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Syria may "return to larger-scale fighting," U.N. warns in new report World

Syria may “return to larger-scale fighting,” U.N. warns in new report

September 16th, 20220 Syria's simmering 11-year war is at risk of boiling up once again with a return to large-scale combat after several frontlines across the country flared up in recent months, the United Nations warned on Wednesday in a new report. "Syria cannot afford a return to larger-scale fighting, but that is where it may be heading," said Paulo...
What Turkey’s rapprochement to Israel means for the Palestinian State Opinions

What Turkey’s rapprochement to Israel means for the Palestinian State

February 14th, 20220 By Mina Mohammadi This March, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan plans to meet with Israeli President Issac Herzog in Ankara for the first time in 13 years. While the meetings are set to discuss strategic gas imports to Israel, they also sit upon long standing moral tensions of Turkey’s support for the Palestinian...
ISIS leader Quraishi kills himself during Syria raid, U.S. says U.S.A

ISIS leader Quraishi kills himself during Syria raid, U.S. says

February 3rd, 20220 WASHINGTON, D.C. — The leader of ISIS died when he blew himself and family members up during a U.S. military raid in Syria, President Biden said on Thursday, dealing a blow to the jihadist group's efforts to reorganize as a guerrilla force after losing large swathes of territory. Abu Ibrahim al-Hashemi al-Quraishi had led ISIS...
Syria to hold presidential election, slammed by opposition, on May 26 World

Syria to hold presidential election, slammed by opposition, on May 26

April 18th, 20210 DAMASCUS — Syria will hold a presidential election on May 26 that is virtually certain to return President Bashar al-Assad for a third term — an event that Washington and the opposition say is a farce designed to cement his autocratic rule. Assad's family and his Baath party have ruled Syria for five decades with the help of the...
No normalization, but Saudi Arabia and Israel ready to gang up on Iran International

No normalization, but Saudi Arabia and Israel ready to gang up on Iran

November 26th, 20200 RIYADH — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman earlier this week, despite a denial of the meeting by Israeli officials. On the discussion table was a country that has played the role of boogeyman for both Israel and its allies in the U.S. government: Iran. The two leaders talked...
White House: U.S. working to designate Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group U.S.A

White House: U.S. working to designate Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group

April 30th, 20190 WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Trump is working to designate the Muslim Brotherhood a foreign terrorist organization, the White House said on Tuesday, which would bring sanctions against Egypt’s oldest Islamist movement. “The president has consulted with his national security team and leaders in the region who share his concern...
Will Khashoggi disappearance bring down Saudi’s crown prince? Opinions

Will Khashoggi disappearance bring down Saudi’s crown prince?

October 19th, 20180 Saudi Arabia and especially its young crown prince – who has been variously portrayed as naïve, venal and blood-thirsty – appear to have vastly misjudged the reaction to the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi, the journalist who opposed the new heir’s unchecked efforts to reshape the kingdom and the entire Middle East region with...
How Khashoggi’s disappearance could affect Middle East politics Opinions

How Khashoggi’s disappearance could affect Middle East politics

October 16th, 20180 The disappearance and possible murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has cast a long shadow over Saudi Arabia’s global image. If the Saudi government did in fact kill or kidnap him, the crime would have significant implications for Middle East politics. Turkish authorities believe he has been killed and his body, possibly...
Trump won't halt Saudi arms sales over journalist disappearance World

Trump won’t halt Saudi arms sales over journalist disappearance

October 16th, 20180 President Trump said on Thursday that he saw no reason to cut off arms sales to Saudi Arabia because of the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, possibly setting up a clash with the U.S. Congress. Trump also said the U.S. may be closer to finding out what happened to Khashoggi, a prominent critic of Saudi policies who...
Turkish daily: Turkey obtains recordings of Saudi journalist's purported killing World

Turkish daily: Turkey obtains recordings of Saudi journalist’s purported killing

October 13th, 20180 ISTANBUL - Turkey’s investigation into the disappearance of prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has revealed recordings made on his Apple Watch purportedly indicating he was tortured and killed, a Turkish newspaper reported on Saturday. The report in the pro-government Sabah daily, which could not immediately be verified,...
Syrian prime minister: Idlib will soon be under state control World

Syrian prime minister: Idlib will soon be under state control

September 9th, 20180 BEIRUT — On Thursday, Syrian Prime Minister Imad Khamis said in Damascus that opposition-controlled Idlib province will soon be restored to Syrian state sovereignty, vowing to win any coming war. “Idlib will soon be restored to the nation,” Khamis said in a speech during the opening ceremony of the 60th edition of the annual...
Erdogan wins sweeping new powers after Turkish election victory World

Erdogan wins sweeping new powers after Turkish election victory

June 25th, 20180 ANKARA - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan won sweeping new executive powers on Monday after his victory in elections that also saw his Islamist-rooted AK Party and its nationalist allies secure a majority in parliament. Erdogan’s main rival, Muharrem Ince of the Republican People’s Party (CHP), conceded defeat but branded the...
Turkey expels Israeli diplomats over Gaza killing, equally blames Washington World

