Middle East
Russia and US air strikes caused mass civilian deaths in Syria: UN
March 6, 2018
Russia and US air strikes caused mass civilian deaths in Syria: UN
Air strikes by Russia and a US-led coalition killed civilians in Syria on a large scale last year, while the…
US-backed Syria force to redeploy 1,700 from IS fight to Afrin
March 6, 2018
US-backed Syria force to redeploy 1,700 from IS fight to Afrin
A US-backed alliance of Syrian forces announced on Tuesday it would redeploy around 1,700 fighters from front lines against the…
Turkey plans camps for displaced in north Syria
March 6, 2018
Turkey plans camps for displaced in north Syria
Turkey’s Foreign Ministry says the country plans to establish camps in nine locations in northern Syria to house people displaced…
Yemeni immigrants focus on future in US amid war back home
March 6, 2018
Yemeni immigrants focus on future in US amid war back home
Ibrahim Alhasbani is like generations of Middle Eastern immigrants in the Detroit suburb of Dearborn: he fled war, came with…
Turkey asks Germany to extradite Syrian Kurdish leader Salih Muslim
March 6, 2018
Turkey asks Germany to extradite Syrian Kurdish leader Salih Muslim
Turkey on Monday asked German authorities to detain and extradite Salih Muslim, the founder and former co-chair of Syria’s Democratic…
Turkey: State broadcaster censors music
March 6, 2018
Turkey: State broadcaster censors music
In 2010, Kurdish singer Rojda was sentenced to one year and eight months in jail: Her songs were declared “terrorist…
Eastern Ghouta: Who’s to blame for the mayhem?
March 6, 2018
Eastern Ghouta: Who’s to blame for the mayhem?
In a hospital in Eastern Ghouta, Bassam Bakri, an anesthesiologist is describing the suffering. “[Syrian President] Bashar al-Assad is bombing…
Aid convoy quits Syria enclave as regime presses onslaught
March 6, 2018
Aid convoy quits Syria enclave as regime presses onslaught
An international convoy has cut short its mission to Syria’s rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta after delivering desperately needed aid…
Saudi-owned private broadcaster pulls the plug on Turkish dramas
March 5, 2018
Saudi-owned private broadcaster pulls the plug on Turkish dramas
The Arab world’s largest private broadcaster has stopped showing Turkish television programs, it said on Monday, as tensions rise between…
UN rights body orders probe of Eastern Ghouta siege in Syria
March 5, 2018
UN rights body orders probe of Eastern Ghouta siege in Syria
The UN Human Rights Council on Monday ordered an immediate probe into the situation in Syria’s besieged rebel enclave of…