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Syria says Turkey not implementing Idlib deal: report
Middle East

Syria says Turkey not implementing Idlib deal: report

BEIRUT (Reuters) – The Syrian government has accused Turkey of failing to meet obligations set out in an agreement with…
Syrian Kurds boost fight against Islamic State in east after setback
Middle East

Syrian Kurds boost fight against Islamic State in east after setback

  BEIRUT/BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Syrian Kurdish special forces have joined an offensive against Islamic State militants in eastern Syria, a…
Syria’s national museum reopens doors in war-scarred Damascus
Middle East

Syria’s national museum reopens doors in war-scarred Damascus

DAMASCUS (Reuters) – Syria’s National Museum of Damascus opened its rich trove of antiquities to visitors again on Sunday, seven…
Pasta and petrol: smuggling crackdown stirs dissent in Tunisia’s south
Middle East

Pasta and petrol: smuggling crackdown stirs dissent in Tunisia’s south

REMADA, Tunisia (Reuters) – Tunisian Zubair Abdel-Moula lost his work selling smuggled fuel on the streets of a poor southern…
Four-nation Syria summit calls for lasting Idlib ceasefire
Middle East

Four-nation Syria summit calls for lasting Idlib ceasefire

  The leaders of Turkey, Russia, France and Germany on Saturday called for a political solution to Syria’s devastating seven-year…
Turkey hosts Syria summit with Russian, French, German leaders
Middle East

Turkey hosts Syria summit with Russian, French, German leaders

  The leaders of Russia, France and Germany arrived in Istanbul on Saturday for a four-nation summit aiming to find…
Turkey’s Erdogan issues ‘final warning’ on Syria
Middle East

Turkey’s Erdogan issues ‘final warning’ on Syria

  ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Friday issued what he said was a “final warning” to those…
US sanctions on Iran pressure Tehran’s regional allies
Middle East

US sanctions on Iran pressure Tehran’s regional allies

  BEIRUT (AP) — Giant posters on the streets of Beirut’s southern Shiite suburbs display an armed Hezbollah fighter in…
Japanese hostage returns home after three years in Syrian ‘hell’
Middle East

Japanese hostage returns home after three years in Syrian ‘hell’

  OKYO (Reuters) – A 44-year-old Japanese freelance journalist arrives home on Thursday to an uncertain welcome more than three…
Concern for Khashoggi
Opinion

Concern for Khashoggi

Some have questioned the global attention surrounding the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside his country’s consulate in Istanbul.…
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