Europe & Russia

The Pentagon said yesterday that Turkey's proposed buffer zone in Syria was not on the table as part of the military options being considered, however, this was the last...

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Yalçın Akdoğan refuted on Tuesday the allegations that his country has done nothing for the crisis in Kobani, a Kurdish city located in Syria close...

Israeli immigrants now residing in Berlin have launched a social media campaign to encourage other Israelis to move to Western cities for a higher standard of living. They even...

Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Moazzam Begg offered to help negotiate the release of British hostage Alan Henning but was rejected by the U.K. government, he told the BBC Tuesday....

A British high court decision delivered on Tuesday, 7 October has stripped a senior member of the Bahraini ruling family of diplomatic immunity in the UK. Prince Nasser bin...

A letter has been published that shows the UK government cooperated with the Israeli Embassy in pressuring the Tricycle Theatre over its public row with the UK Jewish Film...

Demonstrators attacked a Turkish consulate in Austria Monday night as they protested against Turkey's lack of support for Kurdish fighters in the besieged Syrian town of Kobani. Masked protestors...

Turkey is prepared to send ground forces to help eradicate ISIL in Syria if it gets international assurances for its borders and the removal of the Syrian regime, Prime...

On May 5, 2010, support for the Liberal Democrats flourished; many were swayed by their position on the Middle East, disillusioned by 10 years of Tony Blair. In the...

Arms trade campaigners are taking the government to court over the failure to suspend or revoke export licences for military equipment to Israel. Lawyers representing the Campaign Against Arms...

The Palestinian presidency on Monday described as "encouraging" latest Swedish and French statements that the two countries would recognize the state of Palestine. "These are encouraging steps," Palestinian presidency...

Today, as the violence of the so-called Islamic State targets Kurds in Iraq and Syria, and Turkey's pro-Kurdish groups are frustrated by this violence against their brethren, the question...

Turkey is closely monitoring the exploration of oil and gas fields being carried out by the Greek Cypriot administration, the Turkish General Staff announced Monday. In a statement, Turkey's...

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden apologised Saturday to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for comments about Turkey and terrorism. In a phone call with the Turkish President on Saturday,...

Israel has summoned the Swedish ambassador to protest plans by Sweden to recognize the state of Palestine. In a statement, the Israeli Foreign Ministry said that the Swedish envoy...

The Turkish prime minister has denounced claims made by the U.S. vice-president Joe Biden that Turkey had permitted the rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant....

A security summit began a short while ago in Cankaya Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey. It will be headed by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and aims to discuss the...

The German government has approved arms exports to Qatar, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates sparking fierce criticism from the opposition. Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative-left coalition government informed Federal...

The German government has approved arms exports to Qatar, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates sparking fierce criticism from the opposition. Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative-left coalition government informed Federal...

Spain will not send troops to participate in the attacks against ISIS in Iraq, the country's Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo announced, saying: "Spain supports the international coalition in...

British jets began bombing Iraq yet again last week. Another war against this beleaguered country, an Arab country that has been decimated and torn apart by decades of Western-imposed...

Death in the Mediterranean is no longer the exception; it is the norm. More than 3,000 would-be immigrants have drowned trying to cross into Europe this year alone. Recent...

British Prime Minister David Cameron told the Conservative Party Conference today that terrorism has found a new "crucible" in Iraq and Syria in the form of the Islamic State...

When the British parliament returns on October 13th a vote will be held to recognise the state of Palestine. The debate has been called for by the chair of...

The British Parliament's decision to endorse David Cameron's strategy against ISIS is regrettable. This is not because there is anything even remotely salvageable about that murderous, barbaric, pseudo-Islamist organisation...

The families of the Palestinians from Gaza who were drowned in the Mediterranean are blaming Italy, Greece and Malta of behaving irreverently towards their sons, as they did not...

More than 50 academics at the University of Cambridge have signed a statement condemning Israel's recent attack on Gaza, and urging a lifting of the blockade and "justice for...

The leader of Turkey's opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) has said that he does not want to see the army enter foreign territory. Speaking during a visit to Bolu...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that "humanity is facing a case of international terrorism and it is threatening world security", adding that "everyone is talking about the consequences,...

Turkish coastguard teams have rescued 178 alleged asylum seekers over the past two days, it has been reported. The operations took place off the Aegean coast in the west...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called on Friday for a no-fly zone and secure area on Syria and stressed the importance of determining who Turkey's partners will be to...

Davutoglu announces that the figure has reached 160,335 since Turkey opened the border crossing last Friday. A total of 160,335 Syrian Kurds have fled to Turkey in the last...