Turkey is seeking to establish a new safe zone in Syria east of the Euphrates River, which it insists must be free of the Kurdish groups such as the...

Former British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has today been named the UK’s new prime minister, replacing Theresa May who stepped down two months ago. Johnson received 92,153 votes to...

Pope Francis has sent a letter to Syrian Regime President Bashar Al-Assad expressing his “profound concern” regarding the humanitarian situation in Syria. The Pope’s senior advisor Cardinal Peter Turkson delivered...

The troops of retired Libyan General Khalifa Haftar, backed by Egypt, the UAE, Saudi Arabia and France, launched a violent offence on Tripoli. The head of the operations room...

Five people were lightly wounded after one of two rockets thought to be fired from within Syria landed on a house in a Turkish border town on Monday night,...

The Egyptian businessman, Naguib Sawiris, yesterday criticised the British and German authorities for their recent suspension of flights to Egypt’s capital of Cairo. “Terrorism happens all over the world,...

The head of the Syrian opposition, Nasr Al-Hariri, yesterday accused Russia of “using Iranian ground troops in its battles in northern Syria.” “Iran had participated in the recent military...

Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt on Monday accused Iran of state piracy for illegally detaining a British ship in the Persian Gulf, urging it to release the vessel and its...

Turkish authorities confiscated about $271 million in fake US $100 banknotes in a raid on an Istanbul printing press – the country’s biggest counterfeit currency seizure in recent years,...

Oil prices rose more than 1% on Monday, as investors worried about possible supply disruptions in the energy-rich Middle East after Iran’s seizure of a British tanker last week,...

Syrians in Istanbul are afraid to leave their homes...

Austria today pledged €1.95 million in support of UNRWA health programmes in the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt). UNRWA delivers basic health services from its 43 health centres across the...

The UK licensed £648 million ($810 million) worth of arms to Saudi Arabia during the six months that followed the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The sale, uncovered in...

Despite a court ruling that UK arms sales to Saudi Arabia are unlawful, the British government has invited representatives from Riyadh to the world’s largest arms fair scheduled to...

Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdil-Mahdi will visit Tehran today, heading a government delegation to meet with Iranian officials. According to Iranian media, Abdil-Mahdi is visiting Tehran today accompanied by...

The Palestinian Forum in Britain stressed that the Palestinian refugees in Lebanon have the right to work and live in dignity until they return to Palestine.

Former Moroccan Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane criticised the Justice and Development Party (JDP) following a parliamentary committee’s approvals of a French-based education draft. This came in statements by the...

Russia is working to reform the Syrian army and end Iran’s influence over it by appointing and promoting pro-regime officers and excluding Iranian allies, the American Middle East Policy...

The US special envoy for Syria is in Turkey for talks with Turkish officials over Syria, counter-terrorism and security, the State Department said Sunday, Anadolu reports. James Jeffrey, who...

Saudi Arabia’s minister of state for foreign affairs on Sunday condemned Iran’s seizure of a British flagged tanker in the Strait of Hormuz and urged the international community to...

Those who intend to limit Turkey’s continental shelf with Antalya Gulf should know that Turkey will resolutely continue its exploration and drilling activities, country’s vice president said today, reported...

An Anadolu Agency freelance journalist was killed in a Russian air strike in Idlib province in northwestern Syria today, reported by the news site. Anas Diab, a 22-year-old freelance...

Iran’s oil minister, Bijan Zanganeh, said on Sunday that the country’s oil exports had not been impacted so far by the recent tanker incidents in the Gulf, as reported...

Beaches of Lake Van attract many locals and tourists

Newly elected Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis offered to take “brave steps” to boost bilateral relations with Turkey, reported by Anadolu Agency.  “I call on Tayyip...

Four Turkish citizens have been kidnapped in Nigeria yesterday, as reported by Anadolu Agency.  Turkish citizens were kidnapped by unidentified people in the south Nigerian state of Ilorin at...

Germany’s leading airline Lufthansa has become the second European airline Saturday suspending flights to Cairo, Egypt’s capital, reported by Anadolu Agency.  The company cited safety reasons for suspension in...

Oman has called on Iran to let a UK flagged oil tanker seized by Tehran depart, amid rising tension between the Islamic Republic and Britain, reported by Anadolu Agency....

Gaza. The very name evokes images of Israeli bombardment, crumbling infrastructure, keffiyeh-clad protestors standing defiantly with Palestinian flags and slingshots, and screaming children shot by snipers in a fog...

Iranian public television released images of a British-flagged oil tanker being seized by Iranian Revolutionary Guards in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, Anadolu reports. The images show Steno...

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and his US counterpart Mike Pompeo had a phone conversation on Saturday, in which they discussed the F-35 fighter jet program and S-400 air...

British Airways suspended flights to Cairo to allow for an assessment of security in Egypt's capital