Turkiye, Syria sign defense cooperation agreement after Ankara talks

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan (R) meeting with Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Al-Shaibani (C), Syrian Defence Minister Murhaf Abu Qasra (2nd L) and Head of Syrian Intelligence Hussein al-Salama (L) in Ankara on Wednesday. (Via AFP)
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Updated 13 August 2025
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Turkiye, Syria sign defense cooperation agreement after Ankara talks

  • Defense ministers sign a memorandum of understanding on military training and consultancy

ANKARA: The defense ministers of Turkiye and Syria signed a memorandum of understanding on military training and consultancy after talks in Ankara on Wednesday, Turkiye’s defense ministry said.
The neighbors had been negotiating a comprehensive military cooperation agreement for months, after the ousting of Bashar Assad in December.


Red Cross transfers 8 Palestinians from Israeli detention to Gaza

Updated 23 February 2026
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Red Cross transfers 8 Palestinians from Israeli detention to Gaza

  • They were taken across the Karm Abu Salem border crossing to Shuhada Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir Al-Balah, where they were reunited with their families

LONDON: The International Committee of the Red Cross transferred eight Palestinians from Israeli detention to the Gaza Strip on Monday.

The organization took them across the Karm Abu Salem border crossing to Shuhada Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir Al-Balah and helped reunite them with their families.

The Red Cross has been unable to visit Palestinian detainees in Israeli detention centers since October 2023, as a result of which the fate and location of many detainees from Gaza were unknown, the Palestinian Wafa news agency reported.

The Red Cross said that according to the principles of international humanitarian law, detainees must be treated humanely, held in proper conditions and allowed to have contact with their families.

Israel is holding about 9,245 Palestinian prisoners in jails, including 358 held without charge or trial under administrative detention, according to Jerusalem-based rights group HaMoked.