Putin and Erdogan agree to push for Aleppo cease-fire
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, on Thursday agreed to intensify efforts to convince warring parties in Syria on a cease-fire…
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Commander of former Nusra group ‘killed in Syria’
The top military commander of the militant group Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, a former al-Qaida offshoot in Syria, was killed in an aerial raid that targeted…
UAE signs anti-terror agreement
HH Lt General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior, and Rob Wainwright, Director of Europol, on Wednesday…
Syria regime retakes key Aleppo district from rebels
Pro-regime forces overran a strategically important district on the outskirts of the Syrian city of Aleppo Thursday, sealing off desperate residents in opposition-held neighbourhoods. The…
USA, Russia eye fresh Syria peace push
The US and Russia conducted last-minute negotiations Thursday over a fresh bid for a Syrian peace deal ahead of an expected high-level meeting in Geneva….
Syrian Kurds, allies to approve federal plan despite Turkey
Syrian Kurdish groups and their allies will approve a constitution for a new system of government in northern Syria next month, a top Kurdish politician…
Twin bombings kill 3 in Iraqi capital
At least three people were killed Thursday in two separate bomb attacks in Iraqi capital Baghdad, according to a local security source. “One person was…
MPs split over UK-Saudi arms sales amid bid to water down report
MPs on Britain’s influential committee on arms export controls are divided over plans that would recommend suspending UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia over alleged…
Prague puts Jerusalem back on maps as Israel’s capital
“Jerusalem is on the map!” says Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat after Czech government cancels directive ordering companies printing atlases used in schools to name Tel…
Syrian People Cannot Accept Bashar in Power Al-Jubeir says
On the situation in Yemen, the Foreign Minister Al-Jubeir said that the war was not initiated by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, but by Houthis…