Middle East/Levant & Turkey

The alleged scheme began with multilingual call-center employees approaching potential investors

Turkey has a two-term limit, however, an incumbent president may run for a third term if approved by the Turkish parliament

Saudi Arabia discovers 110 million tonnes of uranium ore, which could be the largest source of uranium on Earth

A judicial decision to block websites and accounts of LGBTQ organizations, coinciding with raids and arrests of activists in Istanbul amid mounting human rights criticism

Demonstrators blocked roads across Raqqa, Hasakah and Deir ez-Zor as anger over rising fuel costs intensified, with reports that security forces fired live ammunition

The demolition of the Hezbollah base triggered seismic alarms at Israel’s National Geological Institute

Hezbollah MPs roundly condemned the US for 'interfering in Lebanese affairs'

Recent IDF operations in Lebanon have uncovered an increasing number of weapons caches and armories hidden in Shia schools

Only after determing force composition is Europe ready to define the mandate, authority, and operational framework on the ground

Tom Barrack stresses that the measure targets one institution, praises Turkey’s response and says the alliance will emerge stronger

Syria has suggested integrating the female fighters into the Interior Ministry, but not into combat roles

The disarmament progress made by Hezbollah on the ground is considered insufficient by Israel

US and coalition forces are expected to withdraw on September 30 with disarmament expected to occur before then

“It is time for Hezbollah to do what is best for Lebanon and the Lebanese people,” the US State Department said on X, calling on the group to surrender its weapons to the Lebanese state

The landmark transaction and a café in Damascus’s Old City signals Syria’s push to rejoin the global financial system after decades of sanctions and isolation

Sheikh Hikmat al-Hijri, considered the spiritual leader of the Druze community in Syria, called for the State of Israel to protect the Druze community.

Turkey's presence in Syria is a fact. Diplomatically and militarily. Israel needs to keep a vigilant eye on Turkey to better understand its true intentions

"These clans constitute, to a large extent, a crucial human and military reservoir that supplies Hezbollah with personnel and field capabilities at various junctures"

If Turkey is so afraid of a Kurdish-Israeli relationship, perhaps that relationship deserves to be taken more seriously.

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani said in a Reuters interview that contact between the two countries were cut entirely after Israel's recent strike on a Syrian airbase

Justice Minister Akin Gurlek says Ankara also seeks a notice for an Israeli official after a Turkish court issued arrest warrants on genocide charges

Jerusalem fears coordination with Ankara could constrain its freedom to strike as tensions rise over Turkey’s expanding role in Syria

"Netanyahu’s fall is only a matter of weeks," a Syrian source close to the regime tells i24NEWS, in hopes that a new government will be 'less aggressive'

“There’s an escalation, there’s an aggressive behavior coming from the Israeli side with actions, not only words, but actual actions"