The US has threatened Egypt with sanctions over its decision to buy Russian jets, reports the Wall Street Journal. According to an unnamed official a letter sent by Secretary...

The United States has decided to keep about 600 military personnel in Syria despite President Donald Trump’s desire to stop US involvement in “endless wars”, Pentagon Chief Mark Esper...

The Iranian government has increased the price of fuel by nearly 50 per cent in an effort to offset the impact of US sanctions on the Islamic Republic. The...

The Turkish oil-and-gas drilling ship Fatih has started its operations off the coast of northeastern Cyprus, Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay said today, despite warnings from the European Union...

Turkey said on Thursday it would deport an American suspected Daesh fighter to the United States after he was refused entry to Greece, and sent eight people with links...

The US on Thursday vowed to continue leading the anti-Daesh coalition on its “essential security effort” while acknowledging significant milestones the multinational body has accomplished, Anadolu Agency reports. Addressing a...

Turkey will not give up on Russian S-400 air defense system to acquire US Patriots, the Turkish president said on Wednesday, stressing his country “can buy Patriots too”, Anadolu...

Russia has announced the arrival of new combat helicopters and the establishment of an airbase at a site which was formerly a US-controlled stronghold in northern Syria, the state-run...

Qatar Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al Thani was in Washington this week to meet with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to discuss the Gulf crisis...

Germany’s arms exports to Egypt and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has significantly rose in the first half of this year despite the two countries’ involvement in the Yemen...

The US military pullback from the Kobani area in northeastern Syria near Turkey’s border should take “another week or so” to complete, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Wednesday,...

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday lauded his relationship with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan as the leaders met to overcome mounting differences between the two NATO allies ranging from...

Some of America’s most high-profile civil rights activists who took part in an event yesterday warning against efforts to outlaw the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement now face...

The US is ready to support the Riyadh Agreement signed between the internationally backed Yemen government and UAE-backed separatist Southern Transitional Council, US Ambassador to Yemen Christopher Henzel said...

Iranian President Hasan Rouhani yesterday defended his country’s policy in dealing with the nuclear accord and the reduction of Iran’s commitments to the pact. Negotiations are underway to reach...

The Jordanian General Intelligence Directorate (GID) has foiled plans by two suspected militants to launch attacks against American and Israeli diplomats as well as US forces deployed at a...

At the 2012 opening of Trump Towers in Istanbul, real estate mogul Donald Trump sang the praises of Tayyip Erdogan, telling a mostly Turkish audience that their leader, prime...

US State Secretary Mike Pompeo told Iraq’s prime minister Tuesday to enact reforms and tackle corruption amid anti-government protests, reports Anadolu Agency. In a statement, State Department spokeswoman Morgan...

The US has an “eye on” deceased Daesh leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s third-in-command, President Donald Trump said Tuesday, reports Anadolu Agency. “His third has got a lot of problems...

Around 10,000 Daesh detainees and their families in nearby camps in northeastern Syria present a big security risk, a senior State Department official said on Tuesday, even though the...

Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas’s silence would be preferable to the ceremonial appropriation of the Palestinian anti-colonial struggle. On the 15th anniversary of Yasser Arafat’s death, or possible murder,...

Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad said yesterday that his army had lost nearly 100,000 soldiers during the eight-year war. In an interview with RT, Al-Assad said that the Syrian soldiers...

A current has swept throughout the Levant from a subtly-felt but well recognised influence. From the protests in Iraq and Lebanon to the Sunni insurgents and opposition groups in...

Germany does not know the identities of seven suspected Daesh members Turkey is planning to deport back to Berlin, the Foreign Ministry said yesterday. The German spokesman said: “We...

The US called upon the Iraqi government on Monday evening to end the violence against protesters on the nation’s streets. The call came after the killing of hundreds of...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said yesterday that the US plans to keep troops in Syria under the pretext of protecting the country’s oil fields is “tantamount to robbery”....

President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday Iran would regain access to the international arms market later next year if it stuck to its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers...

Uber’s chief executive said on Monday the murder by Saudi Arabia, a major investor in his company, of journalist Jamal Khashoggi last year could not be excused and that...

Three bombs exploded in Qamishli in northeast Syria on Monday, killing five people and wounding 26 in the city, which is largely-controlled by Kurdish fighters, security forces said, reports...

The aggressive manner with which Saudi Arabia pursues its critics came to light with the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi last year in Istanbul. It was hoped that the...

US federal prosecutors have charged three Saudi nationals with student visas of smuggling weapons from America to Saudi Arabia. The case is the second in under a week where...

US President Donald Trump has urged Iran to turn over a former FBI agent who went missing in the country during an unauthorised CIA mission in 2007, offering a...