Category: 3. Middle East

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has strongly rejected what he described as efforts to impose pressure and force on the Iranian people, warning that such actions are unacceptable and counterproductive.

“Using…

The German government has raised concerns over the effectiveness and neutrality of aid distribution in the Gaza Strip by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a newly established mechanism supported by Israel and the…

Boniface Mwangi, a former photojournalist, was charged over alleged role in deadly antigovernment protests in June.

A prominent Kenyan human rights activist has been freed on bail after he was charged with unlawful possession of ammunition over…

Bedouin families leave Druze-majority city after truce in the southern province halts bloody clashes between the communities.

The Syrian government is evacuating hundreds of Bedouin families trapped inside the southern city of Suwayda, where a

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia-Azerbaijan relations are currently going through a challenging phase, but Moscow remains hopeful for improvement as the two countries share common interests, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday.

Tensions between…

ANKARA (Reuters) -Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said Germany and Britain took a positive stance on the sale of Eurofighter jets to Turkey, adding that Ankara wants to finalise the purchase as soon as possible.

Turkey has been in talks on buying…

Syrian authorities on Monday evacuated Bedouin families from the Druze-majority city of Sweida, after a ceasefire in the southern province halted a week of sectarian bloodshed that a monitor said killed more than 1,100 people.

An AFP correspondent…

Syria’s armed Bedouin clans have announced their withdrawal from the Druze-majority city of Suwayda after weeklong clashes and a United States-brokered ceasefire.

Fighting between Druze fighters and Sunni Muslim clans killed more than 250…

Tehran on Monday blamed European powers for the failure of the 2015 nuclear deal, accusing them of breaking their commitments ahead of renewed talks in Istanbul with Britain, France and Germany.

The 2015 deal, reached between Iran and the UN…

Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Palestine, said on Sunday that Israel is deliberately starving two million people in Gaza and killing children, describing…