Turkish soldiers are seen around the area of Mount Bersaya, north of the Syrian town of Azaz near the border with Turkey, on January 22, 2018 (AFP Photo/Saleh ABO GHALOUN)/ Beirut (AFP) - Syrian Kurdish leaders called on civilians Tuesday to take up arms to defend the Afrin enclave against a ...
ANKARA/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Turkey has killed at least 260 Syrian Kurdish fighters and Islamic State militants in its four-day-old offensive into the Kurdish-dominated Afrin region of northwest Syria, the Turkish military said on Tuesday. U.S. President Donald Trump plans to raise concerns with ...
ANKARA/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Turkey seeks to avoid any clash with U.S., Russian or Syrian forces but will take any steps needed for its security, a Turkish minister said on Tuesday, the fourth day of its air and ground offensive against Kurdish forces in northwest Syria. The United States and ...
backed Kurdish forces on Monday pleaded with Washington to halt a Turkish offensive against them as it prepared to send reinforcements to the region. , raising alarm in Western capitals that Turkish troops are attacking the same fighters who helped defeat the Islamic of Iraq and the Levant ...
Syrian troops have retaken the strategic Abu al-Duhur military airport, located deep within the country's final major pocket of rebel territory that was recently split in two by the pro-government offensive. After declaring victory over the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) late last year, the ...
As Russia, Iran, and the US strive to establish facts on the ground to maximize their chances of shaping postwar Syria, Turkey is posing a challenge to a key piece of the Trump administration’s emerging policy./ Residents watch as a truck transporting a Turkish Army tank, part of a convoy, is ...
A Turkish tank is seen on Sunday passing through the Bab al-Salameh border crossing into Syria, as Turkish forces launched an operation against Syrian Kurdish forces that Ankara considers 'terrorists' (AFP Photo/Nazeer al-Khatib)/ Aboard a US military aircraft (AFP) - Turkey gave Washington ...
Turkish troops advance near the Syrian border at Hassa, aiming to oust the People's Protection Units (YPG) militia/ Turkish troops advance near the Syrian border at Hassa, aiming to oust the People's Protection Units (YPG) militia (AFP Photo/BULENT KILIC)/ HASSA (Turkey) (AFP) - Turkey on Monday ...
Israeli authorities have ordered the football club to take the pitch apart, or they'll demolish it/ A Palestinian children's football club in the occupied West Bank faces imminent demolition despite an international campaign to save it. Its supporters say it provides a rare sporting opportunity ...
Sharaa said the deal would allow Syrian state institutions to reassert control over most areas/ The Syrian government has announced an immediate nationwide ceasefire with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), taking almost full control of the country, Syrian state media says. The ...
The Syrian army is moving into areas east of Aleppo city, after Kurdish forces started a withdrawal. Syrian troops have been spotted entering Deir Hafer, a town about 50km (30 miles) from Aleppo. On Friday, the Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) militia announced it would redeploy east of ...
'The Islamic Republic will fall', says exiled crown prince/ The exiled son of the last Iranian shah (king) has called on the world to help protesters topple Iran's government, saying he is confident "the Islamic Republic will fall - not if, but when". Reza Pahlavi, a US-based opposition leader, ...
The Gaza Strip remains devastated after two years of war/ On the face of it, the announcement of phase two of President Donald Trump's peace plan for Gaza would seem like progress. But there remains a huge lack of clarity and detail about the future of the strip and the 2.1 million Palestinians ...
China is working to set rules on how many advanced artificial intelligence chip companies can buy from foreign makers such as ), Nikkei Asia reported on Thursday, citing two people familiar with the matter. The Chinese central government is working on rules that will likely regulate the total ...
Protesters march through Kashani, Tehran, on 8 January/ Warning: This article contains graphic descriptions of death and injury Heading home after joining a protest in Tehran on 8 January, Reza put his arms around his wife Maryam to protect her. "Suddenly, I felt my arm go light – there was only ...
President Donald Trump has said the US will take "very strong action" against Iran if it executes protesters, as rights groups say more than 2,400 anti-government demonstrators have been killed in a violent crackdown by Iranian authorities. Relatives of 26-year-old Erfan Soltani, who was ...
Authorities in Westminster, a suburb in Orange County, are looking to spread awareness of vandalism at the Westminster Mall, which closed last October but has since become a hotbed of illicit activity. According to the Westminster Police Department, the mall has been boarded up since its ...
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum presents a new security strategy against violence for Michoacan state, at the National Palace, in Mexico City, Nov. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Claudia Rosel, File)/ said she had “a very good conversation” with U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday and that their two ...