Magnitude 6.4 earthquake strikes Turkey, two weeks after massive quake killed thousands
A magnitude 6.4 aftershock struck Turkey on Monday, two weeks after a massive earthquake left tens of thousands of people dead in Turkey and Syria.
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10 Palestinians killed, including Islamic Jihad commanders, in rare IDF daylight operation in West Bank
At least 10 Palestinians, including two Islamic Jihad commanders, were killed Wednesday in a major IDF operation in the West Bank that also left more than 100 injured, Palestinian officials … Read More
US fails to get Middle East allies to take sides one year into the Ukraine war
The UAE’s balancing act demonstrates a wider policy across the Middle East of discreet neutrality, as well as the United States’ inability to sway its Middle Eastern allies to join … Read More
Israel launches airstrikes on Gaza after rocket attacks as violence escalates
Israel launched airstrikes targeting alleged weapons manufacturing and storage sites in Gaza on Thursday, following a rocket attack from the coastal enclave, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said.
Afraid to sleep indoors: Child survivors of deadly quake left traumatized
Relief organizations say victims are showing clear signs of post-traumatic stress disorder, especially children, many of whom have been left without parents.
Israeli incursion shatters lives in ancient Middle Eastern city
The heart of occupied Nablus is one of the most ancient cities in the Middle East. With two churches, 12 mosques and a Samaritan synagogue around densely populated residential areas, … Read More
Anwar al-Awlaki Fast Facts
Take a look at the CNN’s Fast Fact on the life of Anwar al-Awlaki, American-born Muslim scholar and cleric who acted as a spokesperson for al Qaeda in the Arabian … Read More
Assyrian artifacts found in ISIS tunnels in Mosul
ISIS extremists have inadvertently uncovered a treasure-trove of ancient statues and inscriptions dating back to the days of the Assyrian Empire. The Iraqi government found the antiquities by chance in … Read More
2016 was ‘rock bottom’ for children in Syria, says UNICEF
More Syrian children were killed in 2016 than in any other year of the six-year conflict, making last year the worst on record for children in the war-torn nation, according … Read More
ISIS devastated Mosul Museum, or did it?
To get inside Mosul’s museum, you no longer enter through the main entrance, flanked by the capitals of ancient columns. Instead, you scramble over a pile of rubble and duck … Read More