“All is over” – the last Yemeni survivors
The ruins carpeted the city market, rippling outwards in waves of destruction. Broken beams, collapsed roofs, exploded metal shutters and fossilised merchandise crumbled underfoot. In…
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Lebanon much closer to repealing controversial rape law
Campaigners against gender violence in Lebanon have voiced caution after MPs agreed to work to revoke a nearly 70-year-old law allowing rapists to avoid prosecution…
Boris Johnson came to Middle East after Saudi “Proxy Wars” comment
UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson will face a diplomatically testing tour of the Middle East this weekend after accusing British ally Saudi Arabia of being…
USA endorses $7 billion aircraft sale to Arab allies
The United States on Thursday approved a series of deals worth more than $7 billion to supply military helicopters, planes and missiles to four of…
Syria, Iraq: 50,000 IS fighters killed
The U.S.-led coalition has killed an estimated 50,000 Islamic State fighters since President Barack Obama first ordered military action against the group in August 2014,…
Leader of Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov will fight ISIS in Syria if Putin wants
Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has said that his troops would be “happy” to fight Islamic State (Isis) “scum” in Syria if they receive orders from…
Great Britain: Israel is a ‘threat to the Middle East’
The UK’s intelligence agency GCHQ carried out surveillance on the Israeli military, defence firms and diplomatic missions, French newspaper Le Monde has reported, based on…
Saudi Arabia gives Trump billions of dollars
Billions of Saudi dollars will be invested in American startups, creating tens of thousands of jobs over the next decade. This week, Donald Trump proudly…
Boris Johnson says Saudi and Iran stoking proxy wars in Middle East
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has said that Saudi Arabia and Iran are stoking proxy wars across the Middle East while some politicians in the…
Iran: Student tortured for 5 years escapes to tell of horror – Photo
Shabnam Madadzadeh, 29, was kept in a tiny cell, beaten and interrogated during her agonising years behind bars. The activist was forced to listen from…