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Footage of an Iranian ballistic missile slamming into the headquarters of the US Navy's 5th Fleet at Naval Support Activity (NSA) Bahrain earlier today.

February 28th, 2026 - 10:34 GMT

Osama Ali

Iranian missiles strikes Abu Dhabi, Riyadh and Manama amid regional escalation

ALBAWABA - Abu Dhabi, Riyadh, and Manama were all hit by multiple explosions on Saturday, the same day that Iran said it would target U.S. military posts in the region because of rising tensions. Reuters says that people in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, and cities nearby heard a loud explosion. AFP said there were explosions in Riyadh, which is the city of Saudi Arabia. The ...

Palestinian supporters of the Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas’ Fatah party wave flags during a rally marking the 49th anniversary of the movement on January 2, 2014 in the West Bank city of Nablus. (AFP)

January 9th, 2014 - 07:33 GMT

Fatah reaches out to Hamas over national unity government

AIn Al Hilweh, the Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon's south considered a "hotbed" for militants, fears a possible armed sectarian clash with Hezbollah forces due to the latter's politics at home and in Syria (Courtesy of the Guardian)

January 9th, 2014 - 07:29 GMT

Lebanon's Palestinians fear sectarian clashes with Hezbollah imminent

The conservative Likud party, which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu heads, ensured that the "left wing" "Two-State Solution" bill was not passed in the Knesset. Opposition MPs warned that Israel will become isolated if it does not reach peace with Palestine soon. (AFP/File)

January 9th, 2014 - 07:22 GMT

Israeli Knesset rejects "Two-State Solution" bill

Rebel fighters gesture next to the bodies of handcuffed and blindfolded dead men laying on the ground of the Aleppo headquarters of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. (AFP)

January 9th, 2014 - 07:17 GMT

Former ISIS captives in Aleppo share horror stories of their captivity

Iran Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, pictured here with EU representative Catherine Ashton in November 2013, will meet with major world powers in Geneva Thursday to discuss how to implement the historic nuclear deal from late last year (File Archive/AFP)

January 9th, 2014 - 06:53 GMT

Iran FM "optimistic" ahead of nuclear talks scheduled to resume Thursday

A 2013 report said that extremists and jihadists now make up more than half of the rebel and opposition forces fighting against Assad in Syria. (AFP/File)

January 9th, 2014 - 04:00 GMT

Senior Syrian jihadist recruiter arrested in Kyrgyzstan

Despite the chaos engulfing Anbar province, life must go on as normal for many residents. Here, Iraqi traders sell their goods at an open air market in the center of the city of Fallujah, west of the capital Baghdad on January 8, 2014 (AFP)

January 8th, 2014 - 07:55 GMT

Iraqi NGOs warn of 'critical' humanitarian crisis in Fallujah as 13,000 families flee

Mourners carry the body of a comrade killed during battles with members of the al-Qaeda-linked group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), in the northern city of Aleppo, on January 8, 2014.

January 8th, 2014 - 07:04 GMT

NGO: 'Hardly any' Qaeda fighters left in Aleppo

Assuming the National Congress immediately appoint a replacement, Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan may resign imminently. (AFP/File)

January 8th, 2014 - 04:05 GMT

Libyan PM "ready to resign", cabinet reshuffle imminent

A protestor holds up a sign in English as thousands of African asylum seekers who entered Israel illegally via Egypt staged a protest in Tel Aviv on January 7, 2014, slamming the Jewish state's long-term detention of African migrants. The protest continued to Jerusalem on Wednesday. (AFP)

January 8th, 2014 - 03:18 GMT

African migrants protest against Israel's migration policies in Jerusalem

Iraqi PM Nouri al-Maliki urged all Al Qaeda and other militants in the city of Fallujah to surrender. (AFP)

January 8th, 2014 - 02:28 GMT

Iraqi PM promises victory in Fallujah as army prepare launch against militants

An opponent to the Muslim Brotherhood set fire to a portrait of ousted president Mohamed Morsi during a demonstration outside the Cairo police academy where his trial was set to take place before it was postponed until Feb. 1, 2014. (AFP)

January 8th, 2014 - 01:37 GMT

Morsi trial postponed due to "bad weather"