Turkey says hopes to solve issues over Manbij via dialogue with U.S.
Turkey hopes that a planned operation into Syria's Manbij will not be necessary and that it can instead resolve differences over the town through...
Israeli settler leader says settlements grew rapidly in 2017
The number of Jewish settlers in the West Bank grew at nearly twice the rate of Israel's overall population last year, a settler leader...
Three Iranian police killed in clashes with Sufi protesters
Three police officers were killed in Tehran on Monday, a police spokesman said, as clashes broke out with members of a Muslim religious order...
Presidents of Russia, Turkey, Iran to meet in April in Turkey
Preparations are under way for Russian President Vladimir Putin, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to meet in April in Turkey,...
77 dead as Syria enclave pounded ahead of expected ground assault
Heavy Syrian bombardment killed at least 77 civilians in rebel-held Eastern Ghouta on Monday, a war monitor said, as regime forces appeared to prepare...
EU calls for renewed Syria peace efforts
EU foreign ministers voiced concern at developments in Syria on Thursday, calling for a renewal of UN-led efforts to end the conflict.
The European Union...
Turkish PM tells Merkel: trial for German reporter shortly
Turkey's prime minister said Thursday during a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel that a prominent German-Turkish journalist held in prison for a year...
Iran president meets with religious scholars in India trip
Iran's president has said that his country is ready to help promote dialogue as a way to end bloodshed in countries like Afghanistan,...
Prominent Egyptian Islamist critic ordered held for 15 days
Egypt's state security prosecutor on Thursday remanded for questioning a former Islamist presidential candidate who was arrested over alleged contacts with the banned Muslim...
Jihadists looking to Egypt’s Sinai for new home base
After crushing blows in Iraq and Syria, global jihadists could be eyeing Egypt's Sinai Peninsula as a new home base, the army said Thursday,...
