Category: 2. Middle East

ANKARA, March 7 (Reuters) – Turkey is considering the deployment of F-16 aircraft to Cyprus, a Turkish defence ministry source said on Saturday.

The person said such a move was one of the steps being considered amid the phased planning underway to…

By Nandita Bose, Sarah Morland and David Brunnstrom

MIAMI, Florida, March 7 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump welcomed Latin American leaders to Florida on Saturday to launch a new coalition against drug cartels, even as he struck a…

By Maya Gebeily and Alexander Cornwell

BEIRUT/TEL AVIV, March 7 (Reuters) – Israel warned Lebanon of a “very heavy price” if it did not rein in Iran-backed Hezbollah on Saturday, as it pounded the group’s strongholds around the country with air…

For a moment Tehran resembled a city at peace, with birdsong, joggers and tranquil views of the snow-capped Alborz mountains in the distance. Then the sound of another explosion ripped through the air.

A week ago, opening strikes by the US and…

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz was confronted by a pro-Palestine protester over his support for Israel’s war in Gaza during a regional election rally in the southwestern city of Ravensburg on Friday evening,…

The Israeli military announced Saturday that it targeted Imam Hossein University in Tehran, which is affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), Anadolu reports.

According to an Israeli army…

Lion-emblazoned flags of pre-revolution Iran fluttered in cities across the world on Saturday as demonstrators took to the streets a week after the start of the war in the Middle East.

Some protesters came out in support of Reza Pahlavi, the…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Saturday, highlighting concerns over the recent escalation following US-Israeli attacks on Iran, Anadolu reports.

“Turkiye is…

Two attack helicopters, their forward-facing guns silhouetted against Doha’s clear blue sky, flew low over the city’s cruise ship terminal as stranded passengers boarded buses and cars on Saturday for Riyadh, hoping to catch flights home.

“Eight…

Kazakhstan’s president on Saturday welcomed a statement by his Iranian counterpart announcing a halt on attacks on neighboring countries unless they were to attack Iran, Anadolu reports.

Kassym-Jomart Tokayev…