Politics

Turkey launches operations against Kurdish militants in south-east - 11/08/2019

ISTANBUL (dpa)- Turkey launched a military operation on Friday targeting Kurdish insurgents in the country's south-east, the Interior Ministry said. The operation, covering the predominantly Kurdish...

OPCW report to identify culprits of Syria chemical weapons attacks - 11/07/2019

NEW YORK (dpa)- The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is set to produce in the next few months a report identifying the culprits of chemical weapons attacks in Syria, the...

Erdogan says Turkey captured wife of dead IS leader al-Baghdadi - 11/07/2019

ISTANBUL, Anindita Ramaswamy (dpa)- President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that Turkey captured a wife of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, who died during a US military operation...

UNRWA chief resigns amid probe into management issues - 11/07/2019

TEL AVIV, Sophie Wingate and Miranda Lee Murray (dpa)- The head of the United Nations agency that supports Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has resigned after an internal probe found he had presided over...

US hits Iran with new sanctions on armed forces, leader's circle - 11/05/2019

WASHINGTON (dpa)- The United States added the Iranian armed forces and nine individuals in the inner circle of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to a sanctions list, saying the move will impede...

Turkey says it has captured slain IS leader's sister in Syria - 11/05/2019

ISTANBUL, Anindita Ramaswamy (dpa)- Turkey says it captured a sister of slain Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi during a raid in the Syrian town of Azaz, calling the detention an...

New Islamic State leader will face intense pressure, US official says - 11/05/2019

WASHINGTON (dpa)- A US State Department official said Friday that the United States will subject the new leader chosen to head the Islamic State terrorist group to "unrelenting" pressure. "We will...

Iran marks 40 years since US embassy takeover with flag-burning rally - 11/04/2019

TEHRAN, Farshid Motahari (dpa)- State-organized rallies were taking place across Iran on Monday to mark the 40th anniversary of the seizure of the US embassy in Tehran. Thousands of school pupils and...

US Democrat Beto O'Rourke ends presidential campaign - 11/04/2019

NEW YORK, Sophie Wingate (dpa)- US Democratic presidential hopeful Beto O'Rourke announced on Friday that he was dropping out of the race. "My service to the country will not be as a candidate or as...

Syrian opposition decries al-Assad's remarks over Geneva talks - 11/02/2019

GENEVA/BEIRUT, dpa correspondents (dpa)- The Syrian opposition dismissed as "baseless" remarks made by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who cast doubts over UN-brokered intra-Syrian talks in Geneva....
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