Syria's brutal conflict has left more than 230,000 people dead, including almost 11,500 children since it broke out in 2011, a monitoring group said Tuesday. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it had documented the deaths of 230,618 people, according to AFP. The toll includes 69,494 civilians, among them 11,493 children
The Turkish Foreign Ministry announced on Monday it had recalled its ambassador to Brazil for consultation, Reuters reports. The move came after the Brazilian Senate passed legislation recognizing the massacre of Armenians during World War I as genocide. The ministry in Ankara also summoned Brazil's ambassador on June 3 over the matter, it
The Palestinian Authority (PA) on Monday welcomed the decision of the United States Supreme Court to reject an appeal to have Menachem Binyamin Zivotofsky's passport list "Jerusalem, Israel" as his place of birth, in a key case regarding the city's status as Israel's capital. Nabil Abu Rudeineh, a spokesman for PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas,
The Obama administration has sent Congress a report that harshly criticizes the Egyptian government, accusing it of restricting free speech, arresting political dissidents and undermining democracy, The Associated Press (AP) reported Monday. The report recommends, however, that the U.S. continue sending it $1.3 billion in mostly military aid. The report, quietly submitted to
War-torn Syria has asked the UN atomic watchdog for help in converting a nuclear facility and shipping abroad potentially dangerous nuclear material, the head of the watchdog said Monday. "We have received a request from Syria early this year...we are studying the request," International Atomic Energy Agency chief Yukiya Amano told reporters according to
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's Islamist AKP party received a heavy blow Monday, after learning it had lost its overall majority in Turkey's parliament after 13 years of undisputed - and increasingly autocratic - rule. After his prime minister initially attempting to put on a brave face and hail the emerging results as a
Iraqi forces advanced against the Islamic State (ISIS) jihadist group in Baiji on Sunday as they battled to retake the strategic town for a second time, officers said, according to the AFP news agency. Baghdad regained control of Baiji -- located on the road to ISIS hub Mosul and near the country's largest oil
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Sunday night emphasized his Justice and Development Party’s (AKP) "victory" in the elections, despite the party suffering a serious setback by not achieving the required majority for passing reforms in the Turkish constitution. During the traditional balcony speech at the party’s headquarters in Ankara, Davutoglu stressed the significance
Just three weeks ago the Egyptian court sentenced Egypt’s former Muslim Brotherhood president, Mohammed Morsi, to the death penalty after evidence presented from Egyptian intelligence documents proved him guilty of spying for Qatar, Iran and Turkey. There are more than one hundred names on the list with him who are all convicted of
A Turkish daily on Friday published images it said showed the Turkish spy agency helping to smuggle jihadists into Syria, the latest allegations by the newspaper accusing the authorities of aiding extremist groups across the border. The government had last week lambasted the Cumhuriyet daily for publishing video footage the paper said showed the
