Syria: 5 years on
In March 2011 following the Arab Spring, the Syrian conflict mutated into a complex civil war. A litany of local, regional and international forces have…
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Saudi Arabia Agrees to Help Stranded Workers, India Says
Saudi Arabia has agreed to assist thousands of laid-off Indian workers stranded in the kingdom without money or food, an Indian minister said Wednesday. A…
Armenian armed forces fired at Azerbaijani positions from heavy machine guns
Over the past day, Armenian armed forces violated the ceasefire on the contact line between Armenian and Azerbaijani armed forces 18 times. It is reported…
Stop trusting Putin on Syria
For more than a month, Secretary of State John Kerry has been pressing the regime of Vladimir Putin to accept what, for Moscow, would be…
Trump stumbles into error on Iran amid cash transfer row
Donald Trump ripped at news on Wednesday that the US transferred $400 million in cash funds to Iran last January alongside Tehran’s release of four American…
Turkey urges ‘honest’ reporting on coup attempt
Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Wednesday urged the EU and Western media to be objective in its news coverage of the deadly July 15 coup…
Clinton will immediately seek to reestablish U.S. dominance over the Middle East
The Summer of 2016 is proving to be a decisive one in both the United States and the rest of the world. The long shadows…
Palestinian banks declined Qatari grant for Gaza employees
Palestinian banks have refused to receive the Qatari grant for Palestinian government employees recruited during Hamas’ rule of the Gaza Strip, Qatari Ambassador and Head…
Historic tunnel to be reopened to reduce traffic in Istanbul’s Üsküdar
A historic tunnel crossing under the premises of the Ottoman-era Beylerbeyi Palace located on the Asian coast of the Bosporus will be reopened for service…
NATO trace in a military coup in Turkey
Reports that US General John F. Campbell was the organizer of a coup d’etat in Turkey surprised no one. Recall that the July 25th edition…