Turkish forces seize targets in Syria during second day of offensive
Turkey said its forces took over “designated targets” during the second day of its offensive in Syria, Reuters reported on Thursday.
The Turkish military is attacking Kurdish forces in Syria and the NATO country said...
Iran, Syria sign military deal, amid other moves to defy US
Iranian Defense Minister Amir Hatami announced on Monday that his country and Syria have signed an agreement to rebuild the latter’s military. This comes as Iran has been looking to defy U.S. sanctions that...
In apparent ‘payback,’ PLO designates two Israeli NGOs as terrorist entities
The Palestine Liberation Organization on Sunday designated two Israeli nongovernmental groups as terrorist entities, in an apparent reprisal over a similar move made by Israel.
Last week, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz outlawed six Palestinian groups affiliated...
In the face of new sanctions, Iran’s rial reaches new low against the dollar
In just four months the value of Iran’s currency, the rial, has dropped by half—now it takes 102,000 rial to buy a dollar—Agence France-Presse reported on Monday. In March, the rial’s value had dropped to the...
Bahrain officially appoints the first-ever ambassador to Israel
Bahrain officially appointed the country’s first-ever ambassador to Israel, the state-run Bahrain News Agency (BNA) reported Tuesday.
Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa issued a royal decree appointing Khalid Al Jalahma to head the Gulf...