TEHRAN — Eleven people were killed and more than 3,500 injured during celebrations for Iran’s traditional fire festival ahead of the Persian New Year, state media reported Wednesday. The fire festival, called Chaharshanbe Suri in Farsi, is celebrated every year on the night of the last Tuesday of the Iranian calendar year, which ends on […]
RAMALLAH — A Palestinian teenager Amri Oudeh (16) was killed after he was shot by Israeli soldiers in the chest during clashes in the northern West Bank city of Qalqilya, reports quoting Health Ministry said on Friday. Murad Ishteiwi, the Palestinian coordinator of the popular resistance in the village of Kafr Qaddum, east of Qalqilya, […]
RAMALLAH — A total of 10 Palestinians were killed and 102 others injured in clashes with Israeli soldiers in the northern West Bank city of Nablus, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. In a statement on Wednesday, the Ministry published the names of 10 victims, which include an elderly man, a teenager and eight members […]
ANKARA — Three people are now confirmed to have died after a 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck southern Turkey on Monday, weeks after a deadly quake devastated the region. More than 680 people have been injured in Turkey and Syria. Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu also said 213 people had been injured. Turkey’s disaster and emergency agency Afad […]
ANKARA — Over 21000 people have died in Turkey and Syria from devastating earthquake that hit the region on Monday. 17,674 fatalities were reported by Turkish authorities and 3,377 fatalities by officials in Syria, increasing the confirmed death toll to 21,051. In Kahramanmaraş, one of the provinces in southern Turkey that was severely hit by […]
ANKARA — More than 15000 people have died following a catastrophic earthquake that jolted Turkey and Syria on Monday. As many as 12,391 people have been killed and 62,914 others have been injured in Turkey, Anadolu Agency reported citing Turkey’s disaster management agency, AFAD. A total of 1,262 people have died in government-controlled areas of […]
ANKARA — At least 7,926 people have died as a result of the Monday earthquake that shook Turkey and Syria, according to reports from officials cited by CNN. Turkey was shaken by earthquakes on Monday, which caused at least 5,894 fatalities and 34,810 injuries, according to Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay. According to a CNN […]
ANKARA — A 5.6 magnitude earthquake struck the central Turkey region on Tuesday, hours after three devastating earthquakes hit Turkey and Syria on Monday, killing more than 4,000 people. Thousands more are injured and the search for survivors is on. The death toll is feared to go up as rescue teams search through the rubble. […]
ANKARA — A powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit southern Turkey and northern Syria early Monday, toppling buildings and triggering a frantic search for survivors in the rubble in cities and towns across the area. At least 207 were killed and hundreds injured, and the toll was expected to rise. On both sides of the border, […]
RIYADH — There will be no limit on the number of pilgrims who can attend the Hajj in 2023, Saudi Arabia announced on Monday, following three years of restrictions on the pilgrimage due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Minister of Hajj and Umrah Tawfiq al-Rabiah told reporters in Riyadh that the pilgrimage would “return to what […]