Middle Orient

European foreign ministers have added 37 names to the list of Iranian individuals and entities subject to sanctions, but did not call for designating the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as terrorist group. European Foreign Ministers agreed Monday on a fourth round of sanctions against 37 Iranian nationals and entities over …

The Iraqi economy is suffering from the US dollar’s rise as a result of smuggling dollars outside of Iraq. As Prime Minister Muhammad Shia al-Sudani entered Basra Stadium on Thursday to attend the final game of the 25th Arabian Gulf Cup, hundreds of Iraqis chanted, “Bring the dollar price down.” …

The Kurdistan Region of Iraq has become a key escape route for an unknown number of Iranian Kurds fleeing brutal repression and torture in Iran, but most fail to find security and stability in Iraq. Since his release from an Iranian prison a month ago, Kayvan Samadi has been hiding …

Ankara’s quest to restore ties with Damascus has left its Syrian rebel allies confused as Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, the jihadi group controlling Idlib, seeks to raise its profile and lure the disenchanted to its ranks. As the Turkish-Syrian dialogue advances and the prospect of Ankara pulling the plug on its …

Three days of protests followed a demonstration in Stockholm as President Erdogan says Sweden lost Turkey’s support for its NATO accession Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan lashed out at Swedish authorities Monday over protests in Sweden. Turkish reactions to protests in Stockholm — in particular the burning of a Quran …

“Terrorism is when the United States implants a dictatorial regime somewhere, relying on bayonets and using terror against its own people.” Former CIA officer F. Agee. Intervention in the internal affairs of foreign states became a major direction of U.S. foreign policy soon after the end of World War II. …

In the last few days, Damascus put forward conditions for continuing talks with Ankara, according to Asharq al-Awsat. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed developments in Syria in a phone call on Monday. Turkish and Iranian media reported that Iran’s top diplomat, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, might …

Syrians are move to camps described as “large prisons” in southern Turkey, where they are persuaded to return to Syria, according to Syria TV. The pace of deportation of Syrian refugees from Turkey to northern Syria has increased during the past year, and the selection of deportees was semi-random. Most …

Syria said that the Syrian Army repulsed on Wednesday a terrorist attack in the southern countryside of Idleb, according to Tishreen. The Ministry of Defense said that units of the Syrian Army repulsed on Wednesday a terrorist attack in the southern countryside of Idleb. “Our brave armed forces on Wednesday …

Local networks reported that the assassination of Amer al-Nassar took place on Sunday, according to Enab Baladi. Amer al-Nassar, nicknamed “The Colonel,” a militia commander in Daraa, was killed by direct fire while he was in a house in the city of al-Hara, northwest of Daraa. Local networks reported that …