Two Turkish soldiers were killed and two others wounded in areas of northern Syria under Ankara's control to keep out jihadists and Kurdish rebels, the defense ministry tweeted Sunday (July 25).
Jordan's health ministry announced Saturday (July 24) that Covid-19 vaccines will now be available for children aged 12 and above.
Iran on Saturday (July 24) rejected "false accusations" by the UN rights chief on protests over water shortages in the country's southwest, where at least four people have been killed since last week.
Four members of Iran's Revolutionary Guards were killed during a clash with "bandits" in the country's southeast border region, the official IRNA news agency said on Saturday (July 24).
Lebanon's deepening economic crisis has piled pressure on hospitals, leaving them ill-equipped to face any new wave of the coronavirus, a top hospital director has warned.
An Azerbaijani soldier died and three Armenian troops were wounded Friday (July 23) in the latest incident between the countries since their war over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region last year.
The World Heritage Committee of the UN's cultural agency UNESCO on Friday (July 23) asked Turkey to submit by early next year a report about the state of conservation of the Hagia Sophia, expressing "grave concern" over the consequences of its conversion into a mosque.
The UN Security Council on Friday (July 23) condemned Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's call for two states in Cyprus and a move to reopen a resort emptied of Greek Cypriots, calling for a "just" settlement with a united country under a "bizonal" federation, diplomats said.
A migrant boat carrying 45 people sank off southwest Turkey and the coast guard was scouring the sea for survivors, the Turkish defence ministry said Friday (July 23).
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned residents of the drought-hit southwest Friday (July 23) not to give ammunition to the enemy after a week of protests that has seen at least three deaths.
The shortages and currency crunch in Lebanon could lead to a collapse of the mains water supply in Lebanon within a month, the UN's Children Fund warned Friday (July 23).
Iran is using unlawful and excessive force in a crackdown against protests over water shortages in its oil-rich but arid southwestern Khuzestan province, international rights groups said on Friday (July 23).
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Thursday (July 22) citizens have "the right" to demonstrate, after days of protests against water shortages in southwestern Khuzestanprovince in which three people have been killed.
The Syrian army shelled the Idlib region Thursday (July 22) killing seven civilians, three of them children, in its third deadly bombardment of the rebel bastion in a week, a monitor said.
Iran has opened its first oil export terminal outside the strategic Strait of Hormuz, a chokepoint patrolled by warships of its arch foe the US, President Hassan Rouhani announced Thursday (July 22).
Syria's air defenses intercepted Israeli missiles over Homs province early Thursday (July 22), the second airstrike this week, Syrian state media reported.
Turkey faced outrage from Western powers on Wednesday (July 21) after it called for two states in Cyprus and moved to reopen a resort emptied of Greek Cypriots, with the United States saying it would haul its NATO ally before the UN Security Council.
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan insisted Tuesday (July 20) on a two-state solution in Cyprus and threw his weight behind plans for a coastal resort that was emptied of its original Greek Cypriot residents to be partially reopened.
A police officer was shot dead in southwestern Iran, state media reported Wednesday (July 21), following nearly a week of protests against water shortages in the drought-hit region.
President Joe Biden on Monday (July 19) hosted Jordan's King Abdullah II for talks at the White House, where he said the United States aimed to boost cooperation between the strategic partners.