Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the leader of the Taliban delegation, signs an agreement with Zalmay Khalilzad, U.S. envoy for peace in Afghanistan, at a signing agreement ceremony between members of Afghanistan’s Taliban and the U.S. in Doha, Qatar February 29, 2020. REUTERS/Ibraheem al Omari The United States signed a historic deal with Taliban insurgents on

Afghan men celebrate in anticipation of the U.S-Taliban agreement to allow a U.S. troop reduction and a permanent ceasefire, in Jalalabad, Afghanistan February 28, 2020. REUTERS/Parwiz Millions of Afghans are anticipating that America’s longest war fought in their country will end on Saturday as U.S. and Taliban negotiators are expected to sign a deal to

4 political parties in Turkish parliament issue joint statement to condemn attack by Syrian regime Turkish political parties on Friday vehemently condemned the Thursday’s airstrike carried out by the Syrian regime which martyred 33 Turkish soldiers. “As the political parties in the Turkish Grand National Assembly […] we strongly and vehemently condemn this dastardly and

A photo taken from Turkey’s Hatay province shows Turkish military convoy consisting of armored personnel carriers are on the way towards observation points in Syria’s Idlib, on 7 February 2020 in Hatay, Turkey. [Cem Genco – Anadolu Agency] At least 33 Turkish soldiers have been killed and tens of others injured in an airstrike by

Photo/ Somali Times Somalia has protested what it termed as ‘encroachment and intrusion’ by Kenyan forces on its border areas, but did not make reference to particular instances. A statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Thursday called for an ‘end’ to violation of its sovereignty by Kenya. “The Federal Government of Somalia calls upon

Mandera East MP Omar Mohamed Maalim. Mandera East Member of Parliament (MP) Omar Maalim has asked the national government to explain the presence of a fugitive Jubbaland minister in Mandera County, saying he poses a security threat to residents. In a private notice number 02/2020 presented on Wednesday in Parliament, Mr Maalim sought a clarification

President Uhuru Kenyatta and Senate Speaker Kenneth Lusaka witness as Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko and Devolution minister Eugene Wamalwa sign deal on February 25, 2020 at State House. When Governor Mike Sonko took up the reins at City Hall in August 2017, he did so with braggadocio, promising to “fix” the capital city. But, as

Princess Haya bint Al Hussein, the wife of Dubai’s Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, arrives at the High Court in London, Britain February 26, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls Verdicts have been given in the latest stage of a legal battle between Dubai’s ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum and his former wife Princess Haya bint

A member of Kenya’s security forces walks past a damaged police post after an attack by al-Shabab in the settlement of Kamuthe in Garissa county, Kenya on January 13, 2020 [AP] Al-Shabab’s continued attacks in Kenya and Somalia demonstrate there can be no military solution to the Somali conflict. In the first two weeks of

Only weeks ago, Turkish officials regularly vaunted the country’s military intervention in Libya in support of their maritime borders deal with the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA). “To help the legitimate Libyan government stay in power and to ensure stability, we are now sending our troops to this country,” President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said