Syria

US strikes on Iran-backed militia in Iraq, Syria killed 25

4:28 pm December 30, 2019

Baghdad : An Iranian-backed militia said on Monday that the death toll from US military strikes in Iraq and Syria against its fighters has risen to 25, vowing to exact revenge for the “aggression of evil American ravens.” The announcement in Baghdad came a day after US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Washington had carried […]

49 journalists murdered in 2019

2:09 pm December 17, 2019

Paris: Forty-nine journalists were killed across the world in 2019, Reporters Without Borders said Tuesday, the lowest death toll in 16 years. The “historically low” number mostly died covering conflicts in Yemen, Syria and Afghanistan, the Paris-based watchdog said, which warned that “journalism remains a dangerous profession”. Some 80 journalists a year have lost their […]

Turkey deports 11 French suspected IS members

11:03 pm December 9, 2019

Ankara (Turkey): Turkey has deported 11 French nationals who are suspected of being members of the Islamic State group, the Interior Ministry said Monday. A brief ministry statement said 11 “foreign terrorist fighters” were returned to their home country. It did not provide details or identify the suspects. Last month, Turkey stepped up the return […]

France to summon Turkish envoy over Erdogan’s ‘insults’: French presidency

9:02 pm November 29, 2019

Paris: The French government will summon the Turkish envoy in Paris for talks after what it termed “insults” by Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who accused Emmanuel Macron of suffering “brain death”, the president’s office said Friday. Erdogan used an expression Macron had used to describe NATO to hit back at the French leader over […]

Britain’s top general warns of ‘reckless’ Russia threat

7:41 pm November 10, 2019

London: Britain’s top military adviser accused Russia on Sunday of “reckless” behaviour that violated international norms and risked sparking a war. Chief of Defence Staff General Nick Carter said Moscow was operating in a “grey zone” that weaponised information and used unattributable proxies in conflicts. He pointed to covert operations by the Wagner Group — […]