Middle Orient

Despite the risk in the cryptocurrency trading market, it remains largely unregulated in Jordan, where thousands have invested amid lack of job opportunities. Ahmed al-Hindi, a young Jordanian, spends hours in the evening trading cryptocurrencies. Hindi works in accounting and has been trading in cryptocurrencies since 2017. He aspires to …

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian called on the West to stop “playing with time” in Vienna. Iran called for the quick resurrection of the landmark nuclear deal in Vienna, accusing the United States and other Western powers of “playing with time” and failing to make necessary concessions. “If an agreement …

Nuclear deal talks are entering into their final stage in Vienna. As negotiations between the world powers and Iran in Vienna continue and reportedly enter their “final stage,” many in the Middle East – but also in Washington and European capitals – hold their breath to see if a return …

‘I guarantee you the Jewish people can’t live with a nuclear Iran. One Holocaust was enough,’ US senator tells reporters. Stopping a nuclear Iran is the world’s most pressing issue today, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) said Monday in Jerusalem. Russia seemingly being on the cusp of invading Ukraine and …

Jerusalem is well aware that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has a long list of own interests behind his rapprochement campaign. Israeli diplomats are dubious but pleased at the burgeoning romance between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Israeli President Isaac Herzog. Erdogan is not very popular in Israel, to …

Libya’s rekindled power struggle has left Turkey in an ambivalent position and might force it to review its alliances. Libya’s interim prime minister, a close ally of Turkey, has been rejected by parliament in a rekindled power struggle in the war-torn country. But his replacement is no stranger to Ankara …

The Turkish president seeks to bolster Turkey’s ties to the Arab world. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived in the United Arab Emirates on Monday in a fence-mending visit that is part of Ankara’s broader strategy of ending its regional isolation and drawing Gulf funding to its battered economy. Erdogan …

The Islamic State group is a growing threat in northeastern Syria despite the killing of its leader in a U.S. commando operation last week, says the chief commander of the U.S.-allied Syrian Kurdish-led force. Mazloum Abdi, who heads the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, warned that IS fighters are still very …

Suspected al-Qaida militants have abducted five U.N. workers in southern Yemen, Yemeni officials said on Saturday. The officials said the workers were abducted in the southern province of Abyan late Friday and taken to an unknown location. They include four Yemenis and a foreigner, they said. In response to a …

Last week, U.S. President Joe Biden ordered a team of U.S. special operations forces to carry out a raid in northern Syria that is now stoking legal controversy. The mission targeted a residential compound where Islamic State leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi had been holed up with his family and …