Washington D.C. Defense Secretary James Mattis warned the Syrian government about using chemical weapons against civilians and raised the possibility of launching another round of airstrikes against the nation. Syrian President Bashar Assad would be…
Aden, Yemeni separatists have taken almost full control of the southern port city of Aden after days of fighting with government forces, residents say. PM Ahmed bin Daghar and members of his cabinet are believed…
By Farah Najjar Russian-sponsored diplomatic talks over the future of Syria have begun in the Black Sea resort city of Sochi, but experts predict the summit will merely attempt to enforce a political solution that…
By S K Basu Pakistan post independence from the British colonial rule in 1947; and after secession from the then British India, as an independent sovereign nation has been undergoing decades of power struggle until…
Ankara, The United States has pledged to stop supplying weapons to Kurdish militia in Syria, Turkey says, calling on Washington to immediately remove its troops from a Syrian town of Manbij that Turkish forces plan…
By Mehmet Ersoy Ankara, The Operation Olive Branch in northern Syria started last week. In recent days the Afrin region became a possible hotbed of a full-scale conflict between the Turkish troops aided by the…
Washington, The US has urged Turkey to exercise restraint in its ongoing military operation in northern Syria as Turkish ground forces pressed ahead against the Syrian Kurdish group YPG in the enclave of Afrin. Washington considers the YPG…
Ankara, A Reuters cameraman filmed Turkish artillery at the border village of Sugedigi firing shells on Friday morning into the Afrin region in northwest Syria. “The operation has actually started de facto with cross-border shelling,…
Doha, Authorities in Qatar have denied that Qatari fighter jets intercepted two Emirati aircraft after the United Arab Emirates said that its civilian jets were accompanied by warplanes. Qatar’s foreign ministry released a statement on…
Gaza, Hamas spokesperson Fawzi Barhoum accused Palestinian President Mr Mahmoud Abbas and the Unity Government for current sufferings of Gaza people. Barhoum said current humanitarian crisis in Gaza has affected every aspect of life, and…
