Author: Wed, 2019-02-13 22:21 BAGHDAD: Iraq will repatriate Iraqi members of Daesh held by US-backed fighters in Syria as well as thousands of their family members, Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi said. Abdul Mahdi told reporters late Tuesday that families of … read more
Author: Wed, 2019-02-13 22:15 NEAR BAGHOUZ, SYRIA: The ferocious battle for Daesh’s last bastion in eastern Syria entered its fifth day on Wednesday, as exhausted families left the ever-shrinking scrap of land where holdout militants have been boxed in by Kurdish-led … read more
Wed, 2019-02-13 20:37 WARSAW: US, Arab and Israeli leaders gathered Wednesday in Warsaw for a conference expected to pile pressure on Iran. The event is attended by about 60 countries and the agenda also covers the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the fight … read more
Author: AFP ID: 1549998613242871000 Tue, 2019-02-12 15:24 ANKARA: Turkish authorities detained 729 people in nationwide raids Tuesday over alleged links to a group blamed for a failed coup in 2016, the Ankara public prosecutor’s office said. Officials had sent to … read more
Author: Tue, 2019-02-12 21:34 KHARTOUM: Security forces arrested 14 professors who were gathering to protest outside Khartoum University on Tuesday, witnesses said, as anti-government demonstrations neared the end of their eighth week. Doctors also rallied outside state and private hospitals in … read more