March 20, 2017 7:12 p.m. ET Recep Tayyip Erdogan is burning more of his bridges to the West. The Turkish strongman over the weekend escalated his war of words against Europe and especially Germany, …
Turkish authorities have detained 740 people for suspected links to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) over the last three days, state media reported on Saturday citing an Interior Ministry source. Authorities carried out …
The Libyan National Army pressed its offensive against militiamen in central Libya on Wednesday, one day after recapturing two key oil ports in a lightning offensive. Fighting for Sidra, Libya’s biggest oil port, and …
ISTANBUL: Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday accused the EU of starting a “crusade” against Islam and said his country was no longer friends with The Netherlands, further souring relations. Turkey and the EU …
By SHARMINE NARWANI • March 15, 2017 The USS McCampbell and aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan in the Persian Gulf. (Wikimedia Commons) BEIRUT—After weeks of saber-rattling over Iran as the “number one terrorist state” …
Saudi Arabia hailed a “historical turning point” in U.S.-Saudi relations after a meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman highlighted the two leaders’ shared view that Iran posed …
By Tuvan Gumrukcu and Thomas Escritt | ANKARA/ROTTERDAM The Netherlands barred Turkish ministers from speaking in Rotterdam on Saturday in a row over Ankara’s political campaigning among Turkish emigres, leading President Tayyip Erdogan to …
By Shadia Nasralla | VIENNA Four planned Turkish political meetings in Austria were canceled on Friday in the latest signs of unease across Europe over a series of campaign events to rally support among …
By THOMAS GROVE in Moscow and RORY JONES in Tel Aviv March 9, 2017 12:11 p.m. ET Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks Thursday with visiting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, amid concern in …
A bill that would regulate the traditional use of loudspeakers for the Muslim call to prayer passed its first legislative hurdle in Israel’s Parliament on Wednesday, provoking frustration and anger among some Arab lawmakers. …
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