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Iraq warns Turkey against posing threat to its sovereignty

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi shared his concerns with foreign diplomats in Baghdad on Monday over Turkey's involvement in the escalation of tensions among...

Texas government rejects Erdoğan’s claims against Houston-based charter schools

Texas Education Agency (TEA) officials on Monday rejected allegations of financial malfeasance and other misconduct raised by the Turkish government against the Houston-based Harmony...

Iraqi PM Abadi announces start of offensive to retake Mosul from ISIL

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced the much-anticipated Mosul offensive to liberate the city from the terrorist Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant...

Turkey-backed Syrian rebels capture ISIL stronghold village of Dabiq

The Free Syrian Army (FSA) on Sunday captured the village of Dabiq, a stronghold of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)...

French Senate passes bill criminalizing denial of Armenian genocide allegations

The upper chamber of the French parliament on Friday voted 156 to 146 to criminalize any denial of allegations that World War I massacres...

Syria’s Assad says taking Aleppo will push ‘terrorists’ back to Turkey

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad told a Russian newspaper on Friday that taking the city of Aleppo from rebel forces who are backed by Turkey...

Colombian President awarded with Nobel Peace Prize for his peace efforts

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos won the 2016 Nobel Peacce Prize on Friday for his efforts to end a 52-year-old war with Marxist guerrillas....

Defense for Turkish-Iranian gold trader argues for dismissal of US sanctions case

Attorneys for Reza Zarrab, a Turkish-Iranian citizen who is charged with violating US sanctions against Iran, argued on Wednesday that the charges should be...

US accuses Russia of not sticking to commitments, suspends Syria cease-fire talks

The United States on Monday suspended talks with Russia on implementing a cease-fire agreement in Syria and accused Moscow of not sticking to its...

Federal Judge Berman rejects gold trader Zarrab’s demand for recusal

Judge Richard Berman, senior federal judge of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, on Thursday rejected a demand for...

German woman, baby held captive in Syria escape to Turkey

A German woman who had been held captive in Syria and who gave birth to a son while in captivity was able to escape...

At least 12 die in airstrikes on aid trucks near Aleppo, SOHR says

At least 12 people died after Syrian or Russian warplanes bombed aid trucks near Aleppo late on Monday after a week-long cease-fire ended, the...

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