Canada early voting starts as campaign heads into final stretch
Canadians began voting on Friday in advance polls ahead of the Oct. 21 federal election as party leaders set out on the final stretch of the campaign with polls showing the two largest parties locked in a dead heat.
‘We feel betrayed’: Kurds in U.S. voice anger at Trump’s troop pullback
Like many Kurds living in the United States, Lava Antar has had a hard time sleeping this week, waking often to check reports of Turkish jets and artillery pounding her northeast Syria homeland and learning her former neighbor’s 30-year-old son was kil…
Timeline: Turkey’s military operations in Iraq and Syria
Turkey’s armed forces have conducted several large-scale military operations over the decades in northern Iraq and northern Syria against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), Syrian Kurdish YPG militia and Islamic State.
SDF: Five Islamic State fighters escape jail in Syria’s Qamishli
Five Islamic State militants broke out of a prison in northeast Syria on Friday after Turkish shelling nearby, a military media official in the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said.
Two Turkish soldiers killed in Kurdish militant attack in Syria: ministry
Two Turkish soldiers were killed after a mortar attack hit the area near a military post in a part of northern Syria where Ankara mounted an operation against Kurdish militants last year, the defense ministry said on Friday.
EU, Britain to hold intense Brexit talks as UK departure date nears
The European Union and Britain agreed on Friday to hold intense talks over the next few days in a bid to secure a deal over Britain’s departure from the bloc, but arrangements over British-Irish border controls remain at issue, the EU said.
Nigeria looks to sign military cooperation deal with Russia this month
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari hopes to sign a military technical cooperation deal with Russia at talks with President Vladimir Putin this month that will help it fight Boko Haram militants, Nigeria’s ambassador in Moscow said on Friday.
Mozambique’s elections to test fragile peace
The face of President Filipe Nyusi beams from flags billowing across Mozambique’s city of Beira, where T-shirts and posters color the streets with his Frelimo party’s signature red in what is usually an opposition stronghold.
Need to de-escalate situation in northeast Syria before it’s ‘irreparable’: Pentagon
In some of the most critical U.S. comments about Turkey’s advance into northeastern Syria, Defense Secretary Mark Esper told his Turkish counterpart they should deescalate the situation before it becomes “irreparable”, adding that Ankara’s operation co…
Turkey intensifies Syria campaign; Washington warns of ‘serious consequences’
Turkey intensified its air and artillery strikes on Kurdish militia in northeast Syria on Friday, escalating an offensive that has drawn warnings of humanitarian catastrophe and turned Republican lawmakers against U.S. President Donald Trump.
