Category: 3. Middle East

President Ahmed al-Sharaa will become Syria’s first leader to pay an official visit to the White House on Monday, a crowning achievement for the ex-jihadist who since taking power has ended his country’s isolation.

Sharaa, whose rebel forces…

DUBAI (Reuters) -Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian said that Iran seeks peace, but will not bow to coercion, adding that Tehran will not abandon its nuclear programme, state media reported on Friday.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday…

By Timour Azhari

(Reuters) -Turkey is preparing a law to let thousands of Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) fighters and civilians return home from hideouts in northern Iraq under negotiations to end generations of war.

A senior Middle East official…

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (Reuters) -Stinking mounds of fly-covered garbage lie strewn throughout Gaza amid the rubble from Israel’s devastating military campaign, spilling out along roadsides and between the tents where most of the shattered…

Four people have been detained by French police after protesters set off flares during a concert by the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in Paris on Thursday night.

Clashes broke out in the auditorium during one of three disruptions to the…

LIMASSOL, Cyprus (Reuters) -The United Arab Emirates is preparing to increase aid deliveries into Gaza, an envoy said on Friday, saying a sea corridor from Cyprus was essential alongside land and air access.

Minister of State Lana Nusseibeh said a…

Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protesters caused chaos at a concert given by the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra in Paris on Thursday night when they repeatedly interrupted the show with flares and clashed with audience members, leading to four…