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March 5th, 2026 - 06:00 GMT

Sally Shakkour

Fire continues at Fujairah oil depot in the UAE

ALBAWABA - Fire still raging at an oil depot in Fujairah, UAE, one day after it was hit by debris from an intercepted Iranian drone, According to Al Jazeera, the oil depot was hit by the remains of a drone launched by Iran targeting the UAE. The latest attack comes amid a series of incidents planned to affect energy facilities in the Middle East. Emirati Civil Defense units are working ...

Mourners attend a funeral, for Kurdish political leader Hevrin Khalaf and others including civilians and Kurdish fighters, in the northeastern Syrian Kurdish town of Derik, known as al-Malikiyah in Arabic, on October 13, 2019. (AFP/ File Photo)

October 14th, 2019 - 06:18 GMT

Syrian Govt Sends Troops to Support Kurds Against Turkey's Offensive

Saied won a landslide victory in Tunisia's presidential runoff, sweeping aside his rival, media magnate Nabil Karoui, state television Wataniya said. It said he scooped almost 77 percent of the vote, compared to 23 percent for Karoui. Fethi Belaid / AFP

October 14th, 2019 - 06:13 GMT

Tunisians Elect Kais Saied as The New President

A displaced Syrian woman, who fled her home in the border town of Ras al-Ain, receives humanitarian aid on October 12, 2019, in the town of Tal Tamr in the countryside of Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province. (Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP)

October 13th, 2019 - 12:02 GMT

UN Affirms: Turkish Attacks May Displace 400,000 in Syria

Displaced Syrians who fled the Islamic State's capital of Raqqa before it fell to Syrian forces are housed in Ain Issa, a camp north of the city. (Delil Souleiman/AFP via Getty Images)

October 13th, 2019 - 11:30 GMT

100 ISIS Relatives Flee Ain Issa Camp After Turkish Attacks

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif speaks during a press conference in Tehran on July 28, 2015 (AFP Photo/Behrouz Mehri)

October 13th, 2019 - 10:23 GMT

Iran Offers to Mediate Between Syria's Kurds and Turkey

Co-head of Syrian Future Party Hevrin Khalaf has been killed. (Twitter)

October 13th, 2019 - 09:32 GMT

Kurdish Party Leader Hevrin Khalaf Killed in Intense Turkish Syria Offensive

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks during the 74th Session of the General Assembly at UN Headquarters in New York. (TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP)

October 13th, 2019 - 09:16 GMT

Imran Khan Holds Talks with Iranian Officials Amid Growing Tensions

Abbas said he would discuss plans for new parliamentary elections with all factions, including longterm rivals Hamas, and renewed a pledge to hold the first elections since 2006, but without giving a timeframe. (ABBAS MOMANI / AFP)

October 13th, 2019 - 09:08 GMT

Palestine: Fatah Prepares for the First 'Popular Resistance' Conference

A Tunisian voter casts her ballot at a polling station in the capital Tunis on October 13, 2019 during the second round of the presidential election. Tunisians began voting today in a presidential runoff pitting conservative law professor Kais Saied against media magnate Nabil Karoui, who was released from prison just days earlier. (Fethi Belaid / AFP)

October 13th, 2019 - 09:00 GMT

Tunisians Kick off Final Round of Presidential Elections

Turkey kept up its assault on Kurdish-held border towns in northeastern Syria on Saturday on the fourth day of an offensive that is drawing growing international condemnation, even from Washington. (Nazeer Al-khatib / AFP)

October 13th, 2019 - 08:52 GMT

Turkey's Offensive in Syria is Seen as a Chance for ISIS Revival

Protestors attend a demonstration against the Turkish military operation in northern Syria October 12, 2019 in New York City. (Johannes EISELE / AFP)

October 13th, 2019 - 07:58 GMT

Arab League Calls Turkish Offensive in Syria as ‘Invasion of Arab State'

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu gives a press conference in Ankara on July 25. (AFP/ File Photo)

October 13th, 2019 - 07:38 GMT

Foreign Minister Cavusoglu: Turkey Doesn't Care About Sanctions