Pigeons are the only visitors to Arbil’s citadel, normally buzzing with tourists, and security forces in masks and gloves have emptied cobblestone streets below as the Iraqi city goes into lockdown. Overnight Friday to Saturday, Arbil and the city of Sulaimaniyah, both in Iraq’s autonomous northern Kurdish region, began a ...
Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday negotiations between Moscow and Ankara will allow the two sides to implement all bilateral agreements pertaining to the northwestern Syrian province of Idlib. “The negotiations with our Turkish partners held in Ankara were constructive. Their results will allow [the sides] to implement all agreements ...
