Britain has announced plans to pursue additional sanctions against Iran and has summoned Tehran’s ambassador to London in response to what it described as disturbing reports of a deadly crackdown on nationwide protests. Speaking in Parliament on Tuesday, Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said the United Kingdom would introduce new legislation…
Residents of Aleppo’s Ashrafieh and Sheikh Maqsud neighbourhoods fled their homes during a temporary lull in fighting, carrying personal belongings as they searched for safer areas across the city. The displacement followed a surge in clashes that began on Tuesday, marking the most serious fighting in months between Syrian government…
Egypt’s long-awaited parliamentary elections have drawn a crowded field of political parties yet most share a common stance: firm support for President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Voting began on Monday, nearly two years after Sisi secured his third and final six-year term under the country’s constitution. The election, which spans several…
Three employees of Qatar’s Amiri Diwan, the Gulf nation’s top government body, have died in a car accident near Egypt’s Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh, the Qatari embassy in Egypt announced on Sunday. Two others were injured and are currently receiving medical care at a local hospital. According…