Turkey’s Deadly Quake: Two Years On
This is Beirut, 2025-02-03 15:05 - Reading : less than a minute
Nearly two years after Turkey's deadly quake, displaced residents are gradually settling into government housing. #Turkiye
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Turkey Could Take In "Some" Palestinians Freed by Israel
This is Beirut, 2025-02-02 14:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Turkey could take in some Palestinian prisoners freed by Israel under the terms of its ceasefire deal with Hamas, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said during a visit to Qatar on Sunday. "Our president has declared that we are ready to take in some freed Palestinians... in order to support the agreement," Fidan said at a press conference in ...
Explaining the Diplomatic Roller-Coaster in Damascus
Élie-Joe Kamel, 2025-01-31 22:10 - Reading : 7 minute(s)
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The diplomatic roller-coaster in Syria’s capital since the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime suggests that a strategic shift is underway. This is all the more significant as the Prince of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani, made an official visit to Damascus on Thursday, where he was received by the interim Syrian president, Ahmad ...
Turkish Airstrikes Kill 12 Civilians in Northern Syria
This is Beirut, 2025-01-28 20:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces said on Tuesday that two days of Turkish strikes had killed 12 civilians in Kurdish-held areas of northern Syria. Turkish-backed forces launched an offensive against the SDF in November that has seen them capture several Kurdish-held enclaves in the north despite US efforts to broker a ceasefire. The ...
Turkey FM Calls for Regional Cooperation to Fight PKK
This is Beirut, 2025-01-26 15:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan called for combined regional efforts to combat outlawed Kurdish fighters in Iraq and neighbouring Syria during a visit to Baghdad on Sunday. The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which has fought a decades-long insurgency against the Turkish state, holds positions in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, which ...
Return or Remain ? The Dilemma of Syrian Refugees in Turkey
This is Beirut, 2025-01-24 13:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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More than 50,000 Syrian refugees have left Turkey to return home since Bashar al-Assad's ouster. But for many others living in the country, the thought raises a host of worrying questions. After the civil war began in 2011, Syria's second city, Aleppo, was badly scarred by fighting between the rebels and Russian-backed regime forces. Even so, ...
Fighting Continues in Syria as Turkish-Backed Forces Seek to Dislodge Kurds
This is Beirut, 2025-01-23 18:15 - Reading : less than a minute
Fighting continues in north-eastern Syria as Turkish-backed forces intensify pressure on Kurdish forces, while al-Sharaa seeks to centralize military control.
Turkey Cuts benchmark Interest Rate to 45%
This is Beirut, 2025-01-23 16:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Turkey's central bank on Thursday lowered its key interest rate to 45 percent after inflation weakened further last month, though it said prices could have started rising again in January. The move came after the central bank cut its rate for the first time in two years in December, saying its efforts to tame sky-high inflation were starting to ...
Turkey Hotel Fire Kills 76
This is Beirut, 2025-01-22 14:45 - Reading : less than a minute
A deadly fire at the Grand Kartal Hotel in Bolu, Turkey, killed 76 people and injured dozens during peak ski season. Investigations are ongoing as the nation observes a day of mourning.
Deadly Turkey ski Resort Fire: What we Know
This is Beirut, 2025-01-22 13:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
A huge fire ripped through a luxury hotel in a popular ski resort in northern Turkey before dawn on Tuesday, killing 76 people and injuring 51 others. Some survivors said no fire alarms went off nor were there any fire escapes at the Grand Kartal Hotel in Kartalkaya which lies 170 kilometres (100 miles) northwest of Ankara. What ...
Huge Fire Guts Turkish Ski Resort Hotel Killing 76
This is Beirut, 2025-01-21 21:19 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
At least 76 people were killed when a huge fire ripped through a hotel at a popular ski resort in northwestern Turkey that was packed with people enjoying the winter holidays, among them families. The blaze at the Grand Kartal Hotel in Kartalkaya broke out around 3:30 am (0030 GMT), sending huge clouds of smoke into the night air and sparking ...
Syria: Nearly 200,000 Refugees Returned Since Assad's Fall
This is Beirut, 2025-01-18 20:05 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
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Nearly 200,000 Syrian refugees have returned home since the fall of Bashar al-Assad in early December, UN refugee chief Filippo Grandi said Saturday ahead of a visit to the region. Between December 8 and January 16, some 195,200 Syrians returned home, according to figures published by Grandi on X. "Soon I will visit Syria — and its ...