Category: Middle East

PREMIERING NOW: Did Black Students At Elementary School Use Violence to Make Peers Pledge to BLM? | The Larry Elder Show | EP. 129

According to investigative journalist Andy Ngo’s exclusive report, the Springfield Police (Ohio) report detailed a shocking incident at Kenwood Elementary on Feb. 10 where a group of black students used violent force to make their white peers make a pledge to Black Lives Matter during recess. Children who tried to escape were assaulted and dragged…


Hatayspor Sporting Director Found Dead Following Earthquake

The body of Hatayspor’s Sporting Director Taner Savut was recovered on Tuesday more than two weeks after two devastating earthquakes struck in Turkey and Syria, in which more than 47,000 people have died. Savut had been missing since Feb. 6. His body was found close to where Ghanaian footballer Christian Atsu, of the same club,…


Death Toll Rises to 8 From New Turkey-Syria Earthquake

ISTANBUL—The death toll in Turkey and Syria rose to eight in a new and powerful earthquake that struck two weeks after a devastating temblor killed nearly 45,000 people, authorities and media said Tuesday. Turkey’s disaster management authority said six people were killed and 294 others were injured with 18 in critical condition after Monday’s 6.4-magnitude…


Israel Promises Not to Approve Additional West Bank Outposts

JERUSALEM—Israel has told the Biden administration it will rein in the approval of new West Bank settlement outposts, the prime minister’s office said Monday. The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would not greenlight any new wildcat settlements in the West Bank beyond nine such outposts built without authorization that it approved…


Blinken’s Visit to Quake-Hit Turkey Highlights Longstanding Tensions

ANKARA, Turkey—U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu on Feb. 20 in Ankara. Talks focused largely on the aftermath of twin earthquakes that recently struck southern Turkey, leaving tens of thousands dead and causing widespread destruction. But they also served to highlight the tensions that continue to dog relations…


Earthquake Registering 6.3 Hits Turkey-Syria Border Region: EMSC

ANTAKYA—An earthquake, with a magnitude 6.3 at a depth of two km (1.2 miles), struck the Turkey-Syria border region on Monday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said. Two Reuters witnesses reported a strong quake and further damage to buildings in central Antakya which was hit by two massive earthquakes two weeks ago, causing tens…


Iran Denies Reports That It’s Enriching Uranium to Near Weapons-Grade Levels

Iran has denied reports that it enriched uranium to close to weapons-grade purity after the United Nations nuclear watchdog—the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)—said it was in discussions with Tehran about the results of recent inspections at Iran’s nuclear facilities. Behrouz Kamalvandi, a spokesperson for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, told the state-linked Fars news website late…


Main Afghan-Pakistani Border Crossing Closed, Residents Report Gunfire

KABUL/PESHAWAR, Pakistan—Taliban authorities have closed the main border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan, an Afghan official said on Monday, and residents in the area reported the sound of gunfire near the normally bustling border transit point. A Taliban provincial information office said the Torkham border crossing, near the Khyber Pass, was closed for all trade…


Key Developments in the Aftermath of the Turkey, Syria Quake

ISTANBUL—As the search and rescue effort for buried survivors of the Feb. 6 earthquake started to wind down in Turkey, demolition teams have moved in to clear the mounds of rubble left by the worst disaster in modern Turkish history. Here’s a look at the key developments Sunday from the aftermath of the earthquake. Death…


Turkey: Couple Saved 296 Hours After Quake, but Children Die

ISTANBUL—A couple and their son were pulled alive from under a collapsed apartment building more than 12 days after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake ravaged parts of Turkey and Syria, although the child later died at a hospital, Turkish state media reported Saturday. A foreign search team from Kyrgyzstan rescued Samir Muhammed Accar, 49, his wife,…