Category: News

Russia and Syrian rebel groups have reached an interim ceasefire agreement in Syria’s southern province of Daraa after weeks of violence in the area, a Free Syrian Army spokesman told … Read More

A hair-raising dash across a busy highway is one of two ways of reaching the West Bank Bedouin community of Khan al-Ahmar. The other is to navigate a rugged and … Read More

The US and Iran continue to trade barbs over Iranian oil exports, with the US military announcing that it will continue to keep the Persian Gulf open to international shipping.

Egypt’s Parliament has approved constitutional changes that will allow President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to tighten his grip on government and stay in power until 2030, as authorities block a growing online … Read More

A prominent Afghan journalist and parliamentary adviser has been killed in Kabul, an Interior Ministry spokesman told CNN Sunday.

All the ingredients are in place for a confrontation that could be the most significant outbreak of warfare since the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq, with some of the same … Read More

Iran announced Wednesday it was partially withdrawing from a landmark nuclear deal, marking a serious escalation in Tehran’s faceoff with the United States.

Iran has announced it will no longer fully comply with the landmark nuclear deal it signed with the United States and five other nations in 2015, following Washington’s own reneging … Read More

There’s an old saying in Turkish politics: “Who wins Istanbul, wins Turkey.” The country’s biggest city and commercial heart is undoubtedly its biggest political prize and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan … Read More

Turkey’s election board has ruled in favor of a rerun of the election for Istanbul mayor, according to the state-run Anadolu news agency, weeks after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s … Read More