Regional News

April 30, 2013

Four students have died following violent clashes involving firearms at a university in Jordan
02:20 GMT

In the latest round of university violence in Jordan, four people have died and a further 13 injured in clashes at Al Hussein Bin Talal University, 220 kilometres south of the capital, Amman.

April 29, 2013

The Jordan-Syrian border
10:21 GMT

Syrian missiles, fired by the Syrian regime during aerial bombardment of rebel southern Syrian towns, have landed in northern Jordan, causing no injuries but increasing fears amongst residents that the Syrian conflict is getting closer to home.

Morsi has told Egypt's top judges that he would personally adopt their proposals for a new judicial authority law in hopes of containing mounting tension between Egypt's Islamist forces and the judiciary.
08:29 GMT

After Sunday's meeting between the presidency and heads of judicial agencies, President Morsi promises to adopt judges's proposal for new judicial authority law.

Several people were killed in Iraq's southern Shia provinces of Amara and Diywaniya early on Monday when three car bombs exploded in public markets. (Photo used for illustrative purposes)
08:03 GMT

Several people were killed in Iraq's southern Shia provinces of Amara and Diywaniya early on Monday when three car bombs exploded in public markets.

April 28, 2013

A former army general from the chemical weapons branch, Zahir al-Sakit, said he was instructed to use chemical weapons. (Al Arabiya)
11:44 GMT

The Syrian government ordered the use chemical weapons against the Free Syrian Army (FSA) during select battles with Syrian regime forces, a defected general told Al Arabiya late Saturday.

Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi has invited all heads of judicial bodies to meet with him on Sunday at the Cairo presidential palace to discuss a resolution for ongoing disputes over the future of the country's judiciary.
10:08 GMT

Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi has invited all heads of judicial bodies to meet with him on Sunday at the Cairo presidential palace to discuss a resolution for ongoing disputes over the future of the country's judiciary.

Israeli air strikes hit Gaza towns on Sunday morning, targeting fighters from Palestinian group Islamic Jihad, the military said. (Photo used for illustrative purposes)
08:03 GMT

Israeli air strikes hit Gaza towns on Sunday morning, targeting fighters from Palestinian group Islamic Jihad.

April 27, 2013

A boy kicks a burning car in Cairo on Friday as violent protests erupted between the police and those who oppose Mohamed Morsi's regime
06:03 GMT

Police disperses Egyptian protesters with tear gas in Cairo as anti-regime violence escalates

April 25, 2013

A still image taken from Israeli Army video footage shows what they say is a small unidentified aircraft shot down in a mid-air interception after it crossed into southern Israel October 6, 2012.
15:12 GMT

An Israeli fighter plane shot down a drone from Lebanon on Thursday as it was approaching the Israeli coast over the mediterranean sea.

Across the country, the regime shelled the suburbs of Damascus, Deir Al-Zor, Idlib, Aleppo and Raqqa. (Photo used for illustrative purposes)
14:41 GMT

Heavy clashes erupt for the first time in months in Syria's central city of Hama.

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki warned on Thursday of attempts to return the country to “sectarian civil war,” as a wave of violence killed more than 140 people over three days. (Photo used for illustrative purposes)
14:26 GMT

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki warned on Thursday of attempts to return the country to “sectarian civil war,” as a wave of violence killed more than 140 people over three days.

A US military spokesman said the number of prisoners on hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay has been raised to 92 based on evaluations by medical personnel at the American base in Cuba. (Photo: AFP)
09:42 GMT

A US military spokesman says the number of prisoners on hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay has been raised to 92 based on evaluations by medical personnel at the American base in Cuba.

An image grab taken from a video uploaded on YouTube on Wednesday, allegedly shows the rubble of the minaret (background) of Aleppo's ancient Umayyad mosque. (Image: AFP photo / YouTube)
06:30 GMT

The minaret of Syria's famous 12th-Century Umayyad Mosque in the northern city of Aleppo is destroyed as rebels clash with government troops.

April 24, 2013

Deputies congratulate Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour after his government won the Parliament's vote of confidence on Tuesday (Photo by Hasan Tamimi)
10:58 GMT

The government on Tuesday won the vote of confidence of the Parliament with a majority of 82 out of the 149 deputies present.

Among EU countries, those estimated to have the highest numbers of fighters in Syria include the UK, Ireland and France. (Photo used for illustrative purposes)
10:08 GMT

Hundreds of Europeans are fighting with rebel forces in Syria to topple the regime of President Bashar Al Assad.