Iran to join talks as US rethinks policy on SyriaWashington accepts Assad ally must to be part of solution in war-torn countryWed Oct 28 2015 - 16:59
Cyprus gets assurances on Turkey from EU leadersPresident sought reunification guarantees in exchange for support on EU accession talksFri Oct 23 2015 - 17:11
IS stretched by Russian-backed offensives and air warSaudi-Turkish policy shifting in face of battlefield setbacks for extremistsWed Oct 21 2015 - 17:54
Egyptian election: lack of choice leads to voter apathySeveral parties founded in the wake of the 2011 uprising are boycotting the pollFri Oct 16 2015 - 17:33
Christians on wane in Middle East and Africa, report saysPersecution removing Christianity from biblical heartland, says Aid to the Church in NeedWed Oct 14 2015 - 21:48
Ankara bombing: Islamic State bites the hands that feed itAttack on peace rally could be blowback for Turkey and Saudi Arabia’s supportMon Oct 12 2015 - 20:09
Analysis: Palestinian attacks stoke fears of third intifadaSpate of assaults on Israelis triggers concern that yet another uprising on wayThu Oct 08 2015 - 01:00
West and Arab states being forced to rethink AssadMilitary action by Moscow places political pressure on other playersMon Oct 05 2015 - 18:52
Syrian war: A quarter of civilians killed are women and childrenBritish Medical Journal report says bombing and shelling most likely to cause child deathsFri Oct 02 2015 - 20:01
King dismisses officials in wake of hajj stampedeRevision of pilgrim event is ordered as it appears some routes were closedTue Sept 29 2015 - 01:00
Putin bolstered by anti-Islamic State pact ahead of talksMoscow concern over IS enlistment of 2,000 radicals from Russia’s Muslim republicsMon Sept 28 2015 - 09:27
Assad remains in power as bulwark against Islamic StateAnalysis: Western leaders know Syria president’s army is only ground force in regionFri Sept 25 2015 - 07:33
Russia’s move to bolster presence in Syria well timedMoscow increases military force in determination to prevent collapse of Syrian stateTue Sept 22 2015 - 01:00
Bavaria struggles to meet challenge of arriving migrantsGermany needs ‘big emergency plan’ to help refugees, says doctor in MunichSun Sept 20 2015 - 19:28
Assad blames West for refugee crisisSyrian president says West has provided financial and military backing for opponentsThu Sept 17 2015 - 01:01
Migrant crisis: A weary family finally reach sanctuary‘When we reached Germany we ...understood we were entering another stage in our lives’Wed Sept 16 2015 - 01:00
Migrant crisis: one refugee family’s terrifying journey from Damascus to BavariaIt took Jamil and family two months – and $30,000 – to find a new home in GermanyTue Sept 15 2015 - 01:00
Syria, Iraq and Eritrea: why people are fleeingRefugees are leaving behind conflict, slave labour, concentration camps and tortureFri Sept 11 2015 - 01:00
Putin says Assad open to sharing powerAnalysis: Russian leader blames Islamic State terror, not the government, for thousands of Syrian refugees in EuropeSat Sept 05 2015 - 01:00
Gaza may become uninhabitable because of destruction, warns UNUrgent action needed to lift Israeli blockade, says reportThu Sept 03 2015 - 01:00
In its destruction, Palmyra reaps what Saudi Arabia sowedSaudi Arabia’s puritan Wahhabi doctrine is the font of Islamic State beliefsWed Sept 02 2015 - 01:00
Palmyra’s temple of Bel survives IS explosionOuter walls and columns of 2,000-year-old temple said to be still standing in spite of Sunday’s massive explosionTue Sept 01 2015 - 01:00
Egypt hits back at criticism of al-Jazeera convictionsInternational condemnation of journalists’ sentences ‘unacceptable interference’Sun Aug 30 2015 - 20:35
Lebanese ministers boycott meeting on rubbish crisisTrash continues to pile up in streets of Beirut as no new landfill site has been designatedThu Aug 27 2015 - 19:02
Beheading of archaeologist Khaled al-Asaad is ‘a tool for recruiting disaffected youth’Condemnation of the murder gives Islamic State the publicity it cravesMon Aug 24 2015 - 18:15
