These are external links and will open in a new window/ Turkey has sent some refugees back to Syria from Istanbul Turkey has warned it may reopen the route for Syrian refugees to enter Europe if it does not get more international support for creating a safe zone in northern Syria. President ...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visits Moscow/ ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey plans to resettle 1 million refugees in northern Syria and may reopen the route for migrants into Europe if it does not receive adequate international support for the plan, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday. ...
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan spoke during a meeting of his ruling AK Party in Ankara - via REUTERS/ Turkey has threatened to allow millions of Syrian refugees to cross into the West unless the US agrees to help establish a safe zone to resettle them in northern Syria immediately. "We will be ...
52PM [Updated: Wed Sep 4, 2019 11:52PM ]/ Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says a de-escalation zone in Syria’s Idlib is facing a gradual devastation. He complained that no other country except for Turkey is willing to take any action concerning the safe zone. Turkish and US armies agreed ...
13PM [Updated: Thu Sep 5, 2019 02:25PM ]/ Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (Photo by AFP)/ Turkey’s president says his country may be forced to stop preventing refugee flow into Europe if the European Union and the United States do not act to provide Ankara with more support towards ...
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 ...
Siwar's mother, Najwa, is struggling to find the right kind of formula milk her baby needs to survive/ Sometimes in war it is the smallest sound that can make the loudest statement. In Gaza's Nasser hospital, a five-month-old girl struggles to cry. Siwar Ashour is hoarse. Her voice has been ...