MIDDLE EAST

Report: Death toll in Turkey avalanche disaster rises to 39

6:34 pm February 6, 2020

Istanbul: Search efforts have resumed in eastern Turkey, following two avalanches that killed dozens and left at least two people missing, Turkish news agencies reported. The private DHA news agency said one body was recovered Thursday, bringing the death toll from the two avalanches to 39. Rescue workers, aided by dogs, were conducting scans in […]

Sudan says leader made no promises to Israel PM

6:30 pm February 6, 2020

Khartoum: Sudan’s cabinet said on Thursday that the country’s leader General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan had made no promise to Israel’s prime minister of “normalising ties” between the two countries. Burhan, who heads Sudan’s ruling sovereign council, met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for previously unannounced talks in Entebbe on Monday that appeared to signal an […]

At least 2,000 housing units destroyed in fighting between Israel and Palestinian militant groups: Official

Israel strikes in Gaza after projectiles, explosive balloons

2:30 pm February 6, 2020

Jerusalem: Israeli aircraft struck Hamas positions in Gaza early Wednesday, the military said, after Palestinians in the enclave launched projectiles and explosive balloons at the Jewish state. The “fighter jets targeted Hamas terror targets in the southern Gaza Strip” including “a weapons manufacturing site”, the army said in a statement. There were no immediate reports […]

Turkey vows to expand anti-PKK operations in northern Iraq

30-35 Syrian troops killed in Turkish counter-fire: Erdogan

3:41 pm February 3, 2020

Istanbul: Turkey has killed dozens of Syrian forces in retaliatory fire after four of its soldiers died in shelling on positions in the northwest of the country, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday. “There is an ongoing operation right now and… according to initial findings around 30 to 35 Syrians on the other side […]

Iraqi protesters dig in heels despite new PM-designate

6:33 pm February 2, 2020

Baghdad: Furious anti-government youth dug in their heels in Iraq’s capital and south on Sunday, rejecting the previous evening’s nomination of Mohammad Allawi as premier after months of demonstrations and political paralysis. Allawi was named prime minister-designate after a hard-won consensus among Iraq’s rival parties, who had struggled to agree on a candidate since outgoing […]