Middle East

Explosive Device Rips Through Car In Syrian Capital

DAMASCUS, Syria, Aug 3 (NNN-SANA) – An explosive device ripped through a car in the Syrian capital, Damascus, on Friday…

Iraq, Kuwait Sign Contract For Development Of Joint Border Oil Fields

BAGHDAD, Iraq, Aug 3 (NNN-NINA) – Iraq and Kuwait signed a contract with British energy advisory firm, ERC Equipoise, to…

Daesh Claims Responsibility For Suicide Bombing Against Police Station In Aden

ADEN, Yemen, Aug 3 (NNN-SABA) – The Daesh extremist group, on Friday, claimed responsibility for a suicide car bombing that…

US Pres Trump’s son-in-law Kushner meets Egypt’s Sisi for Mideast peace plan talks

CAIRO, Aug 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — US President Donald Trump’s advisor and son-in-law Jared Kushner met on Thursday with Egyptian President…

Syria agrees to Idlib truce if buffer zone implemented

DAMASCUS, Aug 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The Syrian government has agreed to a truce in the war-torn northwestern region of Idlib…

US: Dallas man who went to Syria to join Daesh indicted in Texas

WASHINGTON, Aug 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A 23-year-old Texas man has been indicted for providing support to a terror organisation after…

Hamza bin Laden’s death no big blow to Al-Qaeda: US experts

WASHINGTON, Aug 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The reported death of Osama bin Laden’s son and heir to the Al-Qaeda mantle is unlikely to…

Update: Houthi missile attack on military parade kills 32

 ADEN, Aug 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) —At least 32 people have been killed in an attack by the rebel Houthi movement on a military…

Saudi Arabia allows women to travel without male ‘guardian’ approval

RIYADH, Aug 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Saudi Arabia will allow women to travel abroad without approval from a male “guardian”, the…

Yemen: 17 police killed in rebel attack on Aden – medics

ADEN, Aug 2 (NNN-AGENCIES) — At least 17 Yemeni police were killed and scores wounded in a Shiite rebel attack…