Category: 2. Middle East

Nearly 20,000 American citizens have safely returned to the US from the Middle East since Feb. 28, the State Department said on Thursday, Anadolu reports.

Assistant Secretary Dylan Johnson said the figure does not…

MADRID, March 5 (Reuters) – The Middle East conflict will have “immediate repercussions” for European Union security with an increased threat of terrorism, serious and organised crime as well as violent extremism and cyberattacks, European police…

The UN refugee agency said Thursday that intensifying hostilities across the Middle East have triggered “significant population movement,” as more than 330,000 people have been forcibly displaced, mostly within…

WASHINGTON, March 5 (Reuters) – The United States has suspended operations at its embassy in Kuwait City, the State Department said in a statement on Thursday, amid U.S. and Israeli strikes against Iran.

(Reporting by Bhargav Acharya; Writing by…

ZURICH, March 5 (Reuters) – Iran is seeking to escalate the conflict in the Middle East by attacking other countries in the region indiscriminately, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Thursday.

“Iran is an exporter of war,” Kallas told…

JERUSALEM, March 5 (Reuters) – Israel took the decision to kill Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in November and was planning to carry out the operation around six months later, Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Thursday.

Khamenei was killed…

The Middle East war unleashed by US-Israeli attacks on Iran has swelled outwards to Cyprus, Sri Lanka, Turkey and Azerbaijan, and risks drawing more countries into the conflict.

The United States and Israel initiated the war by launching strikes…

US military support jets have been allowed to use a French air base, the French military said Thursday, adding it had “full guarantees” they were not involved in Iran strikes.

The announcement came after President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday said…

British Prime Minister Starmer on Thursday defended the decision not to join US-Israel attack on Iran, saying the best solution to the issue is “a negotiated settlement with Iran, where they give up their nuclear…

The Kremlin said on Thursday that Russia has not received any requests for assistance from Iran, including military support, Anadolu reports.

“In this case, there were no appeals from the Iranian side,” Kremlin…