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No Hezbollah Figure Targeted in Beirut Strike: Lawmaker
Israeli Brutality Hits Record: Massive Strike on Residential Area in Lebanese Capital Beirut
It’s Not Beirut, It’s Tel Aviv
Lebanon Stands Firm against Israeli Conditions in Under-Fire Ceasefire Negotiations
Islamic Resistance targets, for the third time, an IOF gathering south of Khiam town with a missile barrage: statement
Berri to Netanyahu: Pressure-for-Surrender Policy Doesn’t Work
Islamic Resistance targeted a gathering of Israeli occupation forces in Maroun Al-Ras town with a barrage of Nasr-1 missiles: statement
Israeli Media Discloses Bravery of Hezbollah: 3 Fighters Confronted Entire Israeli Force in Aitaroun
Dutch Youth Take Revenge on Israeli Hooligans Who Chanted Anti-Palestine Genocidal Slogans
Hezbollah’s Sheikh Qassem: ‘Israel’ Will Scream, We Bet on Battlefield Rather than Political Action

Middle East

Erdogan Hints at Referendum on Turkey Joining EU

Accusing Brussels of wanting Turkey to abandon its bid to join the EU, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan hinted in an interview published Sunday he might put the question to a referendum. “The European Union is trying to compel us to withdraw from this (accession) process. If they don’t want ...

November 13, 2016

Middle East

Blast Kills Govt Official in Southeast Turkey

A bomb blast in Turkey’s Kurdish-majority southeast has killed a local government official and wounded at least two other people, authorities said Friday. The explosion that state-run Anadolu news agency blamed on the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) tore through the area near a government building in Derik on Thursday. ...

November 11, 2016

Middle East

Head of the board of opposition daily Cumhuriyet, Akin Atalay

Turkey Arrests Head of Opposition Newspaper

Turkey detained on Friday the head of the board of opposition daily Cumhuriyet, which saw nine of its staff arrested last week, the newspaper said. Akin Atalay was taken into custody at Istanbul’s airport after arriving from Germany, said Cumhuriyet, which has in recent years taken a strong line against ...

November 11, 2016

Middle East

Turkey Prosecutors Demand Life for Prominent Novelist

Turkish prosecutors Thursday demanded life sentences for nine suspects charged over their work at a now closed pro-Kurdish newspaper, including the internationally-renowned novelist Asli Erdogan. The newspaper Ozgur Gundem was raided by the authorities in August and then shut down on accusations of links with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party ...

November 10, 2016

Middle East

Eight Turkish police officers were killed and 45 more people injured on Friday when a car bomb exploded in the southeastern town of Cizre

Powerful Blast Rocks Turkey’s Mardin, Injures Many

An explosion shook the residence of a district governor in the southeastern Turkish province of Mardin on Thursday and wounded several people including the governor, security sources said. They said several ambulances had been sent to the scene of the blast in Mardin’s Derik district. There was no immediate confirmation ...

November 10, 2016

Middle East

Security Operation Kills Seven PKK Elements Southeast Turkey

At least seven PKK gunmen were “neutralized” during security operations in the southeastern province of Tunceli, Turkish regional governor’s office said late Tuesday. Seven bodies, including one female, were found in a field, following the operation, and sent to Tunceli State Hospital for preliminary autopsies. Security forces seized infantry rifles, ...

November 9, 2016

Middle East

Israeli Minister: “The Era of A Palestinian State Is over”

Israeli Education Minister Naftali Bennett said Wednesday the idea of a Palestinian state was ‘over’ after Donald Trump’s election as US president, calling for an end to what has been the basis of years of negotiations. “Trump’s victory is an opportunity for Israel to immediately retract the notion of a ...

November 9, 2016

Middle East

Ankara Accuses Washington of Arming Syrian Kurds

Ankara accused Washington on Tuesday of arming Kurdish People’s Protection Units in Syria despite assurances to the contrary. The United States continues to supply weapons to Kurdish forces in Syria despite assurances to the contrary, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said. “The US says it does not give weapons to ...

November 8, 2016

Middle East

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus

Turkey Warns US against Demographic Change in Raqa

Turkey on Monday warned the United States not to allow demographic changes in the Syrian city of Raqa after Kurdish-Arab forces launched a US-backed operation to capture the Takfiri bastion. Turkish forces are conspicuously absent from the operation, even though they are present in northern Syria in their own incursion ...

November 7, 2016

Middle East

Turkish Supporters are silhouetted against a screan showing President Tayyip Erdogan during a pro-government demonstration in Ankara, Turkey, July 17, 2016. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

Turkey Blasts EU over Crackdown Criticism, Warnings of EU Membership Negotiations

Turkey protested to EU envoys and branded relations with Brussels as “fragile” on Monday over the bloc’s criticism of its crackdown in the wake of the July 15 coup. In recent days, the European Union has strongly criticised Turkey, a candidate for accession, over the arrests of nine MPs from ...

November 7, 2016