Wed, 2023-03-15 22:41 IDLIB: Thousands of Syrians demonstrated in the war-ravaged country’s rebel-held northwest on Wednesday, marking 12 years since the start of pro-democracy protests and rejecting any international “normalization” with Damascus. The brutal repression of the 2011 protests, which began … read more
Wed, 2023-03-15 22:31 ANKARA: Kurdish soprano Pervin Chakar has commemorated the Halabja massacre in Iraq with an album that puts to song the work of one of her people’s greatest poets. “In Memorium” is to be released on YouTube … read more
Wed, 2023-03-15 02:18 RAMALLAH: Israeli authorities’ use of the term “Judea and Samaria governorate” in official documents to describe the West Bank has raised Palestinian concerns of a ploy to “silently” annex settlements in the area. Ismat Mansour, a Palestinian expert … read more
Tue, 2023-03-14 23:59 ALGIERS: The European Union’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Monday during a visit to Algeria called for stronger energy cooperation with Africa’s top gas exporter as well as enhanced security ties. About “90 percent of Algerian … read more
Tue, 2023-03-14 23:41 ISTANBUL: SunExpress, a joint venture between Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa, said on Tuesday that summer bookings to Turkiye spiked as of this month after a brief drop following February’s devastating earthquakes. The airline expects to carry more … read more