Middle East News
UAE Citizens Urged Not To Wear Traditional Dress Abroad
Emirati citizens are being urged not to wear national dress outside the United Arab Emirates (UAE) region, days after businessman Ahmed al-Menhali was detained...
ISIS Bomb Attacks Kill At Least 75 People in Baghdad
ISIS militants have killed at least 75 people in two bomb attacks carried out in Baghdad, Iraqi officials say. Some other 100 people have been...
MS804 Crash: EgyptAir Black Box Recovered From Mediterranean
Egyptian investigators have recovered the cockpit voice recorder from the EgyptAir plane that crashed on May 19 into the Mediterranean Sea. The MS804 "black box"...
MS804 Crash: EgyptAir Wreckage Found In Mediterranean Sea
Egyptian investigators have announced that wreckage of the EgyptAir flight that went missing over the Mediterranean on May 19 has been found. A statement said...
MS804 Crash: French Ship Picks up EgyptAir Black Box Signals
French investigators have confirmed that signals have been detected from one of the black boxes of the EgyptAir flight MS804 that crashed in the...
MS804: EgyptAir Plane Did Not Swerve and Change Direction before Disappearing
According to a senior Egyptian aviation official, EgyptAir MS804 that crashed in the Mediterranean did not swerve and change direction before disappearing. The Airbus A320...
MS804: First Pictures of EgyptAir Debris Released
First pictures of items found during the search in the Mediterranean Sea for missing Egypt Air flight MS804 have been released by the Egyptian...
MS804: Smoke Alerts Activated Before EgyptAir Plane Crash
According to new reports, there were smoke alerts inside the cabin of the EgyptAir MS804 before it crashed in the Mediterranean on May 19. Data...
MS804: Debris from Missing EgyptAir Plane Found in Mediterranean Sea
Body parts, personal belongings of passengers and debris from missing EgyptAir plane have been found in the Mediterranean Sea, Greek and Egyptian officials say. Flight...
MS804: EgyptAir Flight from Paris to Cairo Disappears from Radar
EgyptAir flight MS804from Paris to Cairo has disappeared from radar, the airline says. The Egyptian airline says there are 56 passengers, seven crew members and...
ISIS Overruns Syrian Hospital in Deir al-Zour
ISIS has briefly overrun a hospital complex in the eastern Syrian city of Deir al-Zour, reports say. Activists say about 35 pro-government fighters were killed...
Mustafa Badreddine Killed by Jihadists, Says Hezbollah
Mustafa Amine Badreddine was killed in artillery fire by jihadists, Lebanese Hezbollah group says. The death of the Hezbollah's top military commander in near Damascus...
Mustafa Amine Badreddine: Top Hezbollah Commander Killed in Damascus
Top Hezbollah commander in Syria's war Mustafa Amine Badreddine has been killed in Damascus. Mustafa Amine Badreddine, 55, died in a large explosion near Damascus...
King Salman of Saudi Arabia Dismisses Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi
Saudi Arabia’s veteran oil minister Ali al-Naimi has been removed by King Salman as part of a broad government overhaul. Ali al-Naimi has been replaced...
Iraq Parliament Stormed by Hundreds of Shia Protesters
Iraq's parliament has been stormed by hundreds of Shia Muslim in protest against ongoing deadlock in approving a new cabinet. Supporters of Shia cleric Moqtada...
Up to $800 Million ISIS Cash Destroyed in Airstrikes
Between $500 million and $800 million in cash from ISIS funds has been destroyed in airstrikes, a US military official says. In a briefing to...
ISIS Fight: US to Send 250 More Troops to Syria
The US will send 250 additional military personnel to Syria to support local militias in the fight against ISIS, officials have said. The goal, they...
World’s Tallest Building: Emaar Tower to Surpass Burj Khalifa
Dubai developer Emaar Properties is planning to build a new tower that will surpass the Burj Khalifa, currently the world's tallest building. The government-backed company...
Red Sea Bridge to Connect Saudi Arabia and Egypt
A bridge linking Saudi Arabia to Egypt will be built over the Red Sea, King Salman has announced. In a statement, King Salman of Saudi...
EgyptAir Hijack: Plane Forced to Divert to Larnaca Airport
Part of the passengers on board a hijacked EgyptAir plane that was forced to divert to Cyprus have been freed, the airline says. The Egyptian...
Syrian Army Retakes Palmyra from ISIS
Syrian army has re-captured the ancient city of Palmyra from ISIS, say state media and a monitoring group. The Syrian government forces had been gaining...
Syrian Army Enters Ancient City of Palmyra
Syrian army has entered the ancient town of Palmyra seized by ISIS last year, state TV has said. According to observers, the government forces have...
Syrian Government Forces Reach Outskirts of Palmyra
Syrian army has reached the outskirts of the ancient city of Palmyra, after driving back ISIS militants. According to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human...
Russian Troops Start Leaving Syria
Russian troops have started to withdraw from Syria after yesterday's surprise announcement by President Vladimir Putin. The first planes left Hmeimim air base in Syria...
ISIS Commander Omar Shishani Killed in US Airstrike in Syria
Senior ISIS commander Omar Shishani died from injuries sustained in a recent US air strike in north-eastern Syria, the Pentagon has confirmed. Earlier reports had...
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