US strongly expects Turkey’s NATO membership to last
The State Department said Thursday the U.S. had every expectation for Turkey’s membership to NATO to continue and remain important to the alliance’s operations around…
‘Not one single convoy’ reached besieged Syrians this month, says UN envoy
Aid convoys have not reached Syria’s besieged areas with desperately needed food and medicine for the past month, the UN envoy to the war-ravaged country,…
First look inside Dubai Safari Park
The site in Al Warqa, opposite Dragon Mart, is, every single day, looking more and more like a miniature man-made version of South Africa’s Kruger…
Enslaved in Libya: One woman’s extraordinary escape from Islamic State
Islamic State fighters in Libya have abducted at least 540 refugees in six separate ambushes over the past 18 months. Many of the women captives…
Qatar Airways plane makes emergency landing at Istanbul airport
A Qatar Airways aircraft was forced to make an emergency landing at Istanbul’s Ataturk airport on Thursday after one of its engines caught fire shortly…
Image of injured boy in Aleppo causes outrage on social media – Video
Syrian activists have released striking pictures of a young boy rescued from a destroyed building after an air strike in the divided second city of…
Pleasure of coffee and horrors of war in Lebanon
Ten years after the 2006 Israel-Lebanon war, coffee vendors reflect on how decades of turmoil have affected their lives. A bored soldier, with his machinegun…
Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed’s daughter graduates from military school – in pictures
Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed’s daughter has graduated from a programme at Khawla bint Alazwar military school along with other students. Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, Crown…
Russian food aid distributed among displaced families in Shahba city, Sweida
Food aid provided by Russia was distributed on Wednesday among displaced families who are currently residing in the makeshift housing center in Shahba city in…
Celtic fans defy UEFA ban to fly sea of Palestine flags in match against Israelis
During an international football match between Glasgow Celtic and Israel’s Hapoel Beer Sheva, entire sections of fans in the Scottish stadium displayed the Palestinian flag,…