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ANKARA – The Arab League Council (ALC) will hold an emergency meeting at the level of foreign ministers on Saturday to discuss the situation surrounding the Turkish military operation in northern Syria. The meeting, which will focus on what the organization’s statement called “Turkish aggression”, should take place at the …

WASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump said Friday that Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan is stepping down and a new acting chief of the agency will be appointed next week, Reuters reported Saturday. McAleenan became the fourth person to head the agency under Trump in April, after the …

UNITED NATIONS – The divided UN Security Council failed to agree on a Turkish offensive in north-eastern Syria. The Europeans called for a halt to military action and the Syrian ally, Russia, called for “restraint” and “direct dialogue”. The five members of the European Council who called the meeting in …

ANKARA – Turkish troops have crossed into Syria, a published report said Wednesday, citing information from a Turkish military official. The official gave no further details, the Bloomberg report said. In a Washington Post op-ed Wednesday, Turkish communications director Fahrettin Altun called on the international community to “rally” behind Ankara, …

ANKARA – US and Turkish military forces conduct the third joint ground patrol inside the security mechanism in northeastern Syria on October 4, 2019, Defense blog reported Saturday. The patrol enabled the two armies to observe first-hand progress on the destroyed fortifications of concern to Turkey. The security mechanism aims …

PARIS – Iran and the United States have a month to go to the negotiating table, warned the French Foreign Minister, suggesting that Tehran’s plan to increase its nuclear activities in November would cause renewed tension in the region, Reuters reported Friday. French President Emmanuel Macron tried unsuccessfully to negotiate …

DAMASCUS – The United States may have no choice but to withdraw all its troops from northern Syria if the Turkish government decides to launch a military operation in the region, US officials said. According to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ), the concerns of US officials reach their peak after …

PYONGYANG – North Korea confirmed on Thursday that it had made its first ballistic missile test launched underwater in three years, ostensibly to pressure the United States before resuming its nuclear diplomacy, AP reported Thursday. The October 2 Pukguksong-3 missile test, which North Korea describes as a submarine-launched ballistic missile, …

GENEVA, Switzerland – World trade is expected to weaken this year at the slowest pace since the depths of the Great Recession due to the US-China trade war, World Trade Organization (WTO) said Wednesday. WTO further said it expects volumes of goods traded to grow 1.2% this year, well below …

BEIJING – Beijing has called Washington’s potential restrictions on US investment in China “the latest decoupling attempt,” in a Global Times article published on Sunday. Chinese state media said even information on measures such as the withdrawal of Chinese companies from US stock exchanges “should have a significant impact on …