Middle East
UN report: Turkey guilty of ‘serious’ abuses in Kurdish region
March 12, 2017
UN report: Turkey guilty of ‘serious’ abuses in Kurdish region
The UN's human rights office released a report on Friday accusing Ankara of serious human rights violations during operations targeting…
Palestinian leader invited to White House in Trump call
March 12, 2017
Palestinian leader invited to White House in Trump call
President Donald Trump invited Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to the White House to discuss resuming peace talks in their first…
Syrian government urges UN to make Turkey withdraw from Syria
March 12, 2017
Syrian government urges UN to make Turkey withdraw from Syria
The Syrian government has called on the United Nations to force Turkey to pull "its invasion forces" out of Syria,…
Libya’s deepening split finds battleground at oil terminals
March 12, 2017
Libya’s deepening split finds battleground at oil terminals
Hundreds if not thousands of armed men are converging on Libya's main oil shipping terminals, which the rival powers in…
Amal Clooney to Iraq: Allow UN probe of Islamic State Yazidi crimes
March 12, 2017
Amal Clooney to Iraq: Allow UN probe of Islamic State Yazidi crimes
International human rights lawyer Amal Clooney and a young Yazidi woman who was enslaved and raped by Islamic State fighters…
Islamic State frees Mosul prisoners as grip on last major city slips
March 12, 2017
Islamic State frees Mosul prisoners as grip on last major city slips
Islamic State has released dozens of prisoners held in jails in the districts of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul…
Saudi-led coalition air strike kills 22 in Yemen: official
March 11, 2017
Saudi-led coalition air strike kills 22 in Yemen: official
At least 22 civilians were killed on Friday and dozens wounded when a Saudi-led coalition air strike hit a market…
Netanyahu visits Russia for talks set to focus on Syria
March 10, 2017
Netanyahu visits Russia for talks set to focus on Syria
Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday for talks focusing on the situation in Syria…
IS snipers, mortars take their toll on Iraqi forces in Mosul
March 10, 2017
IS snipers, mortars take their toll on Iraqi forces in Mosul
At a field clinic near the front line in Mosul, an Iraqi Federal Police officer lay in discomfort on a…
IS leader Baghdadi flees Mosul as Iraqi forces advance
March 9, 2017
IS leader Baghdadi flees Mosul as Iraqi forces advance
Islamic State group chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is reported to have abandoned Mosul, leaving local commanders behind to lead the…