Turkey has said that it is willing to support the Syrian regime of President Bashar al-Assad against the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu made the surprise announcement in a television interview with…
Yemen truce extension likely but ‘war is coming’: official
Yemen’s warring parties are likely to agree an extension of a truce which expires on Tuesday but all sides are warily preparing for fresh hostilities, an official from southern Yemen’s political leadership said. The truce has held since April as some r…
Israel army gunfire injures 3 Palestinian youths near Nablus
Israeli army gunfire injured three Palestinian youths at the Huwwara checkpoint near Nablus city in the occupied West Bank on Thursday evening. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said it treated two people wounded by live rounds in their legs,…
Road accident in Iraq kills 12, including children
Women and children were among 12 people killed in a road accident in Iraq when a minivan and a dump truck collided, authorities said on Friday. The accident, which they blamed on speeding and reckless driving, happened overnight on a road linking Baghd…
Sydney police identify Saudi sisters found dead in home
Austrailian police have identified of two Saudi sisters who were found dead in Sydney last month after they fled Saudi Arabia. The bodies of the two young Saudi women were found in their home in Canterbury, southwest Sydney on June 7. Their death was d…
Emmanuel Macron welcomes MbS to France despite outrage
French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday welcomed Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman to talks at the Elysee Palace in Paris with a long handshake, despite outrage from rights groups over their meeting. Macron warmly greeted the kingdom’s de-fac…
Estonia stops issuing visas, residence permits for Russian students
Estonia on Thursday announced it would no longer issue visas or residence permits for Russian citizens wanting to study in the small Baltic country, saying the invasion of Ukraine threatened national security. The foreign ministry order also ends the p…
Amnesty urges Egypt to free activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah
A leading human rights watchdog on Thursday urged Egyptian authorities to allow the family of a prominent activist serving a five-year sentence access to him, and reiterated calls for his immediate release. For nearly 10 days, Alaa Abdel-Fattah’s famil…
Pakistan withdraw from India chess tournament
Pakistan have withdrawn from the world’s biggest international chess tournament in protest at hosts India holding a torch relay for the event through disputed Kashmir, officials said Thursday. The 44th Chess Olympiad will see over 1,700 players from 18…
Ship with ‘stolen’ grain in Lebanon port: Ukraine embassy
A Syrian ship sanctioned by the United States has docked in the northern Lebanese port of Tripoli carrying barley and wheat that the Ukrainian embassy in Beirut told Reuters on Thursday had been plundered by Russia from Ukrainian stores. The Laodicea d…