Thousands of Turks gathered near Hagia Sophia early on Friday for the first prayers there since President Tayyip Erdogan declared the monument, revered by Christians and Muslims for almost 1,500 years, a mosque once again. Crowds formed at checkpoints surrounding the historic heart of...

The US said Thursday it had intercepted an Iranian passenger plane as it flew over Syria, after Iranian state television accused Israel of being behind the encounter. US Central Command, which oversees US operations in the Middle East, said an "F-15 on a routine air mission... conducted a...

The Kurdish self-administration on Thursday has recorded four coronavirus cases in northern Hasaka province, local official said. During a press conference in Qamishli city, co-hair of the Kurdish health board, Jwan Mustafa, confirmed that 3 women from Qamishli and a young man from...

Turkey’s president on Thursday unveiled the new nameplate for Hagia Sophia Mosque, the Istanbul icon due to reopen for prayers tomorrow for the first time in 86 years. Following a meeting on military matters in the capital Ankara, Recep Tayyip Erdogan and a delegation unveiled the...