Baghdad revels as violence recedes BAGHDAD: It’s nearing midnight on a Thursday and the streets are jammed with traffic. There are people heading ... Published 26 Aug, 2018 07:39am
Syrian peace talks flounder as participants ask: where is America? The Syrian government and opposition negotiators still have not met. Updated 02 Mar, 2017 08:13am
With IS on the run, new wars could erupt in Iraq TUZ KHURMATU: The front line south of this bleak and dusty town looks much as it did two years ago, when the ... Published 13 Aug, 2016 06:31am
What the ruins of Kobane tell us about the destruction of Syria A heap of dust is all that remains of the house where Aylan Kurdi was born and raised before war sent his family fleeing Updated 24 Nov, 2015 09:07am
ISIS: Al Qaeda-linked Islamists powerful enough to capture a key Iraqi city BEIRUT: Since US troops withdrew from Iraq in December 2011, the Al Qaeda affiliate they spent years battling to... Published 12 Jun, 2014 06:59am
US terms Morsi’s ouster a ‘second chance’ for democracy CAIRO: A visiting US diplomat has hailed what he called a “second chance” for Egyptian democracy after the ... Published 17 Jul, 2013 07:38am
