Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Eqtsad)- Bread is no longer the untouchable red line, as the Syrian regime has broken its promises to keep the price of bread affordable for all people, but now bread price has almost doubled accompanied with reducing production. The price of a bag of bread...

  Turkey's Transport Minister Binali Yildirim emerged on Thursday as the likely new leader of the ruling AK Party and therefore the next prime minister, cementing President Tayyip Erdogan's hold on government as he seeks to extend his powers. Yildirim, 60, and a close ally of Erdogan...

(The Guardian)- Fewer than 200 Syrians have been resettled in Europe under the EU’s controversial refugee deal with Turkey, figures from the European commission have revealed. EU leaders agreed in March to take one Syrian from Turkey for every irregular migrant sent back across the Aegean...

A rail strike has disrupted local and national train traffic in France, but not international lines. France's national rail company SNCF says a third of the country's high speed trains are being canceled. Eurostar trains to London and Thalys trains to Brussels are expected to run normally...