Fighters from the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, have begun laying down their weapons in a symbolic ceremony marking the ...

A group of 30 Kurdish fighters have ceremonially burned their weapons in northern Iraq, marking a major step toward ending a ...

Israel's war with Iran signaled the latest shift toward a new regional order that Turkey finds undesirable. Ankara is responding accordingly. The post For Turkey, the ‘New' Middle East Is Cause for ...

Lebanon has no plans to have normal relations with Israel at the present time, and Beirut’s main aim is to reach a “state of ...

The latest crop of 14 new ambassadors in Washington includes diplomats from two former Soviet republics, two Caribbean nations, three African countries and three Arab ones.

A core misconception about Israel’s policy since Oct. 7 is that the country has favored military action at the expense of diplomacy. The truth is that it’s Israel’s decisive battlefield victories that ...

The UN-backed plan to get Syrians to return from Lebanon will provide financial incentives to help kickstart the initiative.

For decades, Lebanon has been torn apart by internal division and external conflict. There may currently be a narrow window ...

A U.S. envoy says he is satisfied with Lebanon’s response to a proposal to disarm Hezbollah. Speaking Monday after meeting ...

A U.S. envoy said on Monday he was "unbelievably satisfied" with Lebanon's reply to a U.S. proposal on disarming Hezbollah, ...

Ambitious state-owned player Turkish Petroleum has struck a tentative deal to carry out exploration activities offshore Libya. This is the latest overseas foray by the big Istanbul-based ...