Middle East

Peninsula Shield Military Exercise To Start In Saudi Arabia

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Feb 23 (NNN-SPA) – Saudi Arabia announced, on Friday, the arrival of all teams participating in the…

Canada Donates Military Equipment To Lebanese Army

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Feb 23 (NNN-NNA) – The Lebanese Army, on Friday, received military equipment donated by Canada, local media reported.…

More Evacuees Flee Daesh Holdouts In NE Syria

UNITED NATIONS, Feb 23 (NNN-SANA) – In a fresh displacement, some 2,500 people, mainly women and children, fled fighting in…

Civilian Deaths Reported In Yemen Despite Hodeidah Ceasefire Deal

UNITED NATIONS, Feb 23 (NNN-SABA) – Eight Yemeni civilians have been killed by shelling, earlier this week, in Hodeidah, despite…

Switzerland: Former army officer Johan Cosar sentenced by military court for fighting Daesh

Former Swiss soldier Johan Cosar, photographed in Syria in 2015  GENEVA, Feb 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Swiss military court has sentenced a…

U.S. to leave around 400 troops in Syria

WASHINGTON/NEAR BAGHOUZ, Syria, Feb 23 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The United States will leave a total of about 400 U.S. troops split…

Syria war: Largest Daesh mass grave yet found outside Raqqa

RAQQA (Syria), Feb 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Two feet deep, below a plot of farmland outside the Syrian city of Raqqa,…

Syria War: Civilians evacuated from last Daesh group enclave

The UN had warned some 200 families were trapped BAGHUZ (Syria), Feb 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Civilians have been evacuated from…

Saudi crown prince arrives in China, part of high-profile Asian tour

Photo courtesy SPA Twitter BEIJING, Feb 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrived in Beijing Thursday as…

Israeli minister not backing down over Polish remarks

JERUSALEM, Feb 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz on Thursday refused to apologise for allegations he made that…