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GERMAN POLITICIANS DECRY ARMS SALES TO TURKEY AMID ONGOING OPERATION AGAINST SYRIAN KURDS
German politicians decry arms sales to Turkey amid ongoing operation against Syrian Kurds -- RT World News... READ MORE›
GERMAN OUTCRY OVER TANKS USED BY TURKEY
Turkey's president has vowed to crush the People's Protection Units YPG militia, which controls Afrin and more than 400km 250 miles of Syria's northern border... READ MORE›
IRAQI-JEWISH ARCHIVE TRIGGERS 'TRAUMATIC MEMORIES'
If this collection goes to Iraq, Iraqi Jews won't have access to it for the most part... READ MORE›
TURKEY SEES BETRAYAL AS US BACKS SYRIAN KURDS
Led and endured with huge losses by US-backed Syrian Kurds... READ MORE›
GERMAN WOMAN TO BECOME FIRST EUROPEAN FEMALE EXECUTED IN IRAQ FOR BELONGING TO ISIL
In September 2017, a Baghdad court sentenced to death by hanging a Russian man who was captured in Mosul and found guilty of fighting for Isil... READ MORE›
TURKEY DEPLOYS THOUSANDS OF FSA REBELS AT SYRIA BORDER
According to estimates, there are between 8,000 to 10,000 Kurdish fighters in the Afrin area of Syria... READ MORE›
CIVILIAN DEATHS IN 2017 US-LED ANTI-ISIL PUSH 'TRIPLE'
Monitor says US-led coalition fighting ISIL in Iraq and Syria killed up to 6,102 civilians in 2017... READ MORE›
RUSSIA'S WORLD CUP LIKELY TARGET FOR ISLAMIC STATE
Russia's World Cup likely target for Islamic State US analysis firm... READ MORE›
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE GIANT U.S. EMBASSY IN BAGHDAD?
But it's still cheaper than the U.S. embassy complexes in Kabul, Afghanistan and Baghdad, Iraq... READ MORE›
IRAN'S SUPREME LEADER: SAUDIS BETRAYED MUSLIM WORLD
An Israeli cabinet minister said in November that Israel had covert contacts with Saudi Arabia amid common concerns over Iran... READ MORE›
SYRIA KURDISH PARTY APPEALS TO WORLD AGAINST TURKISH THREATS
BEIRUT AP -- Syria's dominant Kurdish party is appealing on the international community to help ensure the security of a Syrian Kurdish enclave threatened by Turkey... READ MORE›
DOUBLE SUICIDE BOMBING IN BAGHDAD KILLS AT LEAST 38 PEOPLE
The attackers struck during rush hour in the city's Tayran Square, which is usually crowded by laborers seeking work... READ MORE›
DEADLY TWIN BLASTS ROCK CENTRAL BAGHDAD
Eight people were also killed in a suicide bombing on Sunday in the al-Tarmiyah area in northern Baghdad... READ MORE›
DOUBLE SUICIDE BOMBING IN BAGHDAD KILLS AT LEAST 16 PEOPLE
BAGHDAD AP -- Iraq's Interior Ministry spokesman says a double suicide bombing in central Baghdad has killed at least 16 people... READ MORE›
IRAQI PM HAIDER AL-ABADI TO SEEK RE-ELECTION IN MAY VOTE
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced on Sunday his candidacy for the May 12 parliamentary elections to choose a prime minister... READ MORE›
SHE LEFT FRANCE TO FIGHT IN SYRIA. NOW SHE WANTS TO RETURN. BUT CAN SHE?
