The bomb blasts in Ankara which killed 97 people at a peace rally on Saturday have raised tensions in Turkey, just three weeks before snap elections are due on November 1. In the predominantly southeastern Kurdish city of Diyarbakir on Sunday, demonstrators condemned the attack and called for peace. The[…]
Using ground troops in Syria is out of the question, the Russian president said in an interview with Rossiya 1 TV. Russia’s air operation has been thoroughly prepared and is aimed merely at aiding the Syrian Army’s offensive, he said. “Whatever happens, we’re not going to do this [ground operation][…]
Iraqi security forces say they have struck the convoy of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group, in an air strike near the country’s border with Syria. “The Iraqi air force carried out a heroic operation targeting the convoy of the[…]
Israeli forces have shot more than 1,300 Palestinians with live and rubber-coated bullets since the beginning of this month, the Palestinian Authority Ministry of Health said Sunday. At least 75 Palestinians were shot with live rounds on Sunday alone, the ministry said in a statement. Of those, 53 Palestinians were shot[…]
A pregnant woman and her two-year-old daughter were killed on Sunday morning when an Israeli air strike caused their home to collapse in southern Gaza City, Gaza’s Ministry of Health said. Spokesperson Ashraf al-Qidra said that Nour Rasmi Hassan, five months pregnant when she died, and her daugher, Rahaf Yahya Hassan,[…]
At least one Palestinian has been killed, and five other Palestinians, along with three Israelis, were wounded in a string of tit-for-tat attacks following a week of violence in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory. Violent clashes have increased in frequency since Israeli security forces began to crackdown on Palestinian[…]
Tunisia’s National Dialogue Quartet won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for helping build democracy in the birthplace of the Arab Spring, an example of peaceful transition in a region otherwise struggling with violence and upheaval. The quartet of the Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT), the Tunisian Confederation of Industry,[…]
The state of Bavaria threatened on Friday to take the German government to court if it fails to take immediate steps to limit the flow of asylum seekers to Germany. At a news conference in Munich following a meeting of the Bavarian cabinet, state officials continued their war of words[…]
Four Palestinians were killed and 19 others injured as Israeli military forces opened fire at a demonstration by the border fence east of Gaza City and near Khan Younis on Friday, medics said. The Gaza Ministry of Health said Shadi Hussam Dawla, 20, Ahmad al-Harbawi, 20, and Abed al-Wahidi, 20,[…]
Russia is denying reports from unnamed US officials that four of its cruise missiles fired at Syria crashed in Iran. The missiles were launched from Russian warships in the Caspian Sea on Wednesday as part of an offensive Moscow says is targeting the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant[…]
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