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  • Yemeni Football League off to exciting start

    Yemeni football began with several exciting games this year. [Photo courtesy of the Yemen Football Association]

    March 04, 2013

    First division teams are playing with a sponsor and a broadcaster for the first time in history.

  • Basketball star Lana Zakaria: Jordan needs to encourage female athletes

    Basketball player Lana Zakaria juggles her daily job at a bank with regular training. [File]

    February 25, 2013

    Jordanian basketball player speaks about the obstacles women encounter in sports and ways to impr...

  • Egyptian football league matches return after yearlong absence

    Egyptian goalkeeper Essam al-Hadary makes a save during a recent friendly match with the Ivory Coast. [Karim Sahib/AFP]

    February 06, 2013

    Fans welcomed the move and hoped they would be allowed to attend football matches as soon as the ...

  • Gulf Cup of Nations under way in Bahrain

    Yemen and KSA compete during the Gulf Cup of Nations in Bahrain. [Mohammed al-Jayousi/Al-Shorfa]

    January 11, 2013

    Bahrain is hosting the Khaleeji 21, in which eight clubs from around the region are competing for...

  • Qatar opens first anti-doping laboratory in Middle East

    A banner for Qatar's 2022 bid to host the World Cup, which it won, is seen in Doha. The country's first anti-doping laboratory will complement World Cup facilities. [Karim Jaafar/AFP]

    December 17, 2012

    Lab officials are tasked with working to eliminate the use of performance-enhancing drugs in spor...

  • Bahrain Women's Games celebrate women's athletic achievements

    Women prepare for the inaugural Bahrain Women's Games. [File]

    November 01, 2012

    Officials seek to create local women's tournaments in each sport and strengthen existing teams.

  • Maryam Jamal: 'I dedicate my achievement to the people of Bahrain'

    Above, Maryam Jamal races at the front of the pack. [File/Al-Shorfa]

    October 04, 2012

    Runner Maryam Jamal is the first Arab Gulf national to win a medal in the history of the Olympic ...

  • Bahrain volleyball coach shares team secrets

    By Mohammed al-Jayousi in Manama

    September 14, 2012

    The volleyball coach attributed his team's supremacy in the Gulf to advanced preparations and str...

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A torn poster of Syrian President Bashar Assad hangs in the northern Syrian city of al-Raqa on March 5th following days of fierce fighting. [Mohammad al-Hussein/AFP]

Jabhat al-Nusra's rise in Syria: testimonies from inside

Residents of Syria's al-Raqa and Tal Abyad describe difficulties and tensions in the area since Jabhat al-Nusra moved in.

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  • Arab League to submit Syria proposals to Security Council

    The Arab League said Thursday (May 23rd) it plans to submit to the UN Security Council a list of proposals for a June peace conference aimed at end...

  • Thousands of Syrian refugees stranded at Jordan border: officials

    Violence stranded thousands of Syrians seeking refuge in Jordan on Thursday (May 23rd), after at least three days of record low arrivals, The Jorda...

  • Expatriate professionals return to Iraq

    More than 400 Iraqi scientists returned to Iraq this year as part of a government programme to encourage expatriate professionals to return to thei...

  • Sahwa houses blown up near Fallujah

    Blasts at the houses of Sahwa members in al-Karma killed two Iraqis and wounded seven others, including a woman and three children, Anbar provincia...

  • Ansar al-Sunna leader in Kirkuk killed

    Iraqi security forces this week killed the leader of Ansar al-Sunna in Kirkuk province in a shootout in Kirkuk city, the Iraqi Interior Ministry sa...

  • Iraq offers loans to women entrepreneurs

    The Iraqi government announced Thursday (May 23rd) it is making easy-term loans available to women who wish to start their own businesses....

  • Saudi court sends 8 al-Qaeda members to prison

    The specialised criminal court in Riyadh on Wednesday (May 22nd) sentenced eight Saudis to prison for up to 25 years for belonging to al-Qaeda and ...

  • Yemen launches educational satellite channel

    The Yemeni Ministry of Education on Wednesday (May 22nd) launched experimental broadcasting of the country's first satellite educational channel....

  • UAE begins smart government project

    UAE government services will in a few years be available via mobile phones under a new "smart government" initiative launched by the country's Vice...

  • Unmanned Iranian aircraft found in Bahrain: Interior Ministry

    An unmanned Iranian aircraft has been discovered in northern Bahrain, near Saudi Arabia, the Bahraini Interior Ministry said Tuesday (May 21st)....

  • Students protest Hizbullah actions in Syria

    Lebanese and Syrians on Tuesday (May 21st) staged a sit-in at Beirut's Martyrs Square to condemn Hizbullah's participation in the fighting in Syria...

  • Displaced Syrian families arrive in Iraq

    Thirty new Syrian families arrived in Iraq this week from the Syrian border town Albu Kamal, al-Qaim border refugee camp management said Wednesday ...

  • Sinai hostages released unharmed

    Seven Egyptian security personnel abducted last week in the Sinai peninsula were released on Wednesday (May 22nd) without any negotiation with thei...

  • Lebanon's Tripoli violence claims 10 lives

    Violence in Lebanon's northern city of Tripoli has resulted in the deaths of at least 10 people and has wounded more than 70 since Sunday....

  • Yemen's Marib-Sanaa power line sabotaged

    Just hours after the Marib-Sanaa power transmission line was repaired, armed saboteurs damaged it again, the Yemeni Ministry of Electricity said Tu...

  • Iraqi security forces arrest al-Qaeda suspects in Ninawa

    Iraqi army forces on Wednesday (May 22nd) arrested 12 suspected al-Qaeda elements during a military operation in Ninawa province....

IRAQ NEWS MAWTANI

  • Thousands of Iraqi soldiers are participating in a campaign to tighten security on the border with Syria. [Mohammed al-Qaisi/Mawtani]

    Iraq launches counter-terrorism campaign along Syria border

  • Iraqi patrols have increased along the Iraq-Syria border. [Mohammed al-Qaisi/Mawtani]

    Iraqi forces dismantle cell linked to Jabhat al-Nusra in Syria

  • An Iraqi National Museum employee guides visitors inside the Assyrian Hall. [Ali al-Saadi/AFP]

    Iraq plans to build 'Grand Museum' under way

  • Iraqi artists Nibras Hashem, Suha al-Jumaily, Zeina Salem and Zikra Sarsam (from left) are holding a joint exhibition, "Intersecting Paintbrushes". [Courtesy of the Baghdad French Cultural Centre]

    Exhibit brings Iraqi women painters back to forefront

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