syria
Syria says Turkey not implementing Idlib deal: report
Middle East
October 30, 2018
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
October 29, 2018
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
October 29, 2018
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
October 29, 2018
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
October 28, 2018
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
October 27, 2018
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
October 26, 2018
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
October 26, 2018
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
October 25, 2018
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
October 24, 2018
Concern for Khashoggi
Some have questioned the global attention surrounding the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside his country’s consulate in Istanbul.…