The Turkish economy may grow more than five percent this year, Industry Minister Nihat Ergun told Reuters, giving a bullish assessment on the economic outlook well in excess of analysts’ expectations. Ergun also said foreign direct investment (FDI) in
كشفت المؤسسة اللبنانية للديمقراطية وحقوق الإنسان (لايف) لـ"العربية" عن وفاة نائب الرئيس السوري السابق شبلي العيّسمي في سجن المخابرات ا
Between bursts of machinegun and mortar fire, Syrian rebels switch their struggle against President Bashar al-Assad to their radio sets, tuning in on army frequencies to urge the soldiers fighting them to desert. “If you want to be a good person, you
Al-Shabab rebels claim responsibility for apparent suicide bombing at event celebrating one year of Somali TV.
A suicide bomber killed two people Wednesday at a gathering in Mogadishu attended by Somali Prime Minister Abdiweli Mohammed Ali and other ministers, an AFP correspondent reported. The prime minister and the other ministers were not injured
قال مصدر حكومي سوري إن الجيش بدأ الانسحاب من بعض المدن التي وصفها بالهادئة والعودة إلى ثكناته، وذلك قبل أيام من انتهاء مهلة لتطبيق خطة دولية
Egyptian pop singer Saad al-Soghayar announced his intention to run in the upcoming presidential election scheduled for late May 2012. In a parade of his supporters and a music band, pop singer Soghayar submitted Tuesday the documents required for becom
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will seek to legalize three settler outposts established illegally in the West Bank, he told his government on Wednesday. “It is my intention to bring to the government in the near future a recomm
Retired General Kenan Evren, symbol of an era when the military dominated Turkish politics, went on trial on Wednesday for leading a 1980 coup that shaped the country for three decades until reforms cut back the power of the “Pashas.” Fifty people we
A Lebanese ex-general convicted of leaking information to Israel was released from prison on Tuesday, his lawyer Rashad Salame told AFP. Fayez Karam, a high-profile member of a Christian party allied with the militant group Hezbollah, was a
Fuel began arriving in Gaza on Wednesday as per a new deal between the territory’s Hamas government and the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank, an official said. “Tanks of fuel holding 45,000 liters each entered through the Kerem Sh