Palestine Islamic Resistance Movement has strongly denied, in a statement issued Monday, Haaretz’s media reports about Hamas-Turkish relations. A senior Hamas official on Monday strongly denied Israeli claims that Turkey has imposed restrictions on leaders [ More … ]
A recent Amnesty report says victims were subjected to ‘intrusive questioning’ with threats of torture against them and their families Amnesty International yesterday, Thursday, accused Egyptian security agencies of “persistent intimidation and harassment” of human [ More … ]
Qatar Airways weighs up flight route options amid conflicting reports about whether Doha’s Gulf rivals have re-opened their airspace to Qatar-licensed aircraft. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) General Civil Aviation Authority has denied reports that [ More … ]
Somali security forces said on Sunday they had killed 18 Islamist insurgents during an operation in the northern region of Puntland, although the militants denied sustaining any casualties. “We killed 18 militants and burnt six [ More … ]
Greek media reports of 4-step plan to cut Turkey’s military presence on divided island dismissed by Ankara Greek media claims about an alleged plan to cut Turkish troop numbers in Cyprus by 80 percent were [ More … ]
“Are differences of opinion solved by taking measures before or after first exhausting all mechanisms of diplomacy and dialogue?” asked al-Thani in a televised news conference Qatari Foreign Minister Shaikh Mohammed Abdurrahman al-Thani said Qatar [ More … ]
Pakistan has refuted reports that it was deploying its troops in Qatar in the wake of the oil-rich country’s current standoff with other Gulf countries including Saudi Arabia. A statement issued by the Pakistani Foreign [ More … ]
The United Nations on Monday rejected a call by the Saudi-led coalition battling rebels in Yemen for the key port of Hodeidah to be placed under its supervision. Tags: Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Somalia, Houthis, Hodeidah, [ More … ]
– Foreign Ministry source says foreign outlets’ claims that civilians were killed in an operation are only allegations – Turkey on Monday denied foreign media reports that three civilians were killed during a security operation in northern [ More … ]
– In total, 8 Turkish soldiers had fled to Greece following the July 15 bid – Three out of the eight Turkish alleged coup plotters, who fled to Greece following their defeated July 15 bid, [ More … ]
Israel said its aircraft attacked a Syrian army position after a stray mortar bomb struck the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, and it denied a Syrian statement that a warplane and drone were shot down, reported Reuters. [ More … ]
Hamas and UNDP denied Israeli charges against a Palestinian employee of the United Nations agency, accusing him of providing “material assistance” to Hamas. According to a statement released on Tuesday by the Israeli Security Agency [ More … ]
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