Azerbaijan and Armenia accused each other of shelling military positions and villages on Thursday, breaking a day of ceasefire in border clashes between the two former Soviet republics. ( read original story ...)
New clashes on Azerbaijan-Armenia border
Clashes erupted again on Thursday between Azerbaijan and Armenia following a day-long lull along their shared border, dashing hopes of a rapid de-escalation in a crisis that has raised fears of a ... ( read original story ...)
Jordan Says to Reopen Airport for Commercial Flights Next Month
The kingdom has, since the closure of the airport in March, allowed repatriation flights that brought home over 20,000 stranded citizens in the Gulf, the United States and Europe. ( read original story ...)
Jordan top court dissolves country’s Muslim Brotherhood
Jordan's top court has dissolved the country's branch of the Muslim Brotherhood, a transnational Islamist movement, an official said Thursday, citing the group's failure to "rectify its legal status". ( read original story ...)
Tauqir Sharif: British-born aid worker faces trial by Syria jihadists
The jihadist alliance that dominates opposition-held north-western Syria has said it will put a British-born man who runs an aid organisation on trial. Tauqir Sharif, from east London, was detained ... ( read original story ...)
Syria jihadists to try British-born aid worker
Tauqir Sharif is accused of funding "projects that incite division" in opposition-held Idlib. ( read original story ...)
Syria pistachio farmers return to orchards after years of war
Mahmoud inspected his orchard, hoping for his first harvest after years of war, as nearby army de-miners swept the ground for buried explosives. The authorities "have sent teams to sweep the area," ... ( read original story ...)
Syria’s collapse compounded by COVID-19
The state continues to take minimal measures, like banning water-pipes at cafes, and quarantining buildings where COVID-19 cases have been reported. The most recent was the Uthman Bin Affan Mosque in ... ( read original story ...)
UK-born IS recruit can return from Syria to challenge citizenship removal: Judge
LONDON: A British-born woman who went to Syria as a schoolgirl to join Islamic State can return to Britain to challenge the government's removal ... ( read original story ...)
Judges rule girl who travelled to Syria can return to UK challenge citizenship removal
British judges on Thursday ruled that Shamima Begum, a London schoolgirl who travelled to Syria to join Islamic State, should be allowed to return to the UK to challenge the removal of her British ... ( read original story ...)