Syria’s Aleppo airport to reopen after Israel strikes
Syria’s international airport in Aleppo is to resume business on Friday after the facility was put out of commission by an Israeli missile attack, the country’s transport ministry said. ...
Satellite photos: Israel attack damages Syria airport runway
An Israeli strike on a Syrian airport tore large craters in three spots on the facility’s runway, again closing the airfield after a strike days earlier also halted traffic, satellite images analyzed Thursday by The Associated Press show. ...
Top Iraq court says it cannot dissolve parliament as stalemate continues
Iraq’s top court ruled on Wednesday it could not dissolve parliament, a key demand by powerful cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr and his millions of followers and an important sticking point in a power struggle that caused bloody clashes in Baghdad last month. ...
Egypt slams suicide bombing outside Russian Embassy in Kabul
Egypt has condemned Monday’s suicide bombing outside the Russian Embassy in Kabul that killed six people, including two members of staff, and wounded at least 10. ...
Lebanese MP issues urgent Italian sea-rescue plea
A Lebanese MP has appealed to Rome to rescue 70 Lebanese migrants who were on board a boat that broke down off the coasts of Malta and Italy. ...
Four siblings killed in Syria mine blast
Four children from the same family were killed in a mine blast inside a house in rebel-held north Syria on Monday, a relative told AFP. ...
Iraq powers agree to work toward snap elections following unrest
Iraq’s top executive powers and major parties agreed Monday at a meeting boycotted by powerful Shiite cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr to work toward holding early elections, a week after deadly unrest, the prime minister’s office said. ...
Egypt condemn Afghan mosque blast
Egypt has condemned Friday’s explosion at a mosque in the western Afghan city of Herat that killed 18 people and injured 23. ...
Israel: Attack on bus in West Bank wounds 6 troops, civilian
The Israeli military said that Palestinian gunmen opened fire on a bus in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, wounding six soldiers, one of them seriously, and a civilian. ...
Iran equips 51 cities with civil defense systems — defense official
Iran has equipped 51 of its cities and towns with civil defense systems to thwart any possible foreign attack, a senior defense official said on Saturday, amid an escalation of tensions with Israel and the United States. ...
7 killed as violence flares again in Sudan’s Blue Nile
Seven people were killed and 23 injured as tribal violence flared in Sudan’s southern Blue Nile state, the state’s security committee said, just weeks after major clashes. ...
تحطم طائرة عسكرية أردنية في جنوب المملكة ونجاة قائدها
أعلن الجيش الأردني، في بيان اليوم الأربعاء، تحطم طائرة تابعة لسلاح الجو الملكي خلال قيامها بمهمة تدريبية جنوب المملكة ونجاة قائدها. ...
Eight dead as Iraq’s Sadr quits politics, clashes erupt
Eight people were killed in Baghdad on Monday after a decision by Iraq’s powerful Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr to quit politics over a political deadlock prompted clashes between his supporters and backers of Iran-backed rivals. ...
Deadly clashes shake Libyan capital as political crisis deepens
Rival armed groups exchanged gunfire in the Libyan capital Saturday, killing at least one person and raising fears of all-out conflict in a country embroiled in a grave political crisis. ...
Explosive detonates in Baghdad, targets Australian diplomats
A small homemade explosive detonated on Friday near Baghdad’s Green Zone as an Australian diplomatic convoy made its way into the area, two security officials told The Associated Press. ...
US says airstrikes in Syria intended to send message to Iran
US military airstrikes in eastern Syria were a message to Iran and Tehran-backed militias that targeted American troops this month and several other times over the past year, the Pentagon said Wednesday. ...
Arab leaders hold talks in Egypt
The presidents of Egypt and the UAE, the kings of Jordan and Bahrain, and Iraq’s prime minister visited the city of New El-Alamein, northwest of Cairo on the Mediterranean coast. ...
Further collapse of Beirut port grain silos
Another significant section of the devastated Beirut Port silos collapsed on Tuesday morning in a cloud of dust. No injuries were reported — the area had been long evacuated — but the collapse was another painful reminder of the horrific August 2020 explosion. ...
Egyptian, Israeli leaders hold talks after Gaza truce
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid held talks following Sunday night’s Cairo-brokered truce between Israel and Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip, where fighting last week left at least 44 Palestinians dead, including 15 children. ...
Turkish drone strike kills 4 in northeast Syria
A Turkish drone strike Tuesday killed at least four people in a northeast Syrian city held by Kurdish forces, the latest in a flurry of attacks, a war monitor said. ...