Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said in a phone call with his Turkish counterpart that Iran is ready to expand bilateral relations in all fields, pointing out that the ties between the two countries should be …
Turkey has been involved in a new diplomatic maneuver on Syria before a set of crucial talks with its NATO ally the U.S. Following an unscheduled security meeting on the evening of Feb. 6, chaired …
Two major Iraqi Shiite groups backed by Iran are demanding all U.S. forces leave Iraq, opposing plans by Baghdad and Washington to keep some there for training and advisory purposes, Gulf News reports. An Iraqi …
Iraqi Kurds have given reassurances to Tehran that they will not allow Kurdish opposition groups to launch cross-border attacks from Iraqi Kurdistan, a major development in the warming up of relations between Erbil and Tehran. …
In May 2017, Major General Qassem Soleimani, chief of the Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps foreign operations branch known as the Qods Force, visited the Iraq-Syria border in the company of an Iran-backed Shia militia. A …
Iraqi forces are preparing an operation to consolidate control of an area near the Iran border to be used for the transit of Iraqi oil, two officials said on Monday, highlighting concern about mountainous terrain …
Iran has urged Turkey to stop its military offensive against Kurds in a northern region of Syria, claiming Ankara’s actions have breached the war-ravaged country’s sovereignty and helped to increase instability, Express reports. Last month …
Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said Sunday that Iran has held its end of the bargain by taking the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline to the Pakistani border, but Pakistan has not yet taken any action …
A former Turkish general who is now leading one of Turkey’s most important defense companies warned a Washington audience that the U.S. partnership with PKK’s Syrian offshoot People’s Protection Units (YPG) was pushing Turkey to …
After years of healthy trade in crude oil and petroleum products between Iran, Qatar, and Asian customers, the tide seems to be turning. This week, figures emerged showing a decline in oil exports from the two …
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