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Turkish Presidential Press service shows Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, shakes hands with Fayez al-Sarraj, the head of the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA), during their meeting in Istanbul in this Nov. 27, 2019 file photo. — AFP
Turkey rejects criticism of Libya maritime deal
ANKARA — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday rejected criticism of a maritime boundary deal with Libya that allows Ankara to claim rights over vast areas coveted by other countries including Greece.Details of the agreement, signed in Istanbul on Nov. 27 with the head of the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA) Prime Minister Fayed Al-Sarraj, have yet to be released.But media reports suggest it could extend Turkey's continental shelf by around a third, allowing it to lay claim to recently-discovered oil and gas reserves in the eastern Mediterranean.That would cut across claims by Greece, Cyprus and Egypt."This step is a sovereign right of Libya and Turkey," Erdogan told journalists at an Ankara airport before leaving for London."We will not...
December 03, 2019

Turkey rejects criticism of Libya maritime deal

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech as he attends the opening ceremony of the 35th Ministerial Session of the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (COMCEC) in Istanbul in this Nov. 27, 2019 file photo. — AFP
Erdogan threatens to block NATO's Baltic defense plan
ANKARA — Turkey will block a NATO plan to defend Baltic countries unless the alliance recognizes a Kurdish militant group as terrorists, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Tuesday before a London summit.The NATO meeting, marking the alliance's 70th anniversary, was set to be a tense affair with Turkey at odds with other members over its purchase of Russian missiles and recent offensive in northern Syria — among other issues.It was reported last week that Ankara was blocking NATO's new Baltic defense plan, demanding greater support in its fight against the Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG).NATO has mooted a plan to bolster the defenses of Poland, Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia against a potential attack from Russia, though details remain unclear.Erdogan said...
December 03, 2019

Erdogan threatens to block NATO's Baltic defense plan

Iran says ‘rioters’ shot, killed, rejects death tolls as 'lies'
TEHRAN — Iran on Tuesday rejected as "utter lies" unofficial casualty figures given for street violence that erupted last month during demonstrations against a shock decision to hike fuel prices.Protests erupted in Iran on Nov. 15 after the announcement that petrol prices were going up by as much as 200 percent with immediate effect.Banks and petrol stations were torched and shops looted in the violence which was quickly quashed by authorities who also imposed a week-long near-total internet blackout."I explicitly announce that the numbers and figures that are being given by hostile groups are utter lies and the statistics have serious differences with what they announced," Iran's judiciary spokesman Gholamhossein Esmaili said."They announced some numbers as...
December 03, 2019

Iran says ‘rioters’ shot, killed, rejects death tolls as 'lies'

Iraqi mourners strike tambourines as they march in a funerary procession for an anti-government protester who died from injuries sustained in previous confrontations with security forces in the capital Baghdad on Tuesday. — AFP
Iraq parties, allies debate new PM as violence hits shrine cities
BAGHDAD — Iraqi politicians and their regional allies gathered in Baghdad on Tuesday to discuss a way out of two months of protests that brought down the government, as violence hit southern cities.Demonstrators demanding root-and-branch reform have flooded the capital and the Shiite-majority south since October in the largest grassroots movement the country has witnessed in years.Seen as a threat to the ruling elite, the rallies were met with a heavy-handed response from security forces and armed groups that has left more than 420 people dead and nearly 20,000 wounded — the vast majority demonstrators.After a fresh uptick of violence last week, prime minister Adel Abdel Mahdi formally resigned and talks to find a replacement have intensified this week in Baghdad.Among those attending...
December 03, 2019

Iraq parties, allies debate new PM as violence hits shrine cities

People gather at a tent where Lebanese anti-government protesters debate and discuss political and economic topics as part of an ongoing awareness at Al-Nour Square in the northern port city of Tripoli on November 27, 2019. -AFP
In protest-hit Lebanon, debate tents draw in the street
TRIPOLI, LEBANON - A secular state, early elections, solving poverty. Every evening, Sarah Al-Ghur joins other residents of Lebanon's second city Tripoli to debate how to fix her protest-gripped country."I'd rather take part in the discussions than applaud or shout out slogans," says the 32-year-old in the city's Al-Nour square.After years of disillusionment and apathy, a freefalling economy and anti-government protests have spurred Lebanese back into political debate.Across the Mediterranean country, squares where protesters have denounced mismanagement and corruption have also become centers of spontaneous discussion.In Tripoli, Ghur walks between debate tents, stopping outside one where dozens of people are discussing a "roadmap for the revolution".Men...
December 03, 2019

