Some of President Donald Trump's erratic, impulsive and ill-informed pronouncements turn out to be of little lasting consequence, like passing gusts of wind. But his abrupt decision to was the policy equivalent of pouring gasoline on smoldering embers. In just 10 days, it has already produced ...
In this image fro video, Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah., speaks on the Senate floor, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019, in Washington. (Senate television via AP)/ The U.S. and Turkey have agreed to a cease-fire in the Turks' deadly attacks on Kurdish fighters in northern Syria, requiring the Kurds to vacate ...
Recep Tayyip Erdogan an ominous letter last week after their Oct. 6 call, after which Trump controversially announced that the U.S. would withdraw all troops from northeast/ obtained by Fox Business Network's Trish Regan on Wednesday after Trump referenced it during a press conference the same ...
These are external links and will open in a new window/ Mr Trump made the comments during a meeting with President Sergio Mattarella of Italy in the Oval Office President Donald Trump has said it is "not our problem" if Turkey enters Syria, adding that the Kurds are "no angels, by the way". His ...
In this photo taken from the Turkish side of the border between Turkey and Syria, in Ceylanpinar, Sanliurfa province, southeastern Turkey, smoke billows from targets in Ras al-Ayn, Syria, during bombardment by Turkish forces, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019. Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ...
President Donald Trump said that the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) was a common foe of the United States, Russia, Iran, Syria and Turkey—but the latter may not be quite as engaged as the others. At a press conference alongside his Italian counterpart, Trump defended his decision to ...
These are external links and will open in a new window/ These are external links and will open in a new window/ Watch as Syrian government forces enter town of Ain Issa Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has rejected a US call for an immediate ceasefire in northern Syria, saying Turkey's ...
These are external links and will open in a new window/ The letter told President Erdogan: "Don't be a fool!" Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan put US President Donald Trump's letter "in the bin", the BBC has been told. In the letter dated 9 October, and sent after US troops were pulled out ...
Turkey is continuing its offensive against Kurdish fighters in northern Syria, amid US calls for a ceasefire. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has vowed to stop only when a "safe zone" is complete.
Laila Soueif was refusing glucose treatment in hospital, her daughter Mona Seif said/ The mother of a British-Egyptian activist imprisoned in Cairo has been admitted to hospital for the second time, a week after resuming a full hunger strike to campaign for his release, her family says. Laila ...
'World has responsibility to get aid into Gaza', UN official tells BBC/ The UN's humanitarian chief has said people in Gaza are being subjected to forced starvation by Israel. In an interview with the BBC, Tom Fletcher said he believed this had led to a change in the international response to ...
Israel resumed its military offensive against Hamas in Gaza in mid-March following the collapse of a two-month ceasefire/ A senior Hamas official has told the BBC the Palestinian armed group will reject the latest US proposal for a new Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal. The White House ...
Displaced children queue for food at a charity kitchen in Gaza City/ There is a state of chaos, a breakdown of security, and looting in north Gaza's main city, where Palestinians are desperately searching for food and where aid is difficult to access. The Hamas-run interior ministry said seven ...
The Iranian Embassy in India has said it is investigating the case of three Indian nationals who went missing in Tehran earlier this month. The men, all of whom are from the northern state of Punjab, had a stopover in Iran on 1 May, and were on their way to Australia, where they were promised ...
Barbara Plett Usher, Emma Rossiter and Yolande Knell in Jerusalem/ Watch: AFP footage appears to show a people removing sacks from UN warehouse in Gaza/ The UN's World Food Programme (WFP) says that "hordes of hungry people" have broken into a food supply warehouse in central Gaza. Two people ...
Israeli ministers said the settler outpost at Homesh will be retrospectively legalised (file photo)/ Israeli ministers say 22 new Jewish settlements have been approved in the occupied West Bank - the biggest expansion in decades. Several already exist as outposts, built without government ...
In December 2023, the Israeli military released a video that it said showed Mohammed Sinwar being driven through a Hamas underground tunnel/ Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says its military has "eliminated" Hamas's Gaza chief Mohammed Sinwar, one of its most wanted men and the ...
The UN Human Rights Office has said it believes 47 people were injured in Gaza on Tuesday when crowds overwhelmed an aid distribution centre run by a controversial new group backed by the US and Israel. A senior official said the UN was still gathering information but that most of the injuries ...
At least 35 people were killed after Israel targeted the Fahmi Al-Jargawi School in Gaza City on Sunday/ The EU's top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, has said that "Israeli strikes in Gaza go beyond what is necessary to fight Hamas" as the death toll there continues to mount. Kallas also said that the EU ...