Middle East

Turkey detains 1,000 in new anti-Gulen crackdown

by Fulya OZERKAN Agence France-Presse ISTANBUL, Turkey - Turkey on Wednesday detained more than 1,000 people in a huge new…

Turkish strikes kill Kurdish fighters in Syria, Iraq

by Delil Souleiman with Rouba El Husseini in Beirut Agence France-Presse AL-MALIKIYAH, Syria - Turkish warplanes killed more than two…

Scared Syrian evacuees stuck at site of deadly bombing

by Omar Haj Kadour Agence France-Presse RACHIDINE, Syria  - Hundreds of frightened Syrians being evacuated from besieged towns were stuck Thursday…

Turkey rejects referendum challenges as activists detained

by Fulya Ozerkan and Stuart Williams Agence France-Presse ISTANBUL, Turkey - Turkey's election authority on Wednesday rejected opposition requests to…

68 children among dead in bomb attack on Syria evacuees

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) -- At least 68 children were among those killed in the car bomb attack on a convoy…

Hacked files suggest NSA penetrated SWIFT, Mideast banks

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Files released by the mysterious hacker Shadow Brokers suggested Friday the United States National Security Agency…

Transcript of exclusive AFP interview with Syria’s Assad

DAMASCUS, Syria (AFP) -- In the following AFP interview with Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, the questions were asked in English…

Trump says it is time to end Syria’s ‘brutal civil war’

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- United States President Donald Trump told allies it was time to end Syria's "brutal" civil…

Syrian, Iranian FMs to meet Lavrov in Moscow this week: Russia

MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Russia's foreign minister will host three-way talks with his counterparts from Syria and Iran this week,…

Egypt under emergency rule after church attacks

by Mona Salem Agence France-Presse ALEXANDRIA, Egypt - Hundreds gathered Monday to mourn 45 Egyptians killed in jihadist bombings, after…

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