US officials Tuesday dodged Iraq’s and Syria’s blame that the US-led coalition against the Islamic State group (ISIS) and Washington targeted militia fighters aligned with President Bashar al-Assad regime, near the border with Iraq. A US official told US news network CNN that the US was linked to the attack, which hit the eastern […]
Selahattin Demirtas of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) in a video clip recorded from prison and aired on TRT addressed supporters for the first time since his arrest for terror-related charges. Demirtas has been in jail pending trial since November 2016 on security charges. He could face a sentence of up to 142 years if […]
French car maker Renault has announced it will keep its operations in Iran unlike many multinationals despite new US economic sanctions following the US exit from the 2015 nuclear deal. The Company’s CEO Carlos Ghosn at the annual shareholders’ meeting in Paris Friday said staying in Iran could cost the company but will be advantageous […]
Morocco has lost the challenge to organize the 2026 world cup as “United-2026”, the joint bid by the USA, Canada and Mexico, won the final vote at the 68th FIFA Congress by 134 votes. Morocco was supported only by 65 Federations. The Morocco 2026 Organizing Committee, led by billionaire Moulay Hafid Elalamy and the president […]
Turkey’s autocratic ruler Recep Tayyip Erdogan has pledged to lift years-old state of emergency if re-elected on June 24. Erdogan in an interview Wednesday on 24 TV said his first decision if re-elected on June 24 will be to lift the state of emergency in place since July 2016 following a failed coup that attempted […]
The UN General Assembly condemned Israel’s use of excessive force against Palestinians who have lost over 120 people in recent clashes with Israeli forces near the border of Gaza. A draft resolution proposed by Algeria, Turkey and Palestinians garnered the support 120 countries. The resolution irked Israel and its ally the United States because […]
Iraq’s vibrant Shia Cleric Moqtada al-Sadr and Iran-backed militia chief Hadi al-Amiri Tuesday announced their alliance in the hope to form a new government following contested May elections won by the anti-US and anti-Iran nationalist Cleric. The announcement made in the Shia holy city of Najaf will bring together Sadr’s Saeroon bloc and Hadi al-Amiri’s […]
Iran has sent warnings to North Korea not trust US President Donald Trump following the denuclearization agreement signed between North Korea leader Kim Jong Un and the US President during their historic summit in Singapore. “We don’t know what type of person the North Korean leader is negotiating with. It is not clear that he […]
Several senior former Libyan officials under Muammar Gaddafi currently in prison for a range of crimes are about to be released over health concerns, the New Arab reports. Seddik al-Sour; director of the attorney general’s investigations office aligned with UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) told The New Arab on Monday several dignitaries of the […]
Libyan forces aligned with eastern army commander Khalifar Haftar have arrested 11 Tunisian fighters as they managed to conquer the city of Derna. Haftar’s forces have launched a ground offensive against Derna Protection Force (DPF), a coalition of local fighters and Islamist combatants. Haftar’s Libyan National Army (LNA) views the DPF as an Islamist grouping […]