Ukraine

Ukraine’s challenge for 2016 is corruption, not conflict

This year is expected to become a crucial deadline for post-Maidan Ukraine. Twenty four months after the fall of Viktor Yanukovich the country must

2 February 2016

Syria

Blasts close to Damascus' main Shi'ite shrine kill 60 - monitor

The Sunni militant group calling itself Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attack.

31 January 2016

Syria

Emotional plea from UN on eve of Syria talks

The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, has made a plea to all parties to bring a peaceful resolution to the five-year

29 January 2016

Syria

Syrian government forces claim successes but ISIL still rampant

ISIL attacked the Syrian city of Homs on Tuesday, killing at least 24 people with a car bomb and explosive belt-wearing terrorist. A mainly Alawite

26 January 2016

Syria

Syria: Pro-Assad forces hail recapture of key rebel-held town

Syria’s pro-government forces are hailing a key victory over rebels, ahead of planned peace talks that look increasingly likely to stall. The

24 January 2016

Egypt

Egypt: at least nine dead in bomb blast on road to Giza pyramids

A bomb blast in a residential building in Giza, Egypt, has killed at least nine people, including six police officers. The bomb site lies on the road

22 January 2016

Pakistan

21 dead after gunmen storm university in northwest Pakistan

Gunmen have stormed Bacha Khan University in Charsadda, northwestern Pakistan and opened fire on students and teachers. Several explosions have been

20 January 2016

Yemen

New air raids on Sanaa cost at least 25 lives

There has been heavy loss of life in the latest of the Saudi-led coalition bombing raids on the Yemen capital Sanaa. The capital is being held by

18 January 2016

Turkey

Turkish military continues operations against PKK

Military operations in the Turkish town of Cizre continued on Sunday as security forces clamped down on Kurdish militants. Cizre has been under

18 January 2016

Somalia

Al-Shabaab militants claim to have killed 61 Kenyan soldiers in Somalia

Al-Shabaab militants claim to have killed 61 Kenyan soldiers in an assault on an African Union military base in south-west Somalia. The Islamist

15 January 2016

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Barrel bombs 'dropped on Syrian city'

Activists reported bombardments of the Damascus suburb of Daraya on January 12. Dramatic footage uploaded to a YouTube account of a local activist

14 January 2016

Yemen

School for the blind reportedly among sites hit in new airstrikes in Yemen

After a lull of several weeks Saudi-led airstrikes have resumed in Yemen, amid fresh concern about the impact on civilians

6 January 2016

Libya

ISIL continues assault on Libyan oil ports

There has been a second day of fighting at Libya’s two main oil storage ports, with ISIL fighters from Sirte claiming they have entered El Sider and

5 January 2016

Lebanon

Why is Hezbollah targeting Israeli troops?

The militant group vows to retaliate for the death of a prominent Lebanese militant in a missile strike on Damascus last month.

4 January 2016

Iraq

ISIL forces civilians to act as human shields as the battle for Ramadi rages

As the Iraqi army continues to force ISIL out of the city of Ramadi.

1 January 2016

World News

2015 a year of unprecedented misery for ordinary Syrians

For the millions of Syrians displaced by conflict, 2015 was a year of unprecedented misery. Syrian refugee camp in Nizip, Turkey; over 30,000 Syrian

1 January 2016

Syria

Syrian soldiers fight their way into strategic southern rebel-held town

For President Assad’s soldiers, Russian air power has made all the difference. Syria’s military say its troops have fought their way into the

30 December 2015

World News

Syrian rebels evacuated under UN deal

A plane carrying more than a hundred Syrian rebel fighters left Lebanon’s Rafic Hariri International Airport on Monday, bound for Turkey. The

28 December 2015

Iraq

Iraqi army declares Ramadi 'liberated' from ISIL militants

Iraqi troops have raised the national flag above the main government complex in Ramadi, declaring total victory over ISIL in the war-ravaged western

28 December 2015

Syria

Rebels leave Zabadani under UN-backed deal

Dozens of injured fighters waited to board buses on Monday in the rebel-held Syrian town of Zabadani. After months under siege from government

28 December 2015