Palestinian prime minister Rami Hamdallah will travel to the Gaza Strip on October 2 as part of renewed reconciliation efforts with Hamas, which runs the enclave, his government said Monday. The visit follows concessions by Hamas movement after discussions with Egypt, which has urged it to take steps toward reconciliation ...
Turkey Monday denied media reports it had closed its southern border gate with northern Iraq in response to the independence referendum in Iraqi Kurdistan, but said strict controls were in place. “Habur border gate has not been closed,” Customs Minister Bulent Tufenkci was quoted as saying by the state-run Anadolu ...
