International
Istanbul mayor arrested
Turkish police have detained the mayor of Istanbul, Reuters reports. Ekrem İmamoğlu is accused of leading a criminal organization, bribery, bid rigging and aiding a terrorist organization. Early this morning,...
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International
From Jail, Öcalan Shuts Down His PKK
The outlawed Kurdish militant group PKK announced a ceasefire with Turkey on Saturday, March 1, 2025, after a landmark call by detained PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan for the group to...
Human Rights
Syria: Assad’s armed forces must face accountability, says rights probe
The Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Syria’s latest report follows the lightning operation led by mainly Hayat-Tahrir al-Sham fighters that toppled President Bashar al-Assad last December, ending the 13-year war...
Economy
Russia may supply gas to Transnistria via Bulgaria
Russia may resume gas supplies to Transnistria via the TurkStream gas pipeline. According to data from the RBP trading platform, on January 20, the Cypriot company Ozbor Enterprises reserved the...
United Nations
‘A Syrian-led future’: Security Council highlights priorities ahead
In his briefing, UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen underscored the delicate nature of the transitional phase, describing it as a moment of “great opportunities and real dangers.”He urged...
United Nations
Syrians now have ‘historic opportunity’ to build a peaceful future, says Guterres
As reports continued to emerge from the Syrian capital, Damascus, where opposition forces declared victory overnight on State television, the UN chief said in a statement: The future of Syria...
United Nations
Syria crisis: Nothing must stop peaceful transition, says UN Special Envoy
“Syria is now at a crossroads with great opportunities for us, but also with grave risks. And we need really to look at both,” said Geir Pedersen, UN Special Envoy...
News
Pro-Ukraine Civil Society Groups Slam the EU for Failing to Close Loopholes and Fully Ban Russian Fossil Fuels in Adopted 15th Sanctions Package
The Business4Ukraine coalition members, including Ukrainian peace and clean energy campaign group Razom We Stand, call on the European Union to go beyond timidly incremental and insufficient measures that are included in the EU’s 15th...
America
Final In-Person IRF Roundtable of 2024 Honors IRF Ambassador, Rashad Hussain on Capitol Hill
Washington, D.C., Dec 13 – Final In-person IRF Roundtable of 2024 Honors IRF Ambassador, Rashad Hussain on Capitol Hill On December 9, the IRF Roundtable convened in the Hart Senate...
Christianity
Christians in Aleppo Uncertain Fate
The fate of Christians in Syria’s second-largest city, Aleppo, is uncertain, having been seized by an Islamist group dominated by the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda and other factions hostile to...