Authorities in Sudan have arrested at least nine opposition leaders and activists, according to a civil society group, in the face of fresh anti-government protests expected after the weekly Muslim prayers on Friday. The head of the media office at the National Intelligence and Security Service denied any knowledge of the arrests. Sudan has been […]

Turkey will have nothing left to do in the Syrian town of Manbij once “terrorist organizations” leave the area, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday, hours after the Syrian army said it had entered the town. Turkey has threatened an assault on Manbij to drive out the Kurdish YPG militia, which it regards […]

The Kremlin spokesman says Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan may hold a meeting in the first six months of 2019. Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan may hold a meeting in the first six months of 2019, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on […]

The missile units of the Yemeni army on Thursday targeted gathering positions of Saudi- backed forces with two missiles in Asir border province. According to a Yemeni military official the Zilzal-1 missiles hit the positions of Saudi-backed forces off Aleeb crossing and led to killing and injuring of dozens of the militias, Saba News reported. […]

The Syrian army entered the key northern city of Manbij for the first time in six years Friday, media reports said. The announcement came moments after Syria’s Kurdish militia, left exposed by a US pledge to pull out its own troops. Meantime, Reuters reported that Syrian Troops have raised Syrian flag in Manbij. Earlier, the […]

US President Donald Trump’s unscheduled trip to Iraq met with harsh criticism from the Arab country’s political figures and parties, with some denouncing the move as a violation of Iraq’s sovereignty. For the first time since he became US president almost two years ago, Trump paid a surprise visit to American troops in Iraq on […]

Syria denounced Israel’s recent missile strike near the capital Damascus as a blatant violation of a United Nations resolution, adding that Tel Aviv would not have been able to carry out such attacks without support from the United States. In two separate letters addressed to the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and the head of […]

Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malki declared on Wednesday that Palestine would “initiate an application to gain full state membership at the United Nations” in January. Al-Malki told the official radio station Voice of Palestine that he would file the application to upgrade Palestine’s status from an observer state to a full-member state to the UN […]

New Iranian ambassador to Seoul Saeed Badamchi Shabestari presented his letter of credentials to South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Wednesday. In an official ceremony held at Cheong Wa Dae, known as the Blue House, the Iranian ambassador along with five other new envoys from Brazil, Canada, Fiji, Sudan, and Croatia handed their letters of […]

U.S. President Donald Trump has accepted an invitation by his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, to visit the country, according to a spokesperson for Turkey’s leader.  Speaking to reporters after a cabinet meeting on Monday in the Turkish capital, Ankara, Ibrahim Kalin said Trump wants to make the trip in 2019 but a date has not […]