An earthquake took place in the city of İzmir in Turkey. According to the latest information provided by the Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD), four people have lost their lives and 120 people have been injured. Aftershocks continue.Read More
by Hani al-Gamal – Cairo Lebanese and Israeli teams on Wednesday ended the first session of their second round of talks on the delimitation of their two countries’ maritime boundaries.Read More
Chora Museum is considered to be one of the most impressive surviving Byzantine monuments in İstanbul, Turkey, and an icon of late Byzantine art and architecture.Read More
A mass grave containing members of the Şietat tribe was discovered in the village of Deir ez-Zor in northeast Syria. Twenty six bodies were found in the mass grave. They had been killed by Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) forces.Read More
The Turkish state-backed Syrian Turkmen Brigades (Samarkand) kidnapped seven civilians on Sunday in the villages of Kefer, Sefera, and Goran, in the town of Jindirês in Afrin (Efrîn), northern Syria.Read More
Whilst tensions have continued to increase between Turkey and France regarding the murder of a French teacher, there have been protests against France in Turkey and in Turkish controlled regions in Syria.Read More
Kurdish artist Tara Mamedova decries racist attack on Kurds in
Kurdish artist Tara Mamedova has claimed that a Kazakh group attacked a Kurdish village in the Dergachi district of Saratova, Russia.Read More
While the coronavirus spreads in Iran, tens of thousands of workers have gone on strike, with Iranian Kurdistan especially affected.Read More
Hani al-Gamal – Cairo The first phase of the elections of the House of Deputies (the lower chamber of parliament) in Egypt ended on 25 October, following two days of voting.Read More
Turkey is intensifying its attacks on the Syrian town of Ain Issa, in the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, according to a commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).Read More