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Turkey Kurd Leader Risks up to 142 Years in Jail

Turkish prosecutors are demanding up to 142 years in prison for pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) co-leader Selahattin Demirtas on charges of links to Kurdish militants, state media said on Tuesday. The charismatic Demirtas was detained in November along with another nine HDP lawmakers and his female co-leader Figen Yuksekdag. ...

January 17, 2017

Bahrain

Last Moments of the Three Bahraini Martyrs with the “Turbaned Man”

Bahraini people will never forget what happened Saturday morning and the afterward events. The morning that witnessed Bahrain king’s approval to execute three innocent young men over a story fabricated by his Royal Court. The next dawn, Bahraini authorities executed the defendants with the support of Saudi Arabia, United Arab ...

January 17, 2017

Syria

Syria Government, Armed Opposition Name Delegations Heads to Astana Talks

Syria’s UN ambassador will head the government delegation to upcoming peace talks, a Syrian daily reported Tuesday, while the foreign-backed armed opposition said it would be represented by Mohammad Alloush. Talks on the nearly six-year-old conflict, organized by Turkey, Russia and Iran, are set to begin on January 23 in ...

January 17, 2017

Egypt

Eight Killed in Attack on Police Checkpoint in Egypt’s Western Desert

At least eight policemen were killed and three wounded in an attack by extremist militants on a security checkpoint in Egypt’s New Valley province in the Western Desert, the Interior Ministry said on Monday. State television said the attack took place at around 8.15 p.m. in the Naqb checkpoint more ...

January 17, 2017

Iran

Iran Signs Phone, Petrol Deals with Syria

Iran will build a mobile phone network and petrol terminal in Syria under deals signed in Tehran on Tuesday during a visit by Prime Minister Imad Khamis, Iranian media reported. The five deals include a “license for a mobile phone operator, the transfer of 5,000 hectares for the creation of ...

January 17, 2017

Iraq

Bahrain Summons Iraqi Ambassador over VP Executions Remarks

Bahrain’s foreign ministry summoned Iraq’s ambassador in Manama to protest against remarks by Iraqi officials denouncing the execution of pro-democracy activists. The execution on Sunday of Ali Al-Singace, Abbas Al-Samee and Sami Mushaima has drawn condemnation from rights groups. Iran called it a “reckless” act. British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson ...

January 17, 2017

Bahrain

Bahraini Regime Bans The Only Independent Paper from Publishing Online

Bahraini authorities ordered an independent newspaper to stop publishing online Monday amid wide-scale crackdown on pro-democracy protesters. Bahrain’s Information Affairs Authority issued an edict barring Al-Wasat from publishing online Monday evening and said the ban would remain in place until further notice. The ban did not appear to affect the ...

January 17, 2017

Iran

Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov

Russia: No Signs of Disruption in Implementation of Iran Nuclear Deal

Russia said there are no signs of possible disruptions in implementation of Iran nuclear deal, noting that stakeholders are determined to continue their work. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said on the first anniversary of the implementation of the landmark agreement that he did not expect the tone of ...

January 17, 2017

Turkey

Turkish Police Catch Nightclub Gunman in Istanbul Raid

Turkish police were questioning Tuesday the suspected Takfiri who slaughtered 39 people on New Year’s night at an Istanbul nightclub, after capturing him in a raid on a residential area of the city after a long manhunt. The alleged assailant, named as Abdulgadir Masharipov, was found along with his four-year-old ...

January 17, 2017

Iran

Unidentified Drone Pushed out of Red Zone in Iranian Capital

An unidentified drone, which had crossed the red line into the no-fly zone, was repelled following consecutive anti-aircraft artillery shots in Tehran on Monday afternoon. Deputy Governor of Tehran for Security Affairs Ali-Asqar Nasser-Bakht told IRNA on Monday that search is underway to find the drone wreckage. Some areas in ...

January 16, 2017