Tag: Middle East
Saudi bans Lebanese produce because of drug smuggling
BEIRUT — Saudi Arabia will ban Lebanese fruits and vegetables entering the kingdom or passing through it because those shipments have been increasingly used...
Russia to resume flights to Egypt after 6-year hiatus
MOSCOW — Russia plans to resume direct flights to Egypt’s Red Sea resort towns more than six years after the downing of a Russian...
Officials say carrier to help protect Afghanistan pullout
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has decided to keep an aircraft carrier in the Middle East to help provide protection for American and coalition troops...
10,000 march in Armenian capital to commemorate killings
YEREVAN, Armenia — About 10,000 people held a torchlight parade in Armenia’s capital Friday to commemorate the estimated 1.5 million Armenians killed in Ottoman...
Biden speaks to Erdogan as Armenian genocide question looms
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden spoke with Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday as Biden is weighing whether to move forward with a...
Iraqi military: 3 rockets strike close to Baghdad airport
BAGHDAD — At least three rockets hit near Baghdad international airport late Thursday, the Iraqi military said.
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Syria receives batch of UN vaccines to speed up virus fight
DAMASCUS, Syria — The Syrian government received a batch of 203,000 COVID-19 vaccines Thursday, the health minister said, in a move aimed at speeding...
Pope meets with Lebanon’s PM-designate, urges end of crises
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis met Thursday with Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri and urged all of Lebanon's political leaders to “urgently commit themselves...
Sanctions-battered Iran, weary of pandemic, faces worst wave
TEHRAN, Iran — As Iran faces what looks like its worst wave of the coronavirus pandemic yet, Tehran commuters still pour into its subway...
Turkey probes cryptocurrency exchange for possible $2B fraud
ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish prosecutors launched an investigation into a cryptocurrency exchange Thursday over allegations it may have defrauded some 390,000 investors of an...