ANKARA (AA) – The US Central Command (CENTCOM) on Sunday praised a PKK/YPG member who had been killed by Turkish forces in northern Syria on Friday. “Salwa Yusuk (AKA Ciyan Afrin), a Deputy Commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) – along with 2 fellow female fighters – was killed in an attack near Qamishli, […]
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AA) – A prominent Iraqi politician warned his country Friday against provocations in the aftermath of the Duhok attack that killed nine people earlier this week. Stressing that Türkiye had expressed a willingness to cooperate in uncovering the truth about the attack, former governor of Ninevah Governate, Atheel al-Nujaifi,...
Baghdad, Iraq – (AFP): Artillery bombardment by Turkish forces killed nine people in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region. Following the bombing in Iraqi territory, Baghdad has called for a withdrawal of Turkish forces from Iraq’s borders, and has warned Ankara that it should handle its “domestic problems” with PKK ...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – Iran’s foreign minister said Saudi Arabia has expressed its readiness to advance the tension-easing talks between the two countries. Hossein Amir-Abdollahian made the remarks in an interview, noting progress in the Iraq-brokered talks that have been underway since last April. Iran’s top diplomat said they received a message...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The main Syrian opposition group has urged Algeria to stop supporting Bashar al-Assad, stressing that the regime lacks legitimacy with Syrians. The request came in a letter to Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra by Salem al-Meslet, president of the Syrian Opposition Coalition. The letter was published on the group&#...
Jisr ash Shughur, Syria – (AFP): A Russian air strike killed seven people, four of them children, in Syria’s rebel-held Idlib region on Friday, a war monitor said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the dead included four children “who are siblings… as a result of Russian air strikes”, in the Jisr al-Shu...
BRUSSELS (AA) – The EU on Thursday added 10 Syrian nationals to its asset freeze and travel ban list for recruiting mercenaries to fight in Ukraine. The measures came as part of the bloc’s latest “maintenance and alignment package” that complements the previous six sets of sanctions against Russia. Businessman Issam Shammout, owner of the [&he...
TEHRAN, Iran (AA) – In a high-profile case that has hogged headlines for weeks, Iran’s judiciary issued indictments against 20 people over the deadly collapse of a commercial building in the southwestern Abadan city in May. In a statement, the judiciary’s media wing said the indictments have been issued against the accused individu...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – The World Health Organization said Thursday it has recorded nearly 40 cholera-related deaths in Somalia in 2022. “Cholera is endemic in Somalia with recurrent outbreaks reported since 2017. Between 1 January to 10 July 2022, a cumulative number of 7,796 cases of cholera including 37 associated deaths (case fatal...
ANKARA (AA) – The US needs to withdraw its forces from regions of Syria east of the Euphrates River, as part of the Astana peace process for Syria, the Turkish president has said. “America has to leave east of the Euphrates now. This is an outcome that came out of the Astana process,” said Recep […]
