Fri, 2019-01-25 15:22 JEDDAH: Turkey may establish its own 32km security zone in northern Syria to keep Kurdish militias away from its border, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday. The threat by Ankara to “go it alone” with a … read more
Author: Reuters ID: 1548418249967544100 Fri, 2019-01-25 12:03 PARIS: France is ready to impose further sanctions against Iran if no progress is made in talks over its ballistic missile program, the French foreign minister said on Friday. “We are ready, if … read more
Author: AFP ID: 1548414961827208700 Fri, 2019-01-25 11:05 MOSUL: An Iraqi priest who saved a trove of religious manuscripts from the Daesh group was ordained on Friday as the new Chaldean Catholic archbishop of Mosul. Najeeb Michaeel, 63, was inaugurated in … read more
Author: Thu, 2019-01-24 23:10 BRUSSELS, BEIRUT: Syrian President Bashar Assad has suspended special multiple-entry visas for EU diplomats to Damascus. “We are continuing as the EU … to do whatever we can to avoid it having an impact on the … read more
Author: Reuters ID: 1548346597930729100 Thu, 2019-01-24 16:01 CAIRO: The annual Cairo International Book Fair opened this week in a shiny new venue far away, literally and metaphorically, from the city’s historic book souk — and many of the old market’s … read more