Author: Fri, 2019-01-04 22:13 QAMISHLI, SYRIA: Syrian Kurdish leaders aim to secure a Russian-mediated political deal with the Bashar Assad regime regardless of US plans to withdraw from their region, a senior Kurdish official told Reuters. The Kurdish-led administration that … read more
Author: By PHILIP ISSA | AP ID: 1546619456988770800 Fri, 2019-01-04 (All day) BAGHDAD: A fire at a women’s shelter in Baghdad killed several lodgers on Friday, according to police, who gave conflicting accounts of the tragedy. Baghdad Police Lt. Col. … read more
Author: Reuters ID: 1546618402068694300 Fri, 2019-01-04 15:51 GAZA: The Gaza offices of President Mahmoud Abbas’s official Palestine Television station were attacked and ransacked on Friday, adding to tensions between his Palestinian Authority and the hardline Hamas movement which rules the … read more
Author: Reuters ID: 1546613063208199500 Fri, 2019-01-04 14:42 CAIRO: Police on Friday used tear gas to disperse anti-government demonstrations across Sudan’s capital, where two weeks of street protests there and elsewhere in the country are keeping pressure on autocratic President Omar … read more
Fri, 2019-01-04 16:55 JEDDAH: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel to eight Middle East capitals next week for talks on security expected to focus on Yemen, Syria and Iran. UN envoy for Yemen Martin Griffiths will also arrive in … read more