Turkey expels Israeli diplomats over Gaza killing, equally blames Washington

May 15th, 20180 ANKARA - Turkey and Israel expelled each other’s senior diplomats on Tuesday in a dispute over the killing by Israeli occupation forces of 60 unarmed Palestinians on Monday during protests on the Gaza border. “The Israeli ambassador was told that our envoy to Israel was called back for consultations, and was informed that it would...
Ankara summit: Changing the rules of engagement World

Ankara summit: Changing the rules of engagement

April 6th, 20180 Turkey, Iran and Russia pledge to work for stability in Syria ANKARA — Turkey, Iran and Russia pledged on Wednesday to accelerate efforts to bring stability to Syria, underlining their joint commitment to the country a day after President Trump raised the prospect of withdrawing U.S. troops. A statement by the three countries after...
Pro-Syrian government forces enters Afrin to aid Kurds against Turkey World

Pro-Syrian government forces enters Afrin to aid Kurds against Turkey

February 23rd, 20180 ANKARA/BEIRUT — Pro-Syrian government forces entered Syria's northwestern Afrin region on Tuesday to help a Kurdish militia there fend off a Turkish assault, raising the prospect of a wider escalation of the conflict. Soon after the convoy of militia fighters - waving Syrian flags and brandishing weapons - entered Afrin, Syrian...
Syria pro-government enters Afrin to aid Kurds against Turkey World

Syria pro-government enters Afrin to aid Kurds against Turkey

February 20th, 20180 ANKARA/BEIRUT - Pro-Syrian government forces entered Syria’s northwestern Afrin region on Tuesday to help a Kurdish militia there fend off a Turkish assault, raising the prospect of a wider escalation of the conflict. Soon after the convoy of militia fighters - waving Syrian flags and brandishing weapons - entered Afrin, Syrian...
Turkey, Russia and Iran to discuss Syria in Istanbul World

Turkey, Russia and Iran to discuss Syria in Istanbul

February 9th, 20180 DAMASCUS/ANKARA — The leaders of Turkey, Russia and Iran agreed on Thursday to meet in Istanbul to discuss the conflict in Syria, a Turkish presidential source said. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan discussed the meeting in two phone calls on Thursday with the Russian and Iranian presidents, the source said. The date of the summit...
U.N. to join Syria talks in Astana after deadlock in Geneva World

U.N. to join Syria talks in Astana after deadlock in Geneva

December 22nd, 20170 ASTANA — U.N. special envoy on Syria Staffan de Mistura said on Thursday he would take part in the latest round of Syrian peace talks in the Kazakhstan capital Astana on Friday, with a month to go before he hopes to break the deadlock in political talks in Geneva. Delegations from the Syrian government and some opposition groups are...
World rejects Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israeli capital World

World rejects Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israeli capital

December 8th, 20170 On Wednesday, Arabs and Muslims across the Middle East condemned the U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital as an incendiary move in a volatile region and Palestinians said Washington was abandoning its leading role as a peace mediator. The European Union and United Nations also voiced alarm at President Trump's decision to...
Regardless of what happens in Geneva, Assad will be the winner World

Regardless of what happens in Geneva, Assad will be the winner

December 2nd, 20170 GENEVA — The Syrian government delegation arrived in Geneva on Wednesday to participate in another round of U.N.-sponsored peace talks to bring an end to the Syrian Civil War, now in its seventh year. All the previous rounds of U.N.-backed peace talks have failed to reach a peace deal, and have often been seriously hindered by the...
Dearborn families gather to celebrate Thanksgiving Local

Dearborn families gather to celebrate Thanksgiving

November 23rd, 20170 By Laida Sukari and Dalia Sukari The Arab American News - interns DEARBORN — According to statistics by "Static Brain", an average of 51,650,000 total turkeys are consumed in America on Thanksgiving Day each year. This national holiday became official in 1863 after President Lincoln declared that, annually, the fourth Thursday...
Iraq's Kurdistan region in turmoil, delays elections World

Iraq’s Kurdistan region in turmoil, delays elections

October 25th, 20170 BAGHDAD  - Elections for Iraq’s Kurdistan region’s presidency and parliament set for Nov. 1 will be delayed because political parties failed to present candidates. Iraqi forces captured the oil city of Kirkuk and other territory claimed by the Kurds in retaliation for the referendum, dealing a severe blow to Kurdistan Regional...
U.S. to arm Syrian Kurds fighting ISIS International

U.S. to arm Syrian Kurds fighting ISIS

May 10th, 20170 VILNIUS ― Despite fierce opposition from NATO ally Turkey, President Trump has approved supplying arms to Kurdish YPG fighters to support an operation to retake the Syrian city of Raqqa from ISIS, U.S. officials said on Tuesday. Ankara views the Kurdish YPG militia, fighting within a larger U.S.-backed coalition, as the Syrian...
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