Airbus announced Wednesday that the U.S. government has granted it a license to sell the first 17 airplanes involved in a landmark deal with Iran made possible by last year’s nuclear agreement. The announcement comes as Iranian leaders and U.S. officials are gathered this week in New York for...
At least 120 Palestinians in Israeli jails have begun an open-ended hunger strike to demand the release of three fellow prisoners who continue to languish in "administrative dentition", the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)'s committee on detainees said Tuesday. In a statement, the...
Israeli army announced Tuesday that one of its warplanes had "intercepted" an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) over the coast of the Gaza Strip. According to an Israeli army statement, the unarmed UAV -- which, it claimed, belonged to Palestinian resistance movement Hamas -- had been under...
Jordan's moderate Islamist opposition could emerge from Tuesday's parliamentary election with renewed influence after surviving government attempts to ban it as part of a wider crackdown on political Islam. The group could win up to a fifth of seats in the parliament after ditching its...
Seven wounded Free Syrian Army (FSA) fighters were brought to a hospital in southern Turkey, a security source said Tuesday. According to the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to restrictions on talking to media, the fighters were injured in clashes with Daesh terrorists...
Turkey's leading operator Turkcell has developed a mobile application for over 3 million Syrian refugees in the country, the company said in a statement on Tuesday. "Hello Hope" app aims to teach basic Turkish words and expressions both in written and spoken formats to ease the daily lives...
The number of refugees trying to reach Greek islands from Turkey via the Aegean Sea rose by 90 percent in August compared to previous month in the same year when Turkey and EU agreed on a refugee deal, according to Turkish Coast Guard data. Trying to make a perilous journey across the Aegean...
A Palestinian teen was shot dead by Israeli forces Tuesday in the latest spate of alleged knife attacks in Israel-occupied West Bank. The Israeli military said in a statement the alleged assailant attempted to stab a soldier at a checkpoint near the town of Bani Naim, in the Hebron district...
Two children were wounded in a PKK terror attack in eastern Turkey late Monday. PKK terrorists attacked a police building in the Ipekyolu district of Van province with rockets and gunfire, according to security sources who spoke on condition of anonymity. The windows of a nearby house...
The Turkish military said on Monday Free Syrian Army (FSA) fighters had taken control of two residential areas from Daesh. In a statement, the Turkish General Staff said the Sandarah and Kardish areas, located in Syria's Al-Rai town, were taken as part of Operation Euphrates Shield. This...
The Saudi authorities have thwarted a plan by the Daesh terrorist group to carry out attacks in different parts of the country, the Saudi Interior Ministry announced Monday. The official Saudi Press Agency quoted Ministry Spokesman Mansour al-Turki as saying that authorities had arrested...
Turkey "has no eye on the territory of any other country" and its cross border operation in Syria is part of the country’s "right to self-defense" said Chief of General Staff Hulusi Akar on Monday. Speaking at a Veterans' Day ceremony in Ankara, Akar said the Operation Euphrates Shield "is...
On Sept. 1, half a dozen Hamas security officials called at the home of Mohammed Othman, a young journalist in Gaza who had written several probing articles. They seized two laptops, two mobile phones and took Othman away for questioning. Twenty-four hours later, after what he described as...
Turkey’s government ran a budget surplus of 3.6 billion Turkish liras ($1.2 billion) in August and 4.9 billion liras ($1.64 billion) in January-August, said Turkish Finance Minister Naci Agbal on Monday. “Public finance is the main anchor that the foundation of the solid Turkish...
A Palestinian was shot and injured in Jerusalem on Monday morning after allegedly attacking two Israeli police officers with a knife, according to Israeli police sources. One police officer was seriously injured in the alleged knife attack -- which occurred near the Old City of Jerusalem's...
Turkey-backed rebels may extend their zone of control in northern Syria by pushing south and were now focused on heading toward the Islamic State-held town of al-Bab, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday. Speaking at a news conference before departing for New York where he is due...
Turkish fighter jets destroyed three Daesh targets in northern Syria late Sunday, according to military sources. A weapons depot, a shelter, and the terrorist organization's purported headquarters in Syria's Baragitah/Sandarah regions were destroyed, said the sources, speaking on condition...
Israeli police have detained 20 Arab Israelis belonging to the Balad political party after an investigation into their finances. A police statement said they detained officials, activists, lawyers and accountants during Sunday morning raids. It said the party was suspected of hiding the...
Palestinian group Hamas has reiterated that the group’s deputy leader, Ismail Haniyeh, will return to the Gaza Strip following his current visit to Qatar. Haniyeh left Gaza earlier this month for Saudi Arabia to perform the annual Muslim Hajj pilgrimage, amid reports that he plans to...
At least three PKK terrorists were killed by Turkish security forces near the border with Iraq in southeastern Turkey’s Sirnak province, a military source told Anadolu Agency. According to the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to restrictions on talking to the media, the...
