Category: 3. Middle East

A Syria war monitor on Tuesday said nine people including six Druze fighters were killed in sectarian clashes near Damascus, as authorities blamed “gunmen” and vowed to pursue those involved.

The overnight clashes, sparked by the circulation on…

Entire families, including women and children, “are being killed at horrific rates” in Gaza, Euro-Med Monitor warned yesterday, adding that 94 per cent of Palestinians killed between 20-26 April were civilians.

Damascus has turned down a US proposal to join the Abraham Accords and has instead called for expanded dialogue with Washington on the issue of foreign fighters in Syria, Al-Quds Al-Arabi reported.

According to…

At least a dozen people were killed in a predominantly Druze town near the Syrian capital on Tuesday in clashes sparked by a purported recording of a Druze man cursing Prophet Muhammad, which angered Sunni Muslim…

Iran has proposed meeting the European parties to the 2015 nuclear deal, possibly in Rome this Friday, if talks resume with the United States, four diplomats said on Monday, cautioning that there has yet to be a…

Nsukka, Nigeria — Since early childhood, Chidi Nwaohia’s life has swung like a pendulum between two spiritual paths: Christianity and African traditional religion.

His life was always marked by mystery, says the 59-year-old who was raised a…

The United Nations said yesterday that it is deeply “saddened” over the deaths of at least 68 African migrants in US air strikes on the Saada Governorate, northern Yemen, Anadolu reported.

“We are deeply…

Canada’s governing Liberal Party led by Prime Minister Mark Carney has won the national elections for a fourth term in a remarkable comeback prompted in part by unprecedented attacks by United States President Donald Trump.

Carney beat…

A UN panel of experts charged with monitoring sanctions in Sudan is investigating how mortar rounds exported from Bulgaria to the United Arab Emirates ended up in a supply convoy for paramilitary Rapid Support Forces…

The Israeli occupation army announced yesterday that it has used a new artillery weapon in its genocidal war against Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip.

The 282nd Artillery Regiment used Bar rockets, developed by…