A spokesman for the Syrian Kurdish Defense Forces, Mustafa Bali, said his leadership urged all countries, European or other, to extradite their women and children... READ MORE›
EIGHT STRONG AFTERSHOCKS FROM NOVEMBER TEMBLOR STRIKE ALONG IRAN-IRAQ BORDER, SHAKE BAGHDAD
In November, a major 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck the same region, killing over 530 people and injuring thousands in Iran alone... READ MORE›
YEMEN'S HOUTHIS SAY THEY FIRED BALLISTIC MISSILE AT SAUDI FORCES TARGETS
Yemen's Shiite rebels say they have fired a ballistic missile targeting a special forces camp and a facility for helicopter gunships in the Saudi border pr... READ MORE›
DISAPPEARED NEPHEW OF YEMEN'S SALEH RESURFACES IN THE SOUTH
The Houthis have been searching for him weeks, storming scores of homes in Sanaa to find him... READ MORE›
MERGER OF SAUDI BANKS ALAWWAL AND SABB TO GO AHEAD DESPITE DELAYS
The proposed merger of Saudi British Bank SABB and Alawwal Bank has been delayed but not derailed, financial sector sources said... READ MORE›
CIVILIAN DEATHS FROM EXPLOSIVES SURGED IN 2017, CAMPAIGN GROUP SAYS
The civilian death toll from explosive weapons was the highest since AOAV's records began in 2011, the group said... READ MORE›
UK 'INADVERTENTLY HELPED NEUTER' MIDDLE EAST ALLY THE IRAQI KURDS
Ministers told of precise links between Iran and Baghdad-backed Shia militia operating in Iraq, claims former UK and Nato official... READ MORE›
IRAQ FORCIBLY RETURNING DISPLACED CIVILIANS FROM CAMPS TO UNSAFE AREAS
Managing the more than two million displaced Iraqis is one of Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's toughest tasks... READ MORE›
'WE PUT OUR MAN ON TOP', TRUMP SAID ON MBS, BOOK CLAIMS
Controversial book about the US president suggests close ties between Trump administration and Saudi crown prince... READ MORE›
DEADLY SUICIDE BLAST HITS AFGHAN CAPITAL
At least 11 people were killed in a suicide bombing targeting security forces in the Afghan capital Kabul on Thursday... READ MORE›
SAUDI ARABIA AND IRAN'S RIVALRY IS KEY TO THE MIDDLE EAST IN 2018
As global and regional powers look to a post-war Syria, the jockeying will begin for a slice of the reconstruction projects in the country... READ MORE›
HUNDREDS OF IRAQIS HELD IN U.S. DESERVE BAIL HEARING, JUDGE SAYS
Many of the Iraqis argue they'll be tortured if they return to their home country... READ MORE›
DONALD TRUMP CLAIMS CREDIT FOR NO COMMERCIAL JET DEATHS IN 2017
Donald Trump has appeared to claim credit for the fact that 2017 was the safest year on record for flying on commercial airlines... READ MORE›
IRAQ VICTORIES AGAINST ISLAMIC STATE TOOK TOLL
MOSUL, IRAQ - In 2014, Abdulrahman Saad was taken from his home in Mosul by Islamic State fighters, leaving his family in limbo... READ MORE›
SYRIA: TWO MASS GRAVES FOUND IN RAQQA, STATE MEDIA REPORTS
Graves containing dozens of bodies of civilians and Syrian troops killed by Islamic State jihadists found, Sana reports... READ MORE›
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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›
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›
ISIS CAPTURES U.S.-SUPPLIED WEAPONS FROM SYRIAN REBELS
Sophisticated weapons the U.S. military secretly provided to Syrian rebels quickly fell into the hands of the Islamic State, a study released Thursday disclosed... READ MORE›
FRENCH MAGAZINE CAUSES UPROAR AFTER PUTTING ISRAEL NEXT TO N. KOREA AS 'NOT A REAL COUNTRY'
Meanwhile, North Korean statehood is itself denied by France, Japan and South Korea, which claims to be the sole legitimate government on the Korean Peninsula... 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›
TRUMP-SALMAN IMAGE IN ALGERIA ANGERS SAUDI ARABIA
-- ????????? Smwa2l December 16, 2017 The following day, Sami bin Abdullah al-Saleh, Saudi ambassador to Algeria, voiced the Saudi's annoyance with the image, Anadolu Agency said... 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›
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›
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›
TRUMP HAS SCORED SOME SUCCESSES IN FOREIGN POLICY
, descriptionText President Donald Trump delivers first speech to UN General Assembly... 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›
SAUDI SISTERS WHO FLED TO TURKEY FEAR FORCED RETURN
They tried to flee to New Zealand on February 8 from Hong Kong, where they had arrived from Saudi Arabia via undocumented methods... 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›
QUETTA CHURCH ATTACK VICTIM: WHAT PLACE IS SAFE?
Islamabad, Pakistan - No-one in the Gil family misses the weekly service at the Bethel Memorial Methodist Church, in Quetta... 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›
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›
ISIS STRATEGY: TRUMP TAKES CREDIT FOR ISIS SETBACKS
The Obama strategy was designed to support local ground forces in Iraq and Syria with coalition air power, advisers and training... READ MORE›
IRAQ'S RAPID-FIRE TRIALS SEND ALLEGED ISIS MEMBERS -- INCLUDING FOREIGNERS -- TO THE GALLOWS
The men are among hundreds of foreigners detained in Iraq on terrorism charges after the toppling of the Islamic State's self-declared caliphate... READ MORE›
CHESS FEDERATION SAYS ISRAEL EXCLUDED FROM SAUDI-HOSTED MATCH
Saudi Arabia's Center for International Communication said in a statement that more than 180 players would participate but did not immediately respond to a request for comment... 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›
GUNMEN ATTACK MILITARY TRAINING CENTRE IN KABUL
Gunmen stormed a military training centre in the Afghan capital, Kabul, triggering clashes with police... 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›
'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›
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›
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›
FIVE KILLED AS ISIL BOMBER TARGETS SPY AGENCY
The attack near Abdul Haq Square comes one week after gunmen stormed a military training centre in Kabul, an assault also claimed by ISIL... 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›