Turkish soldiers are seen around the area of Mount Bersaya, north of the Syrian town of Azaz near the border with Turkey, on January 22, 2018 (AFP Photo/Saleh ABO GHALOUN)/ Beirut (AFP) - Syrian Kurdish leaders called on civilians Tuesday to take up arms to defend the Afrin enclave against a ...
ANKARA/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Turkey has killed at least 260 Syrian Kurdish fighters and Islamic State militants in its four-day-old offensive into the Kurdish-dominated Afrin region of northwest Syria, the Turkish military said on Tuesday. U.S. President Donald Trump plans to raise concerns with ...
ANKARA/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Turkey seeks to avoid any clash with U.S., Russian or Syrian forces but will take any steps needed for its security, a Turkish minister said on Tuesday, the fourth day of its air and ground offensive against Kurdish forces in northwest Syria. The United States and ...
backed Kurdish forces on Monday pleaded with Washington to halt a Turkish offensive against them as it prepared to send reinforcements to the region. , raising alarm in Western capitals that Turkish troops are attacking the same fighters who helped defeat the Islamic of Iraq and the Levant ...
Syrian troops have retaken the strategic Abu al-Duhur military airport, located deep within the country's final major pocket of rebel territory that was recently split in two by the pro-government offensive. After declaring victory over the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) late last year, the ...
As Russia, Iran, and the US strive to establish facts on the ground to maximize their chances of shaping postwar Syria, Turkey is posing a challenge to a key piece of the Trump administration’s emerging policy./ Residents watch as a truck transporting a Turkish Army tank, part of a convoy, is ...
A Turkish tank is seen on Sunday passing through the Bab al-Salameh border crossing into Syria, as Turkish forces launched an operation against Syrian Kurdish forces that Ankara considers 'terrorists' (AFP Photo/Nazeer al-Khatib)/ Aboard a US military aircraft (AFP) - Turkey gave Washington ...
Turkish troops advance near the Syrian border at Hassa, aiming to oust the People's Protection Units (YPG) militia/ Turkish troops advance near the Syrian border at Hassa, aiming to oust the People's Protection Units (YPG) militia (AFP Photo/BULENT KILIC)/ HASSA (Turkey) (AFP) - Turkey on Monday ...
Pictures from the scene show the fire-damaged building/ At least 35 people have been killed in a fire at a residential building in the Kuwaiti city of Mangaf, the interior ministry says. Video shared on social media showed flames engulfing the lower part of the building and thick black smoke ...
run authorities in Gaza say dozens of homes were damaged during the operation/ The UN human rights office says it is “profoundly shocked” at the impact on civilians of the Israeli operation in central Gaza that rescued four hostages held by Hamas. Palestinian health officials said hundreds of ...
After deliberating for approximately three hours spread over two days, jurors in Wilmington, Delaware, reached a guilty verdict against The charges stemmed from his 2018 purchase of a firearm, wherein he was accused of falsely denying drug use on his application and unlawfully possessing the ...
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A big, round, 4,000-year-old stone building discovered on a Cretan hilltop is puzzling archaeologists and threatening to disrupt a major airport project on the Greek tourist island. Greece's Culture Ministry said Tuesday that the structure is a “unique and extremely ...
The US is pushing for Israel and Hamas to reach a ceasefire deal/ US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has "reaffirmed his commitment" to a Gaza ceasefire plan, and that if it does not progress Hamas will be to blame. Mr Blinken reiterated his ...
The boat capsized off waters near Yemen's port city of Aden (file photo from 2019)/ At least 49 people from the Horn of Africa have died after their boat capsized off the coast of Yemen, according to the UN's International Organization for Migration (IOM). Among the dead were six children and 31 ...
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — After weeks of dry and hot weather, we finally have widespread chances for rain setting in overnight Monday into early Tuesday morning. The downpours will build after midnight in Sarasota, Manatee, Hardee, DeSoto, and Highlands counties. After sunrise, the showers will begin ...
Republican presidential candidate, former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally Sunday, June 9, 2024, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)/ WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal judge presiding over the against former President Donald Trump and two of his associates struck a paragraph from ...
Nancy Iskander, left, holding the hand of her husband, Karim, leaves Van Nuys Courthouse on Monday, June 10, 2024, in Van Nuys, Calif., after attending the sentencing hearing in the murder trial of Rebecca Grossman, who is charged in the deaths of their two sons, Mark, 11, and Jacob, 8. Grossman ...
The United Nations Security Council has voted to support a US-proposed Israel-Gaza ceasefire plan. It sets out conditions for a "full and complete ceasefire", the release of hostages held by Hamas, the return of dead hostages' remains and the exchange of Palestinian prisoners. Fourteen of the 15 ...