ISTANBUL: Turkey's Defense Minister Hulusi Akar made a surprise trip to Libya on Saturday flanked by top military officers to inspect his country's troops, the ministry said. Turkish forces backing the UN-recognised government are under strain after strongman Khalifa Haftar called on his...

The news came after a rebel coalition called off a ceasefire and said it would resume its march on the capital and following the arrival of troops from Russia and Rwanda to shore up the government of the resource-rich country. "Three peacekeepers from Burundi were killed and two others were...

BEIRUT: Israeli missile strikes on Syria killed at least six Iran-backed fighters Friday, an anti-regime war monitor said. The dead were all foreign paramilitaries fighting alongside President Bashar al-Assad's forces, the Syrian Observatory for Human Right said. The missiles, which...

JERUSALEM The coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated the already strenuous situation in occupied East Jerusalem in 2020, according to Palestinian officials, making it one of the most difficult years for the city since its occupation in 1967.  In separate interviews with Anadolu...