Turkey
Turkey gives muted first response to Biden win
Middle East
November 8, 2020
Turkey gives muted first response to Biden win
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey gave an impassive first reaction on Sunday to Joe Biden’s presidential win, with Vice President Fuat…
Facebook removes ‘inauthentic’ networks spanning 8 nations
Middle East
November 6, 2020
Facebook removes ‘inauthentic’ networks spanning 8 nations
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Facebook on Friday said it has dismantled seven separate networks of fake accounts and pages on its platform…
Shelling in Syria rebel enclave kills 7, including children
Middle East
November 5, 2020
Shelling in Syria rebel enclave kills 7, including children
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian government on Wednesday shelled the last rebel last enclave in the country’s northwest, killing at least…
Russia FM: 2,000 Mideast militants fight in Nagorno-Karabakh
Middle East
November 4, 2020
Russia FM: 2,000 Mideast militants fight in Nagorno-Karabakh
YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Russia’s top diplomat said Tuesday that about 2,000 fighters from the Middle East have joined the…
Three-year-old rescued from rubble, Turkey quake death toll hits 81
Middle East
November 2, 2020
Three-year-old rescued from rubble, Turkey quake death toll hits 81
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A three-year-old girl was rescued from a collapsed building in the western Turkish city of Izmir on…
70-year-old pulled out alive in Turkey as quake toll hits 53
Middle East
November 1, 2020
70-year-old pulled out alive in Turkey as quake toll hits 53
IZMIR, Turkey (AP) — Rescue workers extricated a 70-year-old man from a collapsed building in western Turkey on Sunday, some…
Pandora’s Box… Radicalization and counter-radicalization in France
Opinion
October 31, 2020
Pandora’s Box… Radicalization and counter-radicalization in France
While presenting his strategic vision to confront “political Islam” in a speech on October 2, French President Emmanuel Macron could…
Death toll reaches 27 in quake that hit Turkey, Greek island
Middle East
October 31, 2020
Death toll reaches 27 in quake that hit Turkey, Greek island
IZMIR, Turkey (AP) — Rescue teams on Saturday plowed through concrete blocks and the debris of eight collapsed buildings in…
Libyan investigators find more mass graves in recaptured city
Middle East
October 29, 2020
Libyan investigators find more mass graves in recaptured city
TARHOUNA, Libya (Reuters) – Libyan authorities have dug 12 bodies from four more unmarked graves in the city of Tarhouna,…
Turkey has right to act if militants not cleared from Syria border – Erdogan
Middle East
October 28, 2020
Turkey has right to act if militants not cleared from Syria border – Erdogan
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday Turkey had the legitimate right to act again if militants…