Middle East Archive
Middle East
County Armagh, Northern Ireland - The neglected carcass of an old customs building on the outskirts of the town of Newry, in an industrial area 20 minutes from
Read More
Middle East
WASHINGTON: Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Washington Sunday, looking for an electoral boost from Donald Trump amid expectations the US president will formally recognize Israel’s sovereignty
Read More
Middle East
WASHINGTON: The United States clinched a strategic port deal with Oman on Sunday which US officials say will allow the US military better access to the Gulf region and reduce the
Read More
Middle East
WASHINGTON: Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Washington Sunday, looking for an electoral boost from Donald Trump amid expectations the US president will formally recognize Israel’s sovereignty
Read More
Middle East
Washington, US - Special Counsel Robert Mueller has concluded in his investigation that President Donald Trump should not be charged with obstruction of justice or conspired or coordinated with Russia
Read More
Middle East
US President Donald Trump has criticised a 22-month probe into his links with Russia as "an illegal takedown that failed", claiming he was completely cleared by the results.
Read More
Middle East
A stricken luxury cruise ship that set sail with almost 1,400 passengers and crew on board has arrived at the port, after it narrowly escaped a major disaster
Read More
Middle East
CAIRO: The Arab League said Sunday it was not planning to discuss reinstating Syria's membership at a summit later this month, more than eight years after suspending it
Read More
Middle East
The last time Thailand tried to hold an election in 2014, it ended with a military coup. An army general took over as prime minister and promised to
Read More
Middle East
Mali's government has announced the sacking of top military officers and the dissolution of a militia, a day after the killing of more than 130 people. Prime Minister Soumeylou
Read More
Middle East
A Saudi royal adviser fired over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi is not among the 11 suspects on trial at secretive hearings in Riyadh despite Saudi pledges
Read More
Middle East
CAIRO: The Arab League said Sunday it was not planning to discuss reinstating Syria's membership at a summit later this month, more than eight years after suspending it
Read More
Middle East
ALGIERS: A group of Algerian opposition parties and unions proposed on Saturday a “roadmap” to end a political crisis and weeks of protests sparked by the veteran president’s
Read More
Middle East
OMAR OIL FIELD, Syria: Syria’s Kurds warned Sunday that the thousands of foreign militants they have detained in their fight against the Daesh group are a time-bomb the
Read More
Middle East
Bangkok, Thailand - Preliminary results from Thailand's Election Commission show a military-backed party in the lead, in the country's first elections since a military coup in 2014. With
Read More
Middle East
Iraq's parliament has sacked the governor of the northern province of Nineveh where more than 100 people died when a ferry capsized three days ago, triggering grief and anger among residents.
Read More
Middle East
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Mahmoud was well into his shift baking bread when a burst of urgent shouts warned him of an approaching cordon of men in uniform.
Read More
Middle East
ALGIERS: A group of Algerian opposition parties and unions proposed on Saturday a “roadmap” to end a political crisis and weeks of protests sparked by the veteran president’s
Read More
Middle East
ISTANBUL: If former Turkish prime minister Binali Yildirim wants a reminder of how much he needs to win as Istanbul mayor in this month’s election, he just has
Read More
Middle East
OMAR OIL FIELD, Syria: Syria’s Kurds warned Sunday that the thousands of foreign militants they have detained in their fight against the Daesh group are a time-bomb the
Read More
Middle East
Bangkok, Thailand - Voting has closed in the long-delayed elections that Prayuth Chan-ocha, the retired army general who led the coup against the country's last elected government five years ago,
Read More
Middle East
Al Jazeera visits a village in Kenya at the centre of a drought crisis.
Read More
Middle East
With the self-declared "caliphate" of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS) now erased, there are questions over what happens to foreign fighters and
Read More
Middle East
JERUSALEM: Israeli aircraft targeted Hamas positions in the Gaza Strip early Sunday after Palestinians there threw explosive devices at the border fence during “riots,” the army said.Also Sunday,
Read More
Middle East
JERUSALEM: Israeli aircraft targeted Hamas positions in the Gaza Strip early Sunday after Palestinians there threw explosive devices at the border fence during “riots,” the army said.Also Sunday,
Read More
Middle East
BAGHOUZ: A driver working with NBC News reporters in Syria was killed Saturday by an explosive device in eastern Syria, where several media outlets are covering the liberation
Read More
Middle East
AIPAC, one of the most powerful lobby groups in the United States, is facing new criticism from Democrats and advocates for Palestinian rights as it convenes its annual
Read More
