Author: Wed, 2019-01-09 22:24 BEIRUT: They always anticipated US support would run out, but President Donald Trump’s abrupt decision to rapidly pull US forces out of northeast Syria has nevertheless stunned the Kurds there, who for the past three years have … read more
Author: Associated Press ID: 1547051067300777900 Wed, 2019-01-09 (All day) BEIRUT: A Syrian Kurdish militia says its fighters have captured eight foreign fighters with the Daesh group in eastern Syria, including an American teenager. The force known as the People’s Protection … read more
Wed, 2019-01-09 18:13 LONDON: UN Yemen envoy Martin Griffiths told the Security Council on Wednesday that both sides have largely stuck to the Hodeidah ceasefire and there has been a significant decrease in hostilities. The briefing was the first since the … read more
Author: Wed, 2019-01-09 00:10 JEDDAH: The United Nations envoy for Yemen held talks Tuesday with the country’s president, as he sought to shore up a truce in key port Hodeidah. Martin Griffiths met with the Yemeni authorities after seeing Houthi … read more
Author: Tue, 2019-01-08 22:25 BAGHDAD: Security forces in Iraqi Kurdistan have been “torturing children” to force them to confess to having links with Daesh, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday. The rights group said it interviewed 23 boys aged between 14 … read more