Politics

KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait’s Interior Ministry says a government employee has been arrested for spreading Islamic State ideology and hacking social media pages of “some friendly and sister countries.” The ministry identified the man arrested as Osman Zebn Naif, born in 1990, and said he confessed […]

The UN envoy for Syria on Friday joined a closely-watched meeting between Russia and the United States, raising hopes for progress towards resuming peace talks for the war-ravaged country. Staffan de Mistura arrived shortly before 1:00 pm (1100 GMT) at a Geneva luxury hotel where […]

NNA – Industry Minister, Hussein Hajj Hasan, attacked Future Movement in particular, and March 14 Forces in general, as betting on foreign countries concerning the presidential elections issue, explaining that when Future liberates itself from the foreigners and becomes free in making decisions, a president […]

NNA – “Change and Reform” bloc member, Deputy Amal Abou Zeid confirmed on Friday “we are actual and real partners in the country. We are open to communications with all the political factions “. He called on the politicians to approve a new and just […]

NNA – Loyalty to Resistance Bloc underscored the notice made by Bloc of Reform and Change regarding the disregard being given to a main constituent in the country, and called thereby upon all components of the government to beware the threats resulting from marginalizing the […]

Syrian Kurdish forces started retreating to the east from the Euphrates river, a Turkish official said citing John Kerry. ANKARA (Sputnik) — US Secretary of State John Kerry assured Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu in a phone talk that Syrian Kurdish forces are withdrawing to […]

Over the same period Scotland housed 249 Syrian refugees and Northern Ireland 104, Home Office figures show. Nine of Wales’ 22 councils had taken part in the Syrian refugee settlement programme up to the end of June, four more than three months earlier. Oxfam Cymru […]

Syria said that a chemical attack that killed hundreds of civilians in August 2013 was orchestrated by French intelligence agencies. Appearing during a heated session of the UN Security Council on Tuesday, Syria’s Permanent Representative to the UN Bashar al-Jaafari hit out at several members […]

Russia’s foreign ministry expressed deep concern on Wednesday at Turkey’s military operation in Syria, warning of rising tension over Ankara’s targeting of Kurdish militia fighters at the border. “We are deeply concerned at what is happening in the Syrian-Turkish border area,” the ministry said in […]