Syria’s interim president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, said current developments are within “expected Challenges,” Arab media said on Sunday, as clashes continue between forces linked to the new rulers and fighters from ousted leader Bashar al-Assad’s Alawite sect.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Saturday that two days of clashes in the country’s coastal region have killed more than 1,000 people.
The US has lifted bounties on three senior Taliban figures, including the interior minister who also heads a powerful network blamed for bloody attacks against Afghanistan’s former Western-backed government, officials in Kabul said Sunday. Sirajuddin Haqqani, who acknowledged planning a January 2008 attack on the Serena Hotel in Kabul, which killed six people, including US…
Houthi media in Yemen accused the United States Saturday of attacking the airport in Hodeida, the latest such claim since Washington announced heavy strikes against the militant group one week ago. Al-Masirah TV, blaming “American aggression,” said three attacks had targeted the airport in Hodeida on the Red Sea coast. Between Wednesday and Friday the…
The US is still hoping a broad ceasefire in Russia’s war in Ukraine can be reached within weeks, even as the warring sides continue attacks and there are signs ahead of talks scheduled for the coming days that the Kremlin is in no hurry to reach a deal. The White House aims for a truce agreement by…
Prince William this week visited British troops in Estonia, which borders Russia, and drew the scorn of several people in the Kremlin who made threats against the heir to the throne A crony of Vladimir Putin who heads a specialist military drone unit has made a veiled threat against Prince William after he took a ride in a tank as he…
Meanwhile, the US leader also effectively indicated that it is premature to discuss tightening Washington’s sanctions against Moscow US President Donald Trump firmly dismissed claims that Russia has rejected US proposals for a ceasefire in Ukraine. Meanwhile, the US leader also effectively indicated that it is premature to discuss tightening Washington’s sanctions against Moscow. Russian…
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un expressed his unwavering support for Russia’s war in Ukraine during a meeting with a top Russian security official in Pyongyang, North Korean state media said Saturday. Friday’s meeting between Kim and Sergei Shoigu, Russia’s Security Council secretary, followed a South Korean intelligence assessment in late February that North Korea had likely…
