Middle Orient

Turkish forces launched an unprovoked attack in Hassakeh, which destroyed an armored personnel carrier that belonged to the Syrian Arab Army reports Al-Masdar.

In recent weeks, Israeli attacks on Syrian territories especially the southern parts in the vicinity of the Golan Heights have intensified. This comes as the Israeli forces have recently increased their presence in the Golan Heights following an unprecedented visit to the Syrian occupied territory on November 19 by the …

Here’s What You Need to Remember: News that the President-elect Joe Biden has tapped Tony Blinken as Secretary of State however may lead Iran to wonder if it should attempt a move before Trump leaves office or after. Tehran is not going to get a pushover administration in Washington, despite …

Khalil al-Haya, a member of the Political Bureau of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), said that those behind the assassination of the scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh will pay the price sooner or later, “and those who mess with the fire burn with it.”

Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) said that the US seeks to plunder Syrian oil, maintain the security of the Zionist regime, and expand ISIL terrorist cells in the region by being present in Syria.

The Islamic Republic has given contradictory details of Fakhrizadeh’s death in a daytime Nov. 27 ambush on his car on a highway near Tehran. The killing of Iran’s top nuclear scientist last month was carried out remotely with artificial intelligence and a machine gun equipped with a “satellite-controlled smart system,” …

Clashes in the West Bank injured several Palestinians just days after a minor was shot and killed by IDF fire. Undercover Border Police officers and Palestinians were injured in clashes in the West Bank village of Kalandiya on Monday, just days after a Palestinian teenager was killed by IDF fire …

Turkey’s annual inflation hit 14.03% in November, well above forecasts, raising pressure on the nation’s new Central Bank governor to impose tight monetary policies. Turkey’s annual inflation rose higher than expected in November, climbing to 14.03% according to data released Thursday by the Turkish Statistical Institute.

The Israeli Jerusalem Municipality yesterday demolished a historic stairway which leads to the Al-Aqsa Mosque’s Lions’ Gate (Bab Al-Asbat) and the Old City of Jerusalem.

The success in drone warfare conducted by Turkey and Azerbaijan is a cause of concern for Europe and should force it to consider its options, a senior policy fellow and analyst at the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) has warned.