In protest-hit Lebanon, debate tents draw in the street

Yasir Arman, deputy leader of rebel Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N), speaks during a press conference in the Sudanese capital Khartoum on Monday. — AFP
Top rebel leader says more time needed for Sudan peace deal
KHARTOUM — A senior Sudanese rebel on leader Monday called for a three-month extension to finalize a peace deal with the Khartoum government, as talks between the two sides are to resume next week.Yasir Arman, deputy leader of the rebel Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N), also called on Washington to remove Sudan from its blacklist of "state sponsors of terrorism".Peace talks opened in October in Juba between Khartoum's new transitional government and rebels who fought now-ousted President Omar Bashir's forces in Darfur, Blue Nile and South Kordofan.A second round of talks is set to begin next Tuesday in the South Sudanese capital, and a peace deal had been expected to be struck a few days later on Dec. 14.But Arman, who is a senior leader in the...
December 02, 2019

Top rebel leader says more time needed for Sudan peace deal

Protesters chant slogans and strike a tabla during an anti-government demonstration in the southern Lebanese city of Sidon on Sunday. — AFP
Suicide over mounting debt strikes a chord in crisis-hit Lebanon
BEIRUT — A suicide in Lebanon committed over mounting debt sparked a social media outcry in the protest-hit country, where weeks of political and economic turmoil have raised alarm.Naji Fliti, a 40-year-old father of two, committed suicide outside his home in the border region of Arsal on Sunday because he could not pay outstanding medical bills for his cancer-stricken wife, his relative said on Monday.The death resonated with many on social media, who blamed the country's under-fire political class for failing to address a months-long economic downturn that has resulted in inflation, swelling unemployment and fears of a currency devaluation."He is a victim of this regime, of this political class and their financial and monetary polices," Doumit Azzi Draiby, an activist,...
December 02, 2019

Suicide over mounting debt strikes a chord in crisis-hit Lebanon

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, and Fayez Al-Sarraj, the head of the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA) pose during their meeting in Istanbul in this Nov. 27, 2019 file photo. — AFP
Greece threatens to expel Libya envoy over Turkey deal
ATHENS — Greece's foreign minister on Monday threatened to expel the Libyan ambassador to Athens unless she provided details of a military deal that Tripoli signed with Ankara last week."Unless (ambassador Maiza Gzllal) brings us the agreement, on Friday (she) will be declared persona non grata and will leave," Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias told Skai TV, adding that the deal was being "concealed" from Greece.Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis over the weekend also said Athens would seek support from NATO over the military deal signed by Turkey and Libya's Tripoli-based government.Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan last week met with the head of the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA), Prime Minister Fayed Al-Sarraj, to sign agreements on...
December 02, 2019

Greece threatens to expel Libya envoy over Turkey deal

Iranians inspect the wreckage of a bus that was set ablaze by protesters during a demonstration against a rise in gasoline prices in the central city of Isfahan in this Nov. 17, 2019 file photo. — AFP
Iran unrest killed 'at least 208': Amnesty International
LONDON — At least 208 people are believed to have been killed during a crackdown on protests in Iran last month that followed a sharp fuel price hike, Amnesty International said on Monday."The number of people believed to have been killed during demonstrations in Iran that broke out on 15 November has risen to at least 208, based on credible reports received by the organization," said the rights group, adding that the actual death toll was likely higher.The new toll ups the number of deaths according to Amnesty by almost 50, with the London-based group saying dozens were recorded in Shahriar city in Tehran province, "one of the cities with the highest death tolls".Protests erupted on November 15 after the shock announcement of a fuel price hike of up to 200 percent...
December 02, 2019

Iran unrest killed 'at least 208': Amnesty International

Bodies lie on the ground following a regime air strike in a market in the town of Maaret Al-Numan in the militant-run Syrian province of Idlib on Monday. — AFP
30 killed across Syria as violence rages
MAARET AL-NUMAN, Syria — Air strikes killed 19 civilians Monday in Syria's last major opposition bastion, the site of the deadliest clashes between regime forces and armed groups since an August cease-fire came into force, a monitoring group said.More than 100 km (60 miles) to the north, a separate Turkish artillery attack on a Kurdish-held city in Aleppo province killed 11 civilians, including eight children, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.Syria's bloody eight-year-long conflict has killed more than 370,000 people and displaced millions since it started in 2011.It continues to claim scores of civilian lives, especially in areas outside government control.In the province of Idlib, largely under the control of a group dominated by a former Al-Qaeda affiliate, regime...
December 02, 2019

30 killed across Syria as violence rages

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