Author: Thu, 2019-10-10 22:19 DIYARBAKIR, Turkey, Oct 10 : Turkish police have launched criminal investigations into Kurdish lawmakers and detained scores of people, accusing them of criticizing the military’s incursion into Syria on social media, state media reported. Police also … read more
Author: Thu, 2019-10-10 01:13 ANKARA: Turkish troops and the Syrian National Army launched Operation Peace Spring in northern Syria on Wednesday afternoon. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said its aim is to “prevent the creation of a terror corridor across the … read more
Author: Thu, 2019-10-10 01:05 TEHRAN: Thousands of Iranian women fans are to attend a football match freely on Thursday for the first time in decades, after FIFA threatened to suspend the country over its controversial male-only policy. The Islamic republic … read more
Author: Thu, 2019-10-10 01:07 BAGHDAD: Calm prevailed in Iraq on Wednesday after a week of anti-government protests left dozens dead, prompting the US to call on the country’s government to exercise “maximum restraint.” In Baghdad — the second most populous Arab … read more
Author: Thu, 2019-10-10 00:46 BEIRUT: Large numbers of former Lebanese soldiers took to the streets early on Wednesday to demonstrate outside the Ministry of Finance’s VAT building in Beirut. The retired servicemen and women were protesting against the government’s austerity … read more