Turkey and Russia agreed on Tuesday to remove the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia to beyond 30 km (19 miles) from the Turkish border, after which their troops will jointly patrol a narrower strip of land in a “safe zone” Ankara has long sought in northern Syria. Beginning at noon (0900 GMT) on Wednesday, Russian military […]

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau‘s Liberal Party is projected to win Canada’s general election, according to CBC News and CTV News. Whether it will be a minority or majority government remains to be seen. The projected victory ensures that Trudeau will remain Canada’s Prime Minister. Trudeau, the Liberal leader, and Conservative leader Andrew Scheer were the […]

By SARAH EL DEEB and LEE KEATH BEIRUT (AP) — The crowd hurled potatoes that thudded on the sides of the hulking U.S. armored vehicles. “What happened to Americans?” one man shouted in English up at the sole U.S. soldier visible on the back of a vehicle. The soldier stared silently straight ahead, away from […]

For the second time this year, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahuhas failed to form a government, opening the door for his main rival Benny Gantz to do so. But the former Israeli Defense Forces chief of staff’s chances are no more certain, as Israel faces the reality of protracted political deadlock and the growing possibility […]

Turkey’s offensive in northeastern Syria falls foul of international law, Germany’s Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said Sunday. “We don’t believe that an attack on Kurdish units or Kurdish militia is legitimate under international law,” Heiko Maas told Germany broadcaster ZDF. “If there is no basis in international law for such an invasion, then it can’t […]

The US Senate majority leader has attacked President Donald Trump’s policy in Syria. In a Washington Post opinion piece, Mitch McConnell says fellow Republican Mr Trump’s troop withdrawal order combined with Turkey’s Syria assault was a “strategic nightmare”. On Wednesday the president called the Turkey-Syria border situation “strategically brilliant” for the US. Sporadic fighting continues […]

Boris Johnson and EU leaders have hailed the deal they have struck to take the UK out of the bloc on 31 October in an “orderly” fashion. The prime minister now faces a battle to get the deal through Parliament on Saturday, with the  The Democratic Unionist Party – DUP opposing it. DUP deputy leader […]

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan put US President Donald Trump’s letter “in the bin”, the BBC has been told. In the letter dated 9 October, and sent after US troops were pulled out of Syria, Mr Trump told Mr Erdogan: “Don’t be a tough guy. Don’t be a fool!” President Trump was urging Turkey not […]

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s brother entered prison Wednesday to begin a five-year sentence after he was convicted of corruption, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported, citing his lawyer. Hossein Fereydoun, who served as an aide to the president, was arrested in July 2017 and put on trial in February this year on allegations of financial […]

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was defiant in a call with President Trump on Tuesday, vowing that U.S. sanctions on the country would not force Turkey to declare a ceasefire in northern Syria, according to a Turkish broadcaster.NTV reported that Erdoğan told reporters on a flight back from Baku, in Azerbaijan, that he told Trump that Turkey […]