Section: Middle East
- Bahrain (7)
- Cyprus (453)
- Egypt (1,041)
- Iran (2,140)
- Iraq (5)
- Israel (1,508)
- Jordan (139)
- Kuwait (303)
- Lebanon (1,816)
- Oman (45)
- Palestine (44)
- Qatar (690)
- Saudi Arabia (214)
- Syria (70)
- Turkey (2,473)
- United Arab Emirates (2,608)
Intense artillery fire in Ukraine’s rebel bastion Donetsk
OSCE voices concern over troop movement …read more Source: Gulf...
Shelling Rocks Ukraine’s Donetsk
Ukraine’s separatist bastion of Donetsk came under intense artillery fire Sunday, increasing strains on a two-month-old cease-fire deal between Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian separatists. European monitors in Ukraine say they are very concerned after seeing convoys of … …read more Source:...
Heavy shelling in east Ukraine adds to concern over ceasefire
Heavy shelling around the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk increased strains on a two-month-old ceasefire between Ukrainian government forces and pro-Russian separatists on Sunday. Reuters reporters in rebel-held Donetsk said shelling by heavy artillery continued throughout the night and into the early hours, and then picked up again later on...
Lviv Mayor: France More Anti-Semitic Than Ukraine
At Jewish learning conference, Mayor Andriy Sadovyi asserts that France has larger anti-Semitism problem than his country. …read more Source: Arutz...
Gorbachev: World is on the brink of a new Cold War
The world is on the brink of a new Cold War, former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev warned on Saturday in Berlin, on the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.“I have always described myself as an optimist. But I have to admit that it’s very difficult to be optimistic in the current situation,” Gorbachev said at an international...
Heavy shelling in east Ukraine adds to concern over ceasefire
Residents said there appeared to be fighting near Donetsk airport, around which battles have repeatedly violated the ceasefire in a conflict in which more than 4,000 people have been killed since mid-April. …read more Source: World...
Intense artillery fire in Ukraine’s rebel bastion Donetsk
Intense artillery fire broke out early Sunday in Ukraine’s separatist bastion of Donetsk, in a level of combat not seen in the region since September …read more Source: Gulf...
Fighting erupts in Ukraine’s rebel bastion
Intense artillery fire reported near Donetsk in what is seen as worst fighting since tenuous September ceasefire. …read more Source: AL...
Sunday Marks 25 Years Since Fall of Berlin Wall
Sunday marks the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, and current and former world leaders are marking the occasion with warnings of continued divisions among major powers. President Barack Obama issued a statement saying Russia’s actions against Ukraine are a reminder that there is “more work to do” for Europe to be...
Former Soviet Leader Gorbachev: World Is on Brink of New Cold War
BERLIN—Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev warned in a speech in Berlin on Saturday that East-West tensions over the Ukraine crisis were threatening to push the world into a new Cold War, 25 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Gorbachev, who is credited with forging a rapprochement with the West that led to the demise of communist regimes...
