Category: 2. Middle East

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday called for an end to the ongoing US-Israeli war with Iran before it escalates and engulfs the region, stressing that a diplomatic solution remains “completely…

Spain has formally dismissed its ambassador to Israel, Ana Salomon, several months after she was recalled to Madrid amid a diplomatic dispute with the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Anadolu…

The Israeli military said Wednesday it identified missiles launched from Iran as the military conflict between the two rivals continued to widen, Anadolu reports.

In a statement, the army said missiles were launched…

By Daren Butler and Ali Kucukgocmen

ISTANBUL, March 11 (Reuters) – The trial of Istanbul’s jailed mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, is a purely political affair aimed at preventing him from challenging President Tayyip Erdogan in the next election, Turkey’s…

Iran’s new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei, who has not spoken or been seen in public since his appointment at the weekend, is injured but “safe”, officials said Wednesday.

“I heard news that Mr Mojtaba Khamenei had been injured. I have asked…

ANKARA, March 11 (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that the war in Iran must be stopped before the whole Middle East region is “thrown into the fire”, adding that diplomacy must be given a chance.

NATO air defences…

DUBAI, March 11 (Reuters) – The U.S.-Israeli war on Iran has threatened Gulf ports and disrupted global trade through the Strait of Hormuz through which roughly a fifth of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas normally passes.

Iran’s…

WASHINGTON, March 11 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump told Axios on Wednesday that there’s “practically nothing left” to target in Iran and that the war there will end “soon.”

“Little this and that… Any time I want it to end, it will…