MIDDLE EAST

Russia’s Putin arrives in UAE on first visit since 2007

6:54 pm October 15, 2019

Dubai: Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in the United Arab Emirates on his first visit to the oil-rich nation in over a decade. Putin landed Tuesday in Abu Dhabi after earlier visiting Saudi Arabia. He was met at the airport by Abu Dhabi’s powerful crown prince, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. While in […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

Saudi fans delight in West Bank game, shrug off geopolitics

10:41 am October 14, 2019

Riyadh : Saudi football fans are delighted about their national team’s historic match Tuesday against their Palestinian “brothers” in the occupied West Bank, but dismiss suggestions it marks a gradual normalisation of ties between the kingdom and Israel. Arab clubs and national teams have historically refused to play in the Palestinian territories — occupied by […]

IS families escape Syria displacement camp: Kurds

8:07 pm October 13, 2019

Qamishli (Syria): Families of Islamic State (IS) group members escaped a displacement camp in northern Syria where a Turkish offensive against Kurdish forces has sparked fierce fighting, Kurdish authorities said Sunday. “The brutal military assault led by Turkey and its mercenaries is now taking place near a camp in Ain Issa, where there are thousands […]

Turkey vows to keep up Syria assault as US says troops came under fire

3:36 pm October 12, 2019

Ras al-ain (Syria): Battles raged in Syria as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to press on with a deadly assault against Kurdish forces, while the Pentagon said Friday US troops came under artillery fire from Turkish positions. Erdogan’s pledge to keep up the offensive, which the UN says has displaced more than 100,000 people […]

Syria regime forces on edge of key rebel-held town: monitor

Turkey assault on Syria has displaced 100,000 people: UN

11:54 pm October 11, 2019

Beirut: Turkey’s deadly assault against Kurdish positions in northeastern Syria has forced around 100,000 people to flee their homes, the United Nations said Friday. “An estimated 100,000 people have already left their homes,” it said in a statement released on the third day of the offensive. The UN said that there were many other humanitarian […]