Turkey to deport Kurdish asylum seeker suffering from cancer
Turkey wants to deport Afshin Sohrabzadeh, a Kurdish political activist to Iran, his wife Fereshteh Tajmiri told Avatoday.
Middle East
Iran, Saudi Arabia hold direct talk to discuss regional issues
Iran and Saudi Arabia have reportedly been holding direct talks in Baghdad to restore relations and end the Yemen civil