Middle Orient

Top nuclear official says centrifuges producing 9 grams an hour, days after attack, blamed on Israel, at Natanz; E3: Iran has no credible civilian need for enrichment at this level Iranian scientists have successfully enriched uranium to 60 percent purity, its highest ever levels, senior Iranian officials declared on Friday. …

The Turkish Central Bank said cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin are too risky and forbade their use in the country. The Turkish government banned the use of cryptocurrencies today. Cryptocurrency refers to digital currency that can be used to buy goods and services online. The value of cryptocurrencies fluctuates, and some investors …

The announcement further violates the Iran nuclear deal that is currently being discussed with the United States in Vienna. The Iranian government announced today that it has reached uranium enrichment levels of 60%. The news complicates ongoing talks involving Iran and the United States on the former’s nuclear program. The …

Backed by the US-led coalition, the Syrian Kurdish forces managed to capture a couple of Islamic State (ISIS) members, including a commander, a statement said on Tuesday. The militants were captured during a joint operation carried out by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) special units and Asayish in Tel …

The US occupation forces have transferred dozens of Islamic State (ISIS) terrorists from prisons run by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) militia in the Syrian province of Hassakeh to the al-Omar oilfield in the eastern countryside of Deir-ez-Zor in a bid by Washington to reinvest in terrorist groups and …

In the words of Egyptian Foreign Minister, Sameh Shoukry, Egypt renewed its demand for the return of the Assad regime to the Arab League. Shoukry said, in a press conference with Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, on Monday, that “it is necessary for Syria to return to the Arab League …

On Wednesday, the US Special Deputy Envoy to Syria, David Brownstein, discussed with officials of the Foreign Relations Department of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES) about the latter’s participation in the political process and ways of a political solution in Syria. The Foreign Relations website reported …

Two Syrian regime troops were killed in an attack on Wednesday in the restive southern province of Daraa, while others were reportedly killed in an ambush by opposition forces in the Idleb province in northwestern Syria. Syrian media activist Mohammed al-Horani told The New Arab’s Arabic-language service that unknown assailants …

Sources of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said, from inside eastern Ghouta in the countryside of the capital, Damascus, that merchants who hail from the city of al-Mayadin in Deir-ez-Zor, who are directly affiliated with the local Abbas Brigade militia, loyal to the Iranian forces, and working under …

A drone attack on Irbil airport in northern Iraq, where US forces are stationed, and a rocket attack on a military compound in the nearby town of Bashiqa, where Turkish troops are deployed, took place on Wednesday. The latter resulted in the death of a Turkish soldier and injured a …