Turkish police detained more than 100 pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) officials on Monday over alleged links to Kurdish militants in a country-wide operation, state media reported. The early-morning raids saw 118 HDP officials rounded up on suspicion of belonging to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) or producing propaganda ...
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday evening attended a religious celebration marking the Prophet Mohammad’s birth anniversary in Damascus. SANA news agency released an image showing president Assad participating in the celebration at Ebad al-Rahman Mosque in Kafar Souseh area in Damascus. The ceremony was attended sheikh Hussam-Eddin Farfour, and ...