Middle East

Turkey took a sharp turn toward full autocracy on Sunday when President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s main political rival, Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, was jailed amid a major crackdown on the opposition....

Israel’s military on Saturday launched large-scale airstrikes against southern Lebanon after it said it intercepted three rockets coming from the neighboring country. The Israeli strikes targeted “dozens” of rocket launchers...

Elon Musk’s social media platform X has suspended several accounts belonging to opposition figures in Turkey amid widespread civil unrest in the country. Musk, a self-proclaimed protector of free speech,...

Bilal Bilici is a member of the Turkish parliament, representing the Adana province in the Grand National Assembly from the Republican People’s Party. The arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu...

‘Iran on notice,’ says Pentagon spox of ongoing strikes against Houthis. U.S. forces are continuing strikes on Houthi sites in Yemen that began over the weekend, Pentagon officials told reporters...

LONDON — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Tuesday distanced himself from a claim made by his own top diplomat that Israel is breaking international law with its aid blockade...

U.S. forces are continuing strikes on Houthi sites in Yemen that began over the weekend, Pentagon officials told reporters on Monday, and the strikes will continue until the terrorist group...

European Union countries will continue to back Syria’s new leadership through both financial aid and sanctions relief despite an outbreak of sectarian violence threatening the country’s stability, the bloc’s foreign...

U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to stop financing U.S.-funded media including Voice of America (VOA) and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) is stirring anger and indignation. On Saturday, journalists from...

Israel will immediately cut off electricity to the Gaza Strip, Israeli Energy Minister Eli Cohen said Sunday.  “We will use all the means at our disposal to ensure that all...