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Iran's top diplomat issues most direct threat yet to US as crackdown over protests squeezes nationThe comments by Abbas Araghchi, who saw his invitation to the World Economic Forum in Davos rescinded over the killings, comes as an Americ...
At least 5,000 killed in Iranian unrest, official says, as judiciary hints at executionsIran reports over 5,000 deaths in recent protests, with security forces also suffering casualties. The government blames "terrorists and ar...
Iran turns to internal crackdown in wake of 12-day warFollowing Israeli airstrikes, Iranian authorities have shifted focus from a ceasefire to internal security, initiating mass arrests and mil...
US strategy on Syria risks ISIS resurgence, Kurdish General warnsSyria's top Kurdish commander accuses the U.S. of abandoning its Kurdish allies amid renewed fighting with Turkish-backed forces. The SDF g...
Hungary president signs Sweden's NATO membership ratificationHungary's President Tamas Sulyok has signed a bill approving Sweden's accession to the NATO military alliance, paving the way for Sweden to...
Iran says Revolutionary Guards attack Israel's 'spy HQ' in Iraq, vow more revengeIran's Revolutionary Guards attacked the spy headquarters of Israel in Iraq's Kurdistan region and also struck in Syria against the Islamic...
Iran sends more troops to Kurdish region as new protest flaresVideos showed dozens of men marching in the regional capital Zahedan, shouting slogans against Iran's supreme leader and the state's Bassij...
Iran pushes militarily abroad amid unrest at homeThose moves show Iran's leaders trying to rally hard-line support within the country as demonstrations continue over the September 16 death...
Iraqi Kurds in border zone flee Turkey's hunt for Kurdistan Workers PartyErdogan is willing to move "Turkey's ongoing military confrontation with the PKK from Turkey to territory the PKK controls or transits thro...
Despite the attempted coup, Turkey offers hope to the West: Ilhami Alkan OlssonIn an already frail region that is dealing with terror groups and a massive refugee crisis the instability in Turkey poses an unnecessary c...
Tensions between Kurdish groups are making the fight against ISIS a lot more complicatedBut Recip Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey's authoritarian-minded president, also used the strikes against ISIS as cover for a Machiavellian power-pl...
Turkey's president Erdogan is making a Machiavellian move by striking both ISIS and the Kurdish PKKTurkey also cracked down on alleged terrorists within its orders in a massive string of arrests - with the majority of those arrested belon...
Turkey may be heading for a political earthquakeThis supermajority would allow the AKP, under Erdogan's guidance, to launch a referendum aimed at changing the Turkish constitution.
- BP says Baku-Ceyhan oil pipeline to resume operations
BP Plc said on Wednesday that testing of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline would begin, ahead of a move to resume operations on the rout...
- Oil prices rebound above 119 dollars
World oil prices rebounded, as it was announced that a key pipeline carrying crude from Asia to the West would remain shut for about 15 day...
- Iraq oil exports unaffected by fighting: Official
Iraqi exports of 300,000 barrels of oil per day through Turkey have not been affected by a Turkish military operation on the countries' bor...
- Oil higher in Asia as US energy inventories decline
Oil traded higher in Asia Thursday on news US energy stockpiles fell sharply last week and tensions rose in the Middle East after Turkish w...