Region

Breaking news, latest headlines and analysis from Middle East region, East Mediterranean region, and Africa from the Daily News Egypt.

Latest Region News

Beirut car bomb kills adviser to former premier

Mohammad Chatah was assassinated when a car bomb targeted his convoy in…

Daily News Egypt

Huge blast rocks Lebanese capital

Television channels showed pictures of thick smoke near the Serail, where Lebanon's…

Daily News Egypt

Palestinian prisoner freed after hunger strike

Thousands of Palestinians came out to celebrate his return to Issawiya, honking…

Daily News Egypt

300 dead in 8 days of air raids on Syria’s Aleppo: NGO

Aleppo has been split between opposition and government forces since a massive…

Daily News Egypt

Iraq journalists killed in suicide assault on TV: police

Some journalists managed to escape the building, while others were still trapped…

Daily News Egypt

Unrest grips south Yemen after tribal chief death

Schools and public offices were closed and shops shuttered in the south…

Daily News Egypt

Israeli troops shoot, wound Gaza Palestinian

Witnesses said the shooting happened when several young Palestinians who were hunting…

Daily News Egypt

Iraq general among 15 soldiers killed in raid on Qaeda

Violence elsewhere killed five policemen, including the police chief of Al-Sharqat district…

Daily News Egypt

South Sudan fighting escalates, US plane shot at

At least 500 people have been killed in Juba alone in six…

Daily News Egypt

Syria defends jailing of British doctor who died in prison

The death of British doctor Abbas Khan in custody just days before…

Daily News Egypt