Archive for: Turkey

Turkey quake toll exceeds 260 dead, hundreds missing (Reuters)

ERCIS, Turkey (Reuters) – Rescuers clawed through rubble on Monday to free people trapped by a powerful earthquake that killed at least 264 people and wounded more than 1,000 in mainly Kurdish southeast Turkey. Hundreds more were feared dead,...

 

Turkey recognizes Libyan rebels

  Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu speaks at a press conference during his one-day visit to the Libyan opposition stronghold of Benghazi, July 3, 2011. Turkey recognized on Sunday Libya‘s rebel National Transitional Council (NTC)...

 

Large crowds turn out against Syria’s Assad

Beirut — Hundreds of thousands of protesters flooded cities around Syria on Friday in what activists described as the largest outpouring against the regime of President Bashar Assad and a powerful message of the opposition’s resolve....

 

Syrian Government Forces Continue Crackdown

Syrian Government Forces Continue Crackdown

Syrian Government Forces Continue Crackdown Edward Yeranian | Cairo Witnesses say that Syrian security forces moved into the Damascus suburb of Kaswah Saturday, a day after they surrounded...