Sat 11 January 2025: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday said that the ousted Bashar Assad regime had turned Syria into a hub for drug production and a source of instability in the region, highlighting the heavy toll the conflict has taken on Türkiye. Speaking at his party’s 8th Provincial Congress in southern Denizli […]
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Sat 11 January 2025: The number of people killed in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has been under-reported by approximately 41 per cent as 3 per cent of the population has died due to violence, a new study suggested on Friday, Anadolu Agency reports. An independent study by researchers from the London School of Hygiene & […]
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Fri 10 January 2025: Tehran’s quest for regional dominance crumbles as military misadventures and internal failures end grand dreams of reviving the Persian empire. In just nine years, Iran has gone from being a regional power to witnessing the complete collapse of its influence in the Middle East. The loss of Syria, a growing energy crisis, and […]
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Fri 10 January 2025: The US House of Representatives has voted to sanction the International Criminal Court to protest its issuing arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defence minister over Israel’s carnage in besieged Gaza. The vote on Thursday was 243 to 140 in favour of the “Illegitimate Court Counteraction […]
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Fri 10 January 2025: Pope Francis on Thursday called the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip “very serious and shameful”, Reuters reported. In a yearly address to diplomats delivered on his behalf by an aide, Francis appeared to reference deaths caused by winter cold in Gaza as a result of Israel’s siege, the lack of fuel […]
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Thu 09 January 2025: Aleppo Bishop, Hanna Jallouf, said his meeting with the leader of Syria’s new administration, Ahmed Al-Sharaa, was “brotherly and full of great affection”, Anadolu Agency reports. Speaking to Anadolu, Jallouf said he felt the renewal of a “deep friendship” rooted in the past, praising Al-Sharaa as “a sincere, honest and reliable person.” Recalling their […]
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Thu 09 January 2025: Lebanon’s newly elected President, Joseph Aoun, called Thursday for a comprehensive defence policy to counter Israeli assaults and for dialogue with neighbouring Syria, Anadolu Agency reports. Aoun was elected by the Lebanese parliament on Thursday, ending over two years of political vacuum since President Michel Aoun left office in October 2022. “I invite […]
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Thu 09 January 2025: At least 70 more Palestinians were killed in relentless Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip, bringing the overall death toll since October 2023 to 46,006, the Health Ministry in the enclave said on Thursday. A ministry statement added that some 109,378 others were injured in the ongoing assault. “Israeli forces killed […]
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Thu 09 January 2025: The UN claims that Israel’s bombing of hospitals is putting Gaza’s healthcare system in danger of “total collapse.” One Palestinian activist hopes to use a soft drink to help piece back a little portion of it, but it is still impossible to predict how much time and money it will take […]
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Egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawass is seen sitting near a collection of artifacts, including a decorated stone stele and other ancient items, discovered at Queen Hatshepsut’s temple in Luxor, Egypt on January 08, 2025 [Mohamed Elshahed – Anadolu Agency] Thu 09 January 2025: Archaeologists have uncovered intact portions of the foundation wall of pharaonic Queen Hatshepsut’s […]
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