Iraqi President Barham Salih says the country’s embattled Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi is ready to step down if a replacement is found, emphasizing that a snap parliamentary election will be held once a new electoral law is passed. “The prime minister announced that he would be ready to submit his ...
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad stressed that his country’s ultimate goal is to restore state authority over Kurdish-controlled northeastern regions in the wake of an abrupt US troop withdrawal and a Turkish offensive against the Kurds there. In an interview with state TV on Thursday, Assad added that an agreement last ...
