14+ hour, 33+ min ago   (74+ words) Middle East Eye Turkish foreign minister says Israel 'biggest obstacle' to Syria's development Turkish foreign minister, Hakan Fidan, has said that Israel is "the biggest obstacle" to Syria's development after the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime. His remarks during…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (337+ words) Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has called Israel's action in Gaza "state terrorism", but refused to apply the same yardstick to Pakistan and call India's neighbour a state sponsor of terror. In an exclusive interview with NDTV's Vishnu Som, Ibrahim…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (184+ words) Israel has appointed Joel Lion as its new charge d’affaires in Türkiye, while its embassy in Ankara remains largely inactive due to security concerns, an Israeli official told Middle East Eye. Lion, who previously served as Israel’s resident ambassador to…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (507+ words) "We will not allow any terrorist army to establish itself on our border," said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Syria's Mount Hermon. ERBIL, Kurdistan Region of Iraq - Syria on Wednesday condemned "in the strongest terms" an unauthorized visit by…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago   (604+ words) Turkish navy images show hull breach in wreck off İstanbul Northern Cyprus ferry death toll rises to 13, with 15 still missing Turkey begins repatriating 184 Turkish ISIL detainees held in Iraq US Treasury sanctions Turkish bank over alleged Iran ties Turkey raises…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (96+ words) Haaretz Responding to the recent wave of statements made by Israeli ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir and Israel Katz, the Arab and Muslim-majority countries said their statements 'gravely risk undermining prospects for stability in the region' The foreign ministers of eight countries…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (564+ words) Jerusalem’s top diplomat hit back after Ankara’s chief envoy called Netanyahu a criminal who takes pleasure in shedding blood and urged action to stop him. (JNS) Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar on Monday accused his Turkish counterpart of spreading “lies…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (183+ words) Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said Monday that the newly established trilateral alliance between Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan will be officially known as the “Mecca Defense Pact,” describing it as a new framework for regional security and collective defense....

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (30+ words) "The Mecca Joint Defense Agreement is not directed against a specific country," Fidan said, adding that the member states are considering establishing a mechanism to add new members....

2+ week, 4+ hour ago   (452+ words) Saudi Arabia signed the Mecca Joint Defense Agreement with Pakistan and Turkey on Aug. 7. The first ministerial-level defense pact between the three parties, a Saudi official called it “comprehensive, all military means”; Pakistan’s foreign minister said it was “purely defensive…...