A 10-hour Russian-declared ceasefire for eastern neighborhoods in Syria’s second city Aleppo began on Friday morning with the goal of encouraging civilians and surrendering insurgents to leave. The humanitarian pause is the second time Russia and the Syrian government have declared passages open for evacuations. The 10-hour pause was announced ...
Turkish police on Friday detained almost a dozen MPs from the country’s main pro-Kurdish party, including its two co-leaders, as eight people were killed in a deadly car bombing blamed on Kurdish militants. Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) co-leaders Selahattin Demirtas and Figen Yuksekdag appeared before judges in the city of ...
