DEIR EZ-ZOUR, Syria (AA) – Rockets were fired at the US-controlled Al-Omar oil field in eastern Syria early on Monday. The oil field in Deir ez-Zour province is Syria’s largest and has a presence of US personnel and the YPG/PKK group. The rockets, fired from regions where Iran-backed foreign terror groups are known to be […]
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AA) – Sudanese authorities have released dozens of political detainees one day after lifting a state of emergency in the country. “At least 33 political detainees have been released today after the lifting of the emergency,” said Samir Shaikh Aldin, a spokesman for the Emergency Lawyers advocacy group. He said 24 prisoners wer...
ANKARA (AA) – The EU has added a group and two people to its list of sanctions against the ISIS and al-Qaeda terrorist organizations. “The measures target Hurras al-Din, a Syria-based al-Qaeda affiliated group, its leader Faruq al-Suri, and its religious leader Sami al-Aridi,” read a statement from the European Council. The group has been [&he...
TRENTON, Canada (AA) – Cases of sexual offenses in the Canadian Armed Forces should be heard by civilian courts, not military courts, said the author of a report released Monday For the report, former Supreme Court justice Louise Arbour was asked to look into increasing incidents of sexual offenses in the senior ranks of Canada’s [...
ANKARA (AA) – US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan and Turkey’s presidential spokesperson Ibrahim Kalin exchanged views on the NATO bids of Sweden and Finland in a phone call on Monday. The global food crisis, energy security, bilateral relations, and developments in Syria and Ukraine were also discussed. During the call, it was un...
PARIS – France has demanded an urgent investigation into the death of journalist Frederic Leclerc-Imhoff, who was allegedly killed during a bombing campaign by Russian forces in Ukraine. Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna, who is on an official visit to Ukraine, described the death of the 32-year-old, who worked for French news channel B...
ANKARA – The International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS) has called on the Muslim leaders to defend Al-Aqsa Mosque after the Israeli settlers’ incursions into the sacred precincts. In a statement issued late on Sunday, the IUMS Secretary-General Ali Al-Qaradaghi said the Muslim Scholars “strongly condemn these provocative attempt...
GENEVA – A new round of meetings involving the Syrian Constitutional Committee seeking a solution to the ongoing war in Syria has started in Geneva. Members of the “Small Group” responsible for writing the constitution, consisting of 15 representatives from the Bashar Assad regime, non-governmental organizations, and the Syri...
JERUSALEM – Suriname is planning to open an embassy in the city of Jerusalem, the Israeli foreign minister has confirmed. “During our meeting in Jerusalem, Surinamese Foreign Minister Albert Ramdin informed me that his country plans to soon open an embassy in Jerusalem,” Yair Lapid said on Twitter. A statement by the Foreign Ministry sai...
ISTANBUL – Karanfil Grup, a Turkish company conducting cruises between Istanbul and Libya’s seaport Misrata, has created an important touristic and business link between Turkiye and Libya. Murtaza Karanfil, chairman of the board of Karanfil Group, stressed that the cruises are one of the biggest indicators that the relations betwee...
