| ANSD Updates Thu 10 - 10 - 2019 |
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| Turkey: forces push deeper into northeast Syria |
Reuters
ISTANBUL: Turkish commandos pushed deeper into Syrian territory east of the Euphrates river on the second day of an offensive against Kurdish militia, as a withdrawal by U.S. forces opened up a dangerous new phase in the reg |
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| Tunisian presidential candidate freed before election |
Reuters
TUNIS: Tunisian presidential candidate and media mogul Nabil Karoui left prison Wednesday after weeks of detention waiting for a verdict in his corruption trial.
Karoui was the runner-up in the first round of |
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| How world is reacting to Turkish assault in northern Syria |
Agence France Presse
World governments reacted with concern Wednesday after Turkey launched a military offensive on Kurdish forces in northern Syria, while the U.N. Security Council plans to hold an emergency meeting to discuss the |
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| Iraqi PM announces Cabinet reshuffle after week of protests |
John Davison & Raya Jalabi| Agence France Presse
BAGHDAD: Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdel-Mahdi Wednesday announced a Cabinet reshuffle, declared three days of national mourning and said those who shot protesters would be punish |
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| Saudi Arabia rules women can join armed forces |
Agence France Presse
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia announced Wednesday it will allow women in the ultra-conservative kingdom to serve in the armed forces as it embarks on a broad program of economic and social reforms.
The mov |
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| Top Saudi official holds talks with U.S. state, defense secretaries |
Reuters
DUBAI: Saudi Arabia's deputy defense minister Prince Khalid bin Salman said Thursday he discussed regional security and military cooperation with senior U.S. government officials at a time of heightened tension with Iran |
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| Hariri reaffirms Lebanon's commitment to U.N. Resolution 1701 |
BEIRUT: Prime Minister Saad Hariri reaffirmed Lebanon's commitment to United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701 at a meeting with top U.N. officials Wednesday afternoon.
Speaking to the U.N.’s Under-Secretary-General fo |
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| Calm returns to Iraq, as US condemns violence |
Agence France Presse
BAGHDAD: Calm prevailed in Iraq Wednesday after a week of anti-government protests left more than 100 dead, prompting the United States to call on the country's government to exercise "maximum restraint |
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| Algiers police prevent weekly student demo for first time |
Agence France Presse
ALGIERS: Algerian police Tuesday prevented a weekly protest by students in the capital for the first time since an anti-regime movement took to the streets in February, AFP journalists and witnesses said.
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| Kurdish commander pleads for U.S. support |
David Ignatius
The commander of Syrian Kurdish forces didn’t use the word “betrayal.” But with U.S. troops withdrawing from the Turkish-Syrian border and Turkish troops poised to attack, he warned Monday morn |
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| Getting things right on Sustainable Development Goals |
Rubina Abu Zeinab-Chahine
A chaos-order continuum exists in all countries. There is no system that is completely chaotic or ordered. Even those showing some characteristics of chaos contain areas of law that are all too often |
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