Wed, 2023-02-15 23:06 WASHINGTON: The US government is providing vital assistance to earthquake victims in Turkiye and Syria, according to Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost, the commander of US Transportation Command. Speaking during a press briefing about her recent visit to … read more
Wed, 2023-02-15 23:05 DAMASCUS/ANKARA: No one knows what has become of the two boys whose photos are tied to a tree close to the block of flats where they lived in the earthquake-hit Turkish city of Kahramanmaras. In one, a baby … read more
Tue, 2023-02-14 22:48 GAZA: Valentine’s Day is considered un-Islamic by many of the 2.3 million Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip and business was slower than usual on Tuesday at those shops selling red roses, fluffy hearts and teddy bears. Wasim … read more
Tue, 2023-02-14 22:36 LONDON: Iran is becoming a world leader in cheap, military-grade drone production, the US Defense Intelligence Agency has warned. Analysts say Tehran is using Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as a theater to advertise its drone capabilities, becoming … read more
Tue, 2023-02-14 22:37 TUNIS: Tunisian authorities arrested the leader of the Ennahda opposition movement in a crackdown on rival politicians and critics of the North African country’s increasingly authoritarian President Kais Saied, lawyers said on Tuesday. Noureddine Bhiri, a senior Ennahda … read more