Turkish officials denounced a US decision to impose sanctions on Turkey over its purchase of the Russian S-400 missile defense system. Criticizing the move, Vice President Fuat Oktay said the sanctions will only boost the country's determination to strengthen its national interests and...

Turkey confirmed 29,617 more COVID-19 infections, including 5,064 symptomatic patients, over the past 24 hours, according to Health Ministry data released Monday. The total number of cases reached over 1.86 million with the latest additions, the data showed. At least 28,164 patients...

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani defended on Monday the execution of a prominent dissident journalist based in France and captured by Iran last year, saying the death sentence passed on Ruhollah Zam was carried out lawfully. European countries "have the right to comment, but Zam was...

The border region between Lebanon and Syria in Baalbek-Hermel in eastern Lebanon often experiences security tensions that rise and fall depending on the smuggling operations being carried out there. On Saturday, Syrian army border guards fired at a number of young men at one of the...