Syria

OTTAWA — The mother of a Canadian man being held in northeastern Syria accuses the federal government of doing "precisely nothing" to secure his release.  Sally Lane urged the Liberal government Tuesday to send a delegate overseas to help free her son Jack Letts and other Canadians detained in atrocious…

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish police said Monday they have detained a Syrian woman with suspected links to Kurdish militants and that she confessed to planting a bomb that exploded on a bustling pedestrian avenue in Istanbul, killing six people and wounding several dozen others. Kurdish militants strongly denied any links…

ISTANBUL — Turkish authorities have detained 46 suspects in connection with a deadly bomb attack on one of Istanbul’s busiest shopping streets, including a woman they said had planted the explosives, police said Monday. The explosion, which occurred Sunday afternoon on Istiklal Avenue as it was teeming with shoppers, killed…

Syrian woman suspected to have planted bomb that killed six people in central Istanbul. — Twitter/TRT WorldISTANBUL: Turkey on Monday accused a Syrian woman of planting a bomb that killed six people in Istanbul, blaming the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) of carrying out the attack. Two girls, aged nine…

Residents came to lay red carnations at the site of the explosion - Copyright AFP/File STR Remi BANET and Fulya OZERKAN Turkey on Monday accused a Syrian woman of planting a bomb that killed six people in Istanbul, blaming the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) of carrying out the attack.…

Interior minister says the attack was perpetrated by members of the PKK who crossed into Turkey from SyriaBy Jared Malsin and Elvan Kivilcim Updated Nov. 14, 2022 2:35 pm ET ISTANBUL—The lethal bombing in the heart of Istanbul over the weekend injected new tension into Turkey’s relationship with the U.S.…

Dubai: The youngest participant in this year’s Arab Reading Challenge, seven-year old Sham Al Bakour from Syria, on Thursday joined the pantheon of Arab reading champions, besting millions of Arab youth from across the world who participated in the annual reading challenge launched by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid…

The lawyer for Shamima Begum, who fled from the UK as a schoolgirl to join the Islamic State group, has called for an inquiry – after reports that she was smuggled into Syria by a Canadian intelligence agent. Ms Begum, who has denied being involved in any terror activities, has…

Lebanese MPs accuse Hezbollah of undermining state, using weapons at home and abroad BEIRUT: Several reformist MPs strongly rejected Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah’s statements against those who participated in the Oct. 17, 2019 protests, accusing them of being sponsored by the US and the US Embassy in Lebanon. MP Ibrahim…

A rocket attack targeting the US military's Green Village base in northeast Syria failed to hit US or coalition forces, or any equipment, the US Central Command said. Three 107mm rockets targeted the base on Sunday and a fourth rocket along with rocket tubes was found at the launch point,…