Turkey
Trump's Air Force One swap in Turkey caused by Iran-backed terrorist proxy threat - report
Trump initially said his decision to switch to an older Air Force One aircraft for his flight from Turkey to the UK was done "for old time's sake."
Turkey does not meet legal requirements to receive F-35, State Department says - exclusive
Byzantine gold artifacts help archaeologists uncover past of ship wrecked off Croatian coast
US Treasury sanctions Turkish, British-based Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas financial networks
Israel looks from the Mediterranean to India for a new strategic front to contain Iran - analysis
The concept of linking Israel to the Eastern Mediterranean and also to India via the Abraham Accords countries is one of the key elements of Israel’s regional and global outlook.
Azerbaijan chief rabbi asks Knesset to reconsider recognition of Armenian Genocide - exclusive
Rabbi Shneur Segal, Chief Rabbi of the Ashkenazi Jewish Community of Azerbaijan, sent the letter to Ofir Katz, Chairman of the Likud Faction, on Monday following the Israeli government's vote.
Netanyahu says he 'lost a little weight' since Oct. 7, changed Israel’s security doctrine
Netanyahu said Oct. 7 reshaped his security approach, defended buffer zones in enemy territory, and promised a third strike on Iran if needed to prevent it from obtaining nuclear weapons.
Erdogan ties 'genociding, expansionist, occupying' Zionism to threats to Turkey, 2016 coup attempt
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan claimed the 2016 FETO coup and ongoing threats to Turkey are linked to a “genocidal, occupying, and expansionist ideology called Zionism.”
Israeli gov't recognition of Armenian Genocide fulfills 'moral duty,' senior bishop says
“It means a lot for the State of Israel, for the Jewish people," Baghdasaryan said. "It was really the moral duty for the State of Israel to recognize the Armenian genocide.”
Is a new insurgency brewing? Kurdish rebels clash with IRGC in major border escalation - analysis
Tasnim News, which is an IRGC-affiliated network, reported that “two members of Iran’s IRGC were killed and two others were injured in an ‘armed terrorist attack.'"
Israel officially recognizes Armenian Genocide after decades of diplomatic friction - analysis
Israel’s recognition of the genocide has been decades in the making. It's been a strange aspect of Israel’s history that, for many years, the Armenian genocide was downplayed in official circles.
Turkey places site of Alexander the Great’s first battle with Persians under historic protection
Under the Çanakkale Regional Board for the Protection of Cultural Heritage’s decision, both the battlefield and its surrounding areas have gained the protected status.
House urges Trump to halt F-35 sale to Turkey over Israel partnership, Russian intel. concerns
"Hardly a day goes by that Erdogan doesn't call for the destruction of the State of Israel... we will also draw the attention of our American friends to these statements," Netanyahu said.
'Never too late': Israeli gov't unilaterally votes to recognize Armenian Genocide
Turkey denies that the massacres, imprisonment, and forced deportation of Armenians amounted to genocide, and Israel long avoided recognizing it as such due to diplomatic sensitivities.