Author: Sat, 2019-01-05 22:01 ANKARA: Escalating clashes between Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and Ankara-backed National Front for Liberation (NFL) in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province have raised concerns about a deal to set up de-escalation zones in the region. The … read more
Author: AFP ID: 1546709270405279500 Sat, 2019-01-05 17:01 GAZA CITY: Hamas authorities in the Gaza Strip arrested five men Saturday over a raid at the Palestinian Authority’s media headquarters, in which valuable equipment was destroyed. Five armed men attacked the offices … read more
Author: Reuters ID: 1546701244864497200 Sat, 2019-01-05 13:56 TEL AVIV: US National Security Adviser John Bolton has warned the Syrian government it should not see the impending US military withdrawal from the country as an invitation to use chemical weapons. US … read more
Sat, 2019-01-05 16:43 SANAA: The UN envoy for Yemen arrived in the capital Sanaa on Saturday for talks to shore up a ceasefire in the country’s lifeline port city of Hodeidah, an AFP photographer said. Martin Griffiths is scheduled to hold … read more
Author: Fri, 2019-01-04 22:13 QAMISHLI, SYRIA: Syrian Kurdish leaders aim to secure a Russian-mediated political deal with the Bashar Assad regime regardless of US plans to withdraw from their region, a senior Kurdish official told Reuters. The Kurdish-led administration that … read more