CATEGORY: Middle East News
Intense fighting in Syria’s Idlib kills 39
ANKARA: Turkey’s main opposition leader on Tuesday urged Ankara to play a mediation role in Libya between the country’s two rival camps, rather than siding with the Government of National Accord (GNA) headed by Fayez
Turkey’s main opposition urges govt neutrality in Libya
ANKARA, BEIRUT: Turkey and Russia are discussing the establishment of a secure zone within Syria’s northwestern Idlib region where Syrians displaced by fighting can shelter during the winter, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said on
Hong Kong’s Lam told: ‘You are the laughing stock of the world’
Hong Kong's leader faced off with a hostile Legislative Council on Thursday, fending off sharp criticism from pro-democracy and pro-Beijing members, while defending police from allegations of brutality against protesters. In her first question-and-answer
Russian parliament to review Putin PM pick after shock overhaul
Russia's parliament will begin reviewing President Vladimir Putin's nomination of a little-known tax chief as the country's new prime minister on Thursday after his announcement of a sweeping constitutional shake-up fuelled speculation he plans
Russia urges Gulf nations to consider a joint security mechanism
NEW DELHI: Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday Moscow has been urging Gulf countries to consider a common security mechanism for the region and it was time the world got rid of
Trump agrees with British Prime Minister Johnson on a ‘Trump deal’ for Iran
US President Donald Trump said he agreed with a comment by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson that a “Trump deal” should replace the Iran nuclear deal. “Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, @BorisJohnson, stated,
Venezuela’s Maduro gives State of the Union address
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has called upon "world organisations to come and see how the people of Venezuela chose their National Assembly this year" as he delivered his annual State of the Union speech
The battle of ‘resistance’ vs ‘revolution’ in the Middle East
The events surrounding the US assassination of Iranian Quds Force leader Major General Qassem Soleimani brought to the surface the two main ideological forces that now battle each other across the Middle East -
Iran’s president says downing Ukrainian plane an ‘unforgivable error’
‘Putschist Haftar’ has ‘ran away’ from Moscow after Libya truce talks, Turkey’s Erdogan says MOSCOW/ANKARA: Turkey’s President Recep Tayyep Erdogan on Tuesday said ‘putschist Haftar’ has ‘ran away’ from Moscow after the Libya truce
Iraqis worry US-Iran tensions are eclipsing their protests
MOSCOW: Libya’s eastern strongman General Khalifa Haftar has left Moscow without signing a cease-fire agreement to end nine months of fighting in the country, the Russian foreign ministry confirmed to AFP Tuesday. Haftar on