush with victory after retaking Peshmerga-held areas, Iraqi PM could consider an Iranian model of Kurdish autonomy... READ MORE›
SYRIAN CIVIL WAR FAST FACTS
In response to continuing protests, the Syrian government announced several plans to appease citizens... READ MORE›
HOUTHI MISSILE ATTACK ON RIYADH A 'REACTION TO SAUDI AGGRESSION' - IRAN'S ROUHANI
Houthi missile attack on Riyadh a 'reaction to Saudi aggression' - Iran's Rouhani -- RT World News... READ MORE›
SAUDI-IRAN PROXY WARS: IN PURSUIT OF REGIONAL HEGEMONY
How does Saudi Arabia advance Sunnis by humiliating the Sunnis of Lebanon?... READ MORE›
IRAQI KURDS PROPOSE TO FREEZE REFERENDUM RESULTS
People in the semi-autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq voted to secede on September 25 in a referendum, amid rising tensions and international opposition... READ MORE›
IRAN-IRAQ QUAKE A SUDDEN WAVE OF DEATH
READ MORE Iran-Iraq earthquake What happened and why Fatemeh said people were screaming and wailing in the streets following the major temblor... READ MORE›
TENSION MOUNTS IN LEBANON AS SAUDI ARABIA ESCALATES POWER STRUGGLE WITH IRAN
But it was brought to a head on 3 November, at a lunch in Beirut being hosted by prime minister Saad Hariri... READ MORE›
MASS GRAVES 'OF ISIL VICTIMS' FOUND IN IRAQ'S HAWIJAH
Mass graves containing at least 400 suspected ISIL victims, many wearing prison uniforms, have been found in northern Iraq... READ MORE›
SAUDI-LED FORCES CLOSE AIR, SEA AND LAND ACCESS TO YEMEN
It was brought down near Riyadh airport without causing any casualties... READ MORE›
'WHY WOULD WASHINGTON PUNISH US?' RESIGNING IRAQI KURDISTAN LEADER ACCUSES US OF BETRAYAL
Prior to the independence referendum, the Kurds fought alongside Iraqi forces in their US-backed campaign against Islamic State terrorists... READ MORE›
CANADA SUSPENDS SPECIAL FORCES TRAINING AND ASSISTANCE MISSION IN IRAQ
Fighting broke out between Iraqi and Kurdish forces on Oct. 16, after Iraqi forces seized the northern oil city of Kirkuk... READ MORE›
OFFICIALS RAISE IRAN-IRAQ EARTHQUAKE DEATH TOLL TO AT LEAST 530
The 2003 Bam earthquake in the southern Kerman province killed at least 31,000... READ MORE›
ISIL LOSES AL-QAIM IN IRAQ AND DEIR AZ ZOR IN SYRIA
ISIL has lost further ground in Iraq and Syria as the armies of both countries and the Syrian opposition squeeze its forces... READ MORE›
TILLERSON TELLS IRANIAN MILITIAS IN IRAQ TO 'GO HOME'
Tillerson said they have no business being on the battlefield now that the Islamic State has been routed... READ MORE›
5,600 'HAVE RETURNED HOME' FROM ISIL-HELD AREAS
Soufan Center says 5,600 ISIL supporters who returned home pose a huge challenge to law enforcement agencies... READ MORE›
LEBANON'S PM QUITS OVER IRAN TENSIONS AND CONCERN FOR HIS SAFETY
Saad Hariri quits in speech televised from Saudi Arabia, citing Iranian influence in region and saying he fears assassination... READ MORE›
SAUDI ARABIA ORDERS CITIZENS TO LEAVE LEBANON AS TENSIONS RISE
He described Hezbollah's participation in government as an act of war against Saudi Arabia... READ MORE›