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Turkey can’t have safe zone without Assad’s consent: Russia
Middle East

Turkey can’t have safe zone without Assad’s consent: Russia

MOSCOW/SOCHI (Reuters) – Russia told Turkey on Thursday it had no right to create a “safe zone” inside Syria unless…
Pompeo urges new era of cooperation in Middle East meeting
Middle East

Pompeo urges new era of cooperation in Middle East meeting

WARSAW (Reuters) – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called on Thursday for a new era of cooperation on the…
US says ex-intel official defected to Iran, revealed secrets
Middle East

US says ex-intel official defected to Iran, revealed secrets

A former US Air Force counterintelligence specialist who defected to Iran despite warnings from the FBI has been charged with…
Khamenei says talks with US can only ‘harm’ Iran
Middle East

Khamenei says talks with US can only ‘harm’ Iran

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said Wednesday that negotiations with the US “will bring nothing but…
World court to rule on Iran’s billions of frozen assets in US
Middle East

World court to rule on Iran’s billions of frozen assets in US

The International Court of Justice on Wednesday will give its decision on a bid by Iran to recover $2 billion…
Netanyahu hopes summit brings Arab ties out in open
Middle East

Netanyahu hopes summit brings Arab ties out in open

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The Mideast conference in Poland starting Wednesday offers Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu an opportunity to…
Iran-backed groups corner Iraq’s postwar scrap metal market
Middle East

Iran-backed groups corner Iraq’s postwar scrap metal market

MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – The wrecks of vehicles used by Islamic State militants as car bombs and other metal debris…
Hundreds flee US-backed Syria battle for last ISIS holdout
Middle East

Hundreds flee US-backed Syria battle for last ISIS holdout

The ferocious battle for the Islamic State group’s last bastion in eastern Syria entered its fifth day on Wednesday, as…
Iranian-Americans nurture new generations after revolution
Society

Iranian-Americans nurture new generations after revolution

IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — Like many other Iranian-Americans, Minoo Sharifan came to the United States from Iran in the 1970s…
Acting Pentagon chief visits Iraq, discusses Syria withdrawal
Middle East

Acting Pentagon chief visits Iraq, discusses Syria withdrawal

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Acting US Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan arrived in Baghdad on Tuesday for an unannounced visit to Iraq…
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