Turkey says it will hold military drills in eastern Mediterranean
ISTANBUL/ATHENS (Reuters) - Turkey said on Thursday it will hold firing exercises in the eastern Mediterranean on Sept 1-2, the latest in a series...
Turkey extends layoff ban by two months
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey has extended by two months a layoff ban it introduced to combat the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
The presidential...
Iran warns against US-led efforts to extend arms embargo
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Iran’s U.N. ambassador said Thursday that he believes a U.S. resolution to extend an arms embargo against his country will...
Iran dismisses demands beyond nuke deal as IAEA head visits
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran won't accept any additional demands beyond its commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal, the country's top nuclear official declared...
A bomb killed 36 people in Afrin, Syria
A fuel truck bomb killed 36 people including at least six Turkey-backed rebel fighters on April 28, 2020 in the northern Syrian city of...
More bombs hit Syria’s Ghouta, death toll highest since 2013
Pro-government forces pounded the rebel-held district of eastern Ghouta outside the Syrian capital Damascus on Tuesday, in a surge of violence that a war...
Iran informs UN of increase in nuclear enrichment capacity
Iran has informed the U.N. nuclear watchdog that it will increase its nuclear enrichment capacity within the limits set by the 2015 agreement with...
Flash floods in northern Turkey kill four, 11 missing
ANKARA (Reuters) - Four people were killed in flash floods in Turkey's northern Black Sea region and 11 others are missing, Interior Minister Suleyman...
US withdrawing thousands of troops from Iraq and Afghanistan
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States will pull thousands of troops out of Iraq and Afghanistan by November, the top American commander for the...
Tunis race against the Virus
While Tunisian laboratories are struggling to keep up with COVID-19 testing, Tunisia was one of the first countries in the region to decode the...
