Middle East

Dec 10: Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has declared the end to the country's war against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS) group. "Our forces are in complete control of the Iraqi-Syrian border and I therefore announce the end of the war against Daesh," al-Abadi told a conference in Baghdad on Saturday, using the Arabic acronym for ISIL. The announcement

Dec 10: Protests have broken out for a fourth day across the occupied West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip following a US decision to declare Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The demonstrations on Saturday came as Palestinian leaders were to meet in Ramallah to firm up a response to US President Donald Trump's controversial move. In East Jerusalem, Israeli forces fired stun grenades and

At least two people have been killed in an Israeli air raid on the besieged Gaza Strip, according to the Palestinian health ministry. Another 25 Palestinians, including a six-month-old baby, were also wounded in the attack carried out on Friday night. Dr Ashraf al-Qidra, the spokesperson for the health ministry, told local media that the bodies of two Hamas fighters were recovered at dawn from

Sharjah: Hundreds of people visited Thumbay Hospital Day Care – Universiy City Road, Sharjah to attend the free mega health camp organized as part of Thumbay Group’s CSR program, on Friday, 8th December 2017. The camp was organized with the aim of promoting health awareness among the public and offering them easy access to quality healthcare. Dr. Thumbay Moideen, the Founder President of Thumbay

VIOLENT protests erupted in Palestinian territories on Friday against US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize occupied Jerusalem as the Israeli capital. Enraged Muslims elsewhere in the world also registered their anger at the move which, according to Turkish President Recep Tayyib Erdogan, has turned the Mideast region into a ring of fire. Claiming that Trump’s decision has thrown the

Riyadh, Dec 7: Saudi Arabia today slammed US President Donald Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital, calling the move "unjustified and irresponsible". Trump ended seven decades of US ambiguity on the status of the disputed city, prompting an almost universal diplomatic backlash and fears of new bloodshed in the Middle East. He also kicked off the process of moving the US

Mahmoud Abbas has lambasted the US decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital, saying the Palestinian leadership refuses to acknowledge President Donald Trump's contentious move. Calling Jerusalem the "eternal capital of the State of Palestine", the president of the Palestinian Authority said on Wednesday the US could no longer be a mediator in Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations. His

Gaza, Dec 6: Protests have broken out in the Gaza Strip in response to US President Donald Trump's expected decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital, as Palestinian leaders called for three days of rage against the move. Hundreds of Palestinians took to the streets in Gaza City on Wednesday, carrying banners denouncing Trump, hours ahead of his impending declaration that would also see

Dubai, Dec 6: Tourists to the UAE will be able to claim back the VAT on purchases they make whilst visiting the country, according to the official executive regulations released by the Federal Tax Authority (FTA) last week. The regulations do not, however, go into details on how this process would work. It does state that the refund system would only be eligible to those travelling to the UAE from

Beirut, Dec 5: Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri has formally rescinded his resignation following a consensus deal reached with rival political parties. The announcement came at the end of the first Cabinet meeting to be held since Lebanon was thrown into a political crisis following Hariri’s stunning Nov. 4 move. Hariri shocked the nation with his bizarre resignation in a televised broadcast