By Harut SassounianPublisher, The California Courierwww.TheCaliforniaCourier.com

By Harut SassounianPublisher, The California Courierwww.TheCaliforniaCourier.com

By Harut SassounianPublisher, The California Courierwww.TheCaliforniaCourier.com

For over a decade, the AGBU PAD Sayat Nova Composition Competition has been inviting musicians of all heritages to be inspired by the grand tradition of Armenian arts.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Syrian government on Monday condemned the evacuation of hundreds of Syrian White Helmet rescue workers and their families with the help of Israeli soldiers, calling it a “criminal operation” undertaken by “Israel and its tools”.

By Harut SassounianPublisher, The California Courierwww.TheCaliforniaCourier.comBefore the recent turmoil in relations between Turkey and several countries in the Middle East, Europe and the United States, Syria and Jordan had signed a Free Trade Agreement and visa-free travel with Turkey hoping to benefit from its growing economy.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will visit Paris on Jan. 5 to meet his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron, with the conflict in Syria high on the agenda, Reuters reported o Dec. 30, citing a source in the French president's office.

The son of Syrian President Bashar Assad says people who call his father a dictator don't understand the reality of his country, and that the population is united with him in fighting 'invaders'.

Iran has launched missile strikes targeting “terrorists” in the Islamic State-controlled Syrian town of Deir ez-Zour in retaliation for last week’s attacks on the Iranian parliament and at the shrine of Ayatollah Khomeini that killed 18 people – mostly civilians.

Turkey is planning to build a wall along the Turkish-Iranian border as part of measures against the outlawedKurdistan Workers’ Party(PKK), according to a high-level official.