Syria minister on ceasefire in Sweida province following deadly clashes
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Associated Press
32 minutes ago
- Associated Press
Turkey warns Kurdish and other groups in Syria against pursuing autonomy
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Tuesday warned Kurdish and other groups in Syria against pursuing autonomy, stating that any attempt to divide Syria would be viewed as a direct threat to Turkey's national security and could prompt intervention. At a joint news conference with his Salvadoran counterpart in Ankara, where they discussed expanding relations, Fidan criticized Israel's recent intervention in Syria and urged factions not to exploit the unrest that unfolded in the south of the country for tactical gains, calling on them to integrate while preserving their cultural and religious identity. 'If you go beyond that and use violence to divide and destabilize, we will perceive it as a direct threat to our national security and intervene,' Fidan warned. 'Say whatever you want, make whatever demands you have — as long as it's not about division, we're ready to help. But if you cross that line, we won't leave ourselves exposed to threats,' he said. Turkey strongly supports Syria's interim government led by President Ahmad al-Sharaa, frequently stating its commitment to a unified Syrian state. It also backs an agreement reached between the interim administration and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, or SDF, to integrate into Syria's national army. Fidan's comments come days after tensions escalated in southern Syria, with violent clashes erupting between Bedouin Arab tribes and Druze militias in Sweida province. The conflict triggered Israeli airstrikes on convoys of government forces in Sweida and struck the Ministry of Defense headquarters in central Damascus, which Israel justified as efforts to protect Druze communities. 'Trying to extract autonomy or independence from chaos built on blood and created with someone else's help is a perspective that leads nowhere,' Fidan said. 'Now is the time for integration. It's time for everyone to hold onto life while preserving their identity and beliefs.' Since 2016, Turkey has conducted multiple military operations in northern Syria to counter Kurdish fighters and secure its borders.
Yahoo
an hour ago
- Yahoo
At least 20 dead following latest Israel strikes on Gaza
Israeli strikes killed at least 20 people in Gaza, Palestinian health officials said on Tuesday, as Israel pushed on with a new incursion in an area that had largely been spared heavy fighting during the 21-month war. The expansion of Israel's ground invasion comes as Israel and Hamas have been considering terms for a ceasefire for Gaza that would pause the fighting and free at least some hostages. The latest round of talks has dragged on for weeks with no signs of breakthrough, though negotiators have expressed optimism. With Israel expanding its control over large chunks of Gaza, an expected pullback of troops is a major point of contention in the talks. The Trump administration has been pushing Israel to wrap up the war and has shown signs of impatience. On Monday, President Donald Trump's press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, said Mr Trump was 'caught off guard' by a recent Israeli strike on a Catholic church in Gaza. Top Christian clergy visited that church last week and in a press conference Tuesday in Jerusalem called for the war to end. In the latest round of strikes, at least 12 people died when tents sheltering displaced people in the built-up, seaside Shati refugee camp on the western side of Gaza City, were hit, according to the city's Shifa Hospital, which received the casualties. The dead included three women and three children, Dr Mohamed Abu Selmiyah, director of the hospital told the Associated Press. Thirty-eight other Palestinians were wounded, he said. The strike tore apart tents, and left some of the dead lying on the ground, according to footage shared by the health ministry's ambulance and emergency service. An overnight strike that hit crowds of Palestinians waiting for aid trucks in Gaza City killed eight, hospitals said. At least 118 were wounded, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent. The Israeli military had no immediate comment on the strikes. Israel blames the deaths of Palestinian civilians on Hamas because the militants operate in densely populated areas. It accuses the group of prolonging the war because Hamas has not accepted Israel's terms for a ceasefire – including calls to give up power and disarm.
Washington Post
2 hours ago
- Washington Post
The gulf is not the place to build the world's AI infrastructure
Christopher S. Chivvis is director of the American Statecraft Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Sam Winter-Levy is a fellow in the Technology and International Affairs Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. In May, the Trump administration green-lit one of the most consequential technology investments of the decade: the construction of massive artificial intelligence data centers in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. These facilities, funded by gulf sovereign wealth and built with U.S. technology, are projected to host some of the largest and most powerful computing clusters in the world — critical infrastructure for training and deploying advanced AI models.