‘Perfect storm’ putting Yemen on brink of famineViolence and food shortages continue as UN warns that 13 million need aidThu Aug 20 2015 - 20:02
Islamic State beheads leading antiquities scholar in SyriaKhaled al-Asaad (82) had worked on the excavation of Palmyra’s 2,000-year-old ruinsWed Aug 19 2015 - 18:49
Egypt introduces new law to combat terrorismDeath penalty possible for those convicted of forming, financing or leading terrorist cellsMon Aug 17 2015 - 20:02
Red Cross warns of impending disaster in YemenScarcity of medical facilities in additionto to food shortages reaching dangerous levelsWed Aug 12 2015 - 01:00
Iraqi PM to end sectarian power-sharing systemHaidar al-Abadi takes anti-corruption measures in face of mounting unrestSun Aug 09 2015 - 18:30
Diplomatic efforts pushed to fore in Syrian conflictRussia urges world powers to join forces with Syrian government to fight Islamic StateWed Aug 05 2015 - 19:19
Beirut waste disposal dispute part of bigger crisis in LebanonGovernment inaction on rubbish left on streets is blamed on political difficultiesSat Aug 01 2015 - 01:00
Palestinian refugees in Syria risk typhoid if UN is kept awayDisease could spread to capital Damascus if Unwra continues to be stopped from helpingThu Jul 30 2015 - 17:18
Life in Damascus bubble contrasts sharply with warzone outsideThe diplomatic quarter of Abu Rummaneh is a world away from the rest of Syria’s capitalWed Jul 29 2015 - 17:41
Spirit survives as Syrian city of Maaloula clears away the rubbleDebris has been cleared and repairs are under way since Christian/Muslim clashes of 2013Tue Jul 28 2015 - 18:24
Assad welcomes shift in West’s stance on Syrian conflictSyrian president acknowledges ‘important’ input from HizbullahMon Jul 27 2015 - 01:00
Saudi Arabia arrests 431 on suspicion of IS membershipKingdom says it has foiled attacks on mosques, foreign diplomatic missionMon Jul 20 2015 - 17:17
Vice-president of Yemen declares Aden ‘liberation’City key to getting control of country from rebels, says exiled presidentSat Jul 18 2015 - 01:01
Middle East takes sides in reacting to Iran nuclear dealResponse of Saudi Arabia and the UAE is tepid but others hail pactThu Jul 16 2015 - 01:00
Iran is finally cut loose from ‘axis of evil’ shacklesAgreement ends decades of sanctions and may allow reforms in country of 77.5m peopleWed Jul 15 2015 - 01:00
Week-long truce to allow food and fuel into YemenAid to reach all parts of country as Saudi blockade threatens famineSat Jul 11 2015 - 01:00
View from Cyprus: Greek financial crisisCyprus, a small country heavily reliant on Greece, is facing its own fragile recoveryFri Jul 10 2015 - 01:00
Syrians hit insurgents with air strikeBombing conducted in reaction to offensive from fundamentalist alliance in AleppoFri Jul 03 2015 - 18:34
Cairo bomb kills Egypt’s chief prosecutor Hisham BarakatRemotely-controlled bomb in car also injures two drivers, civilian and five security menMon Jun 29 2015 - 18:21
Saudi man identified as being behind Kuwait suicide bombingIslamic State admits attack, the first of its kind in KuwaitMon Jun 29 2015 - 01:03
Islamic State is winning more than propaganda warIS selects targets giving it strategic dominance and access to economic assets providing independenceSat Jun 27 2015 - 01:04
IS mines Palmyra’s ruins with explosives to prevent Syrian recaptureThe 2,000-year-old UNESCO site could still be destroyed despite pledges to preserve itThu Jun 25 2015 - 18:06
Syria’s Druze community caught up in Nusra’s Golan campaignDruze leaders demand intervention using the Israeli air forceMon Jun 22 2015 - 01:00
Palestinian unity government quits over Gaza disputeAbbas asks outgoing prime minister to nominate replacement cabinetThu Jun 18 2015 - 01:00
Kurdish militia oust jihadists from strategic townSyrian Kurds gain control of frontier as Ankara speaks of ethnic cleansingTue Jun 16 2015 - 21:27
