Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi on Sunday sacked his minister of electricity, his office said, following weeks of protests against corruption and chronic power outages. A statement from Abadi’s office said the premier sacked Qassem al-Fahdawi — whose departure was demanded by protesters — “because of the deterioration in the ...
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey is seeking to hold a summit in Istanbul with France, Germany and Russia on September 7 to discuss regional issues including the Syrian crisis, in comments published on Sunday. “We will discuss what we can do in the region together,” Erdogan said, quoted by ...
