President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey and President Hassan Rouhani of Iran in Ankara, Turkey, on Monday./ as a blow to the global economy and a threat to regional stability. President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia evidently also saw it as a chance to make ...
The leaders of Turkey, Russia and Iran meeting in Ankara on Monday agreed to try to ease tensions in northwest Syria’s Idlib region, but disagreements between the countries appeared to linger, especially over the threat from Islamic State./ Presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia, Tayyip Erdogan of ...
- President Vladimir Putin said Russia is willing to help defend Saudi Arabia by selling it the advanced S-400 anti-aircraft system after major oil facilities in the kingdom came under attack at the weekend, halting half of its crude production. “For self-defense, for the defense of one’s ...
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks to the media after Friday prayers in Istanbul, Sept. 13, 2019, shortly after former Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu announced his resignation from Erdogan's ruling Justice and Development Party, or AKP, in Ankara, Turkey. Davutoglu has also announced ...
Russia has offered to sell Saudi Arabia the same missile defense it sold Iran and Turkey after U.S. systems failed to detect or intercept a recent attack on key oil sites in the kingdom. Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday his country was "ready to provide appropriate assistance to ...
Iran’s president said on Monday that diplomacy, not a military approach, was the only solution to the crisis in Syria, ahead of trilateral talks with his Turkish and Russian counterparts in Ankara aimed at forging a lasting truce in the region./ Presidents Hassan Rouhani of Iran, Tayyip Erdogan ...
The leaders of Turkey, Russia and Iran meet on Monday to try to secure a lasting truce in northwest Syria following attacks by the government that risk deepening regional turmoil and pushing a new wave of migrants toward Turkey./ FILE PHOTO - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Russian President ...
Erdogan/ Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan pose for a picture before their talks in Ankara, Turkey September 16, 2019. Sputnik/Alexei Nikolsky/Kremlin via REUTERS/ ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey, Russia and Iran need to take more responsibility to establish ...
28PM [Updated: Sun Sep 15, 2019 01:28PM ]/ Thousands of Syrians have returned to their hometowns in the country’s northwest after government forces purged the areas of foreign-backed militants. Syria’s official news agency, SANA, reported that "thousands of citizens returned" to their villages ...
22AM [Updated: Tue Sep 17, 2019 02:22AM ]/ The presidents of Turkey, Iran, and Russia held their 5th trilateral summit in the Turkish capital Ankara to discuss a political resolution to Syria’s eight-year conflict. The three presidents held a meeting followed by a joint presser where Turkish ...
38PM [Updated: Mon Sep 16, 2019 03:41PM ]/ Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (L) shakes hands with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara on September 16, 2019. (Photo by IRNA)/ Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says cooperation among Iran, Russia, and Turkey, as the three ...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (L) pose before their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Ankara on September 16, 2019. (AFP photo)/ The governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) says use of local currencies in bilateral trade with Turkey would ...
Members of the Syrian government forces are transported in the back of military vehicles toward the town of Khan Shaykhun in the northern Idlib province on August 24, 2019, after they announced the total control of the city a day before. (Photo by AFP)/ The presidents of Iran, Russia and Turkey ...
GRAPHIC CONTENT This file photo taken on January 20, 2014 shows the scene of a double suicide car bombing at the Bab al-Hawa border post between Syria and Turkey which killed at least 16 people and wounded 20 more. (Photo by AFP)/ A car bomb has struck the Al-Rai town near the Turkish border in ...
A third of the community kitchens in Gaza - one of the last lifelines - have been forced to shut down over the past two weeks/ The US has confirmed that a new system for providing humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza through private companies is being prepared, as Israel's blockade continues ...
Hundreds of Palestinian students were sent home from the schools in Shuafat refugee camp/ Armed Israeli security forces have forced the closure of three schools run by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa) in Israeli-annexed East Jerusalem. Hundreds of Palestinian students were sent ...
Hostages' families have urged Israel's prime minister to agree another deal with Hamas rather than expand the Gaza offensive/ Israel's prime minister has said there is "uncertainty" about the condition of three of 24 hostages previously believed to be alive in Hamas captivity in Gaza. Benjamin ...
Police block the entrance to the Israeli embassy during a protest in March/ The Israeli embassy in London was the alleged target of five Iranian men arrested on suspicion of preparing an act of terrorism, the BBC understands. Police have not yet confirmed that the embassy in Kensington was the ...
Hundreds of thousands of Syrians were killed during 13 years of civil war/ "These," says Dr Anas al-Hourani, "are from a mixed mass grave." The head of the newly-opened Syrian Identification Centre is standing next to two tables, covered in femurs. There are 32 of the human thigh bones on each ...
The strikes in Gaza City come as Israel says it is preparing to intensify its military campaign against Hamas/ At least 20 Palestinians have been killed in two Israeli strikes on a crowded restaurant and market on the same street in Gaza City, medics say. Graphic videos posted on social media ...
The Houthis' top negotiator said their support for the Palestinian people in Gaza "will not change"/ A senior Houthi official has rejected US President Donald Trump's claim the Yemeni armed group "capitulated" when agreeing a ceasefire deal, saying the US "backed down" instead. "What changed is ...
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told Israelis that "we are on the eve of an intense entry into Gaza." Israel would, he said, capture territory and hold it: "They will not enter and come out." The new offensive is calculated, according to the spokesperson for the Israel Defense ...
Trump says Houthis told administration they 'don't want to fight anymore'/ Donald Trump said the US would stop attacking the Houthis in Yemen because the group had "capitulated", as Oman confirmed a "ceasefire" had been reached with the Iran-backed group for it to stop targeting shipping in the ...
Smoke rises over the city of Sanaa, on 6 May, following an Israeli air strike/ The Israeli military has said it "fully disabled" Yemen's main airport in the capital Sanaa, which is controlled by the Houthis. Tuesday's strikes targeted three civilian planes, the departures hall, the runway and a ...