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Kurdish protesters attend a demonstration against Turkey’s military action in northeastern Syria, in Marseille, France, October 12, 2019. Jean-Paul Pelissier, Reuters Protesters marching under the Kurdish green, red and yellow flag waved placards reading “Trump = serial killer” or calling Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan “the true leader of Daesh,” the Arabic acronym for the Islamic State jihadist group. Organisers said “more than 20,000 people” took […]

Sabah photo Atotal of 10 civilians have been killed and dozens more wounded in mortar attacks launched by the People’s Protection Units (YPG) on civilian areas in southeastern Turkey’s Mardin and Şanlıurfa provinces on Friday. In a single attack on the Nusaybin district of southeastern Turkey’s Mardin, the PKK’s Syrian offshoot YPG killed eight civilians […]

President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jim Mone) MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Democrats, Muslims and other groups condemned President Donald Trump on Friday for criticizing the state for welcoming so many Somali refugees, and they called out Republican leaders for failing to criticize his statements. At […]

Hasaka, SANA-The Turkish regime on Thursday went too far in its aggression on Syrian territories in Hasaka, Raqqa and occupied Tal Halaf, penetrated into Allouk and Katsho villages in the surroundings of Ras al-Ayn and the Industrial region in the city. Meanwhile, the Turkish aggression targeted a number of villages and towns in the countryside […]

Anti-Brexit protesters are seen outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Britain April 10, 2019. – European Union citizens living in the UK will be deported after Brexit if they have not applied for settled status in time, Home Office Minister Brandon Lewis affirmed on Thursday. EU citizens in the UK have until the end of […]

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has established peace with neighbouring Eritrea and held numerous reforms in the country [Tiksa Negeri/Reuters] Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali of Ethiopia won the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize, the awards committee announced in Norway on Friday. He was recognised for starting peace talks with Eritrea and establishing a peace agreement to […]

Hasaka, SANA- Eight civilians were martyred and 20 others were wounded in a Turkish aggression on Qamishli, Dibasyah and al-Mishrafah in Ras al-Ayn in Hasaka countryside, SANA reporter in Hasaka said on Wednesday. Earlier, Turkish regime army launched  an aggression on Ras al-Ayn city in the north-western countryside of Hasaka and on Tal Abyad in […]

Turkish army tanks fire artillery shells as Turkish troops begin Operation Peace Spring in northern Syria. HANDOUT/TURKISH NATIONAL DEFENCE MINISTRY/ANADOLU Turkey has launched a major military operation in northeast Syria. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says the offensive – which began with air raids on Tuesday – is aimed at removing Kurdish-led forces from the border area and creating a “safe […]

The Turkish army has deployed military vehicles and heavy weapons to the Syrian border [Mehmet Akif Parlak/Anadolu] Turkish forces and allies will cross the Syrian border “shortly”, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s communications director said, as Turkey looks to begin a military intervention against Kurdish-led forces in northeast Syria. Turkey has been poised to advance into northeast Syria […]

Jonathan Nackstrand, AFP | Members of the Nobel Committee for Physics as 2019 winners Peebles, Mayor and Queloz are announced at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm on October 8, 2019. Three scientists won the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday for their work in understanding how the universe has evolved, and […]