The US envoy to the international anti-ISIS coalition, Brett McGurk, said that his country is firmly opposed to the Kurdish independence referendum planned for 25th September in the Kurdistan region ...

Metin Gurcan Al-Monitor colleague Amberin Zaman summarized the results of the Supreme Military Council's (SMC) critical decisions on promotions of generals in the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK). Today we will ...

In a recent development in the early hours of Saturday, Turkey deployed more Howitzers to its Syrian border. A military convoy of 6 long vehicles loaded with tank carriers was ...

Kurdistan Region President Massoud Barzani has declined a request from the head of the Arab League to reconsider the independence referendum of Kurdistan Region, saying that Iraq is moving towards ...

Cengiz Candar There's a potential conflict looming for Turkey that hasn't been getting the attention it deserves, especially as it would involve one of Ankara's very few remaining regional partners: ...

Iran issued the much-needed investment license for a joint venture to build a wind farm in Arvand Free Trade Zone, which will be financed by the German company eab New ...

A former chief of staff to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to testify against him in two cases of corruption in which the premier has been questioned as ...

Some 2,000 Daesh terrorist group militants remain in the Syrian city of Raqqa amid an offensive to recapture the group's stronghold, a senior US official said. Brett McGurk, special envoy ...

EU Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini, who is in Tehran to attend President Rouhani’s inaugural ceremony, met and talked with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. At the meeting which ...

Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit has sent a “private message” to the President of Iraq’s Kurdistan region, Masoud Barzani, asking him to reconsider his decision to hold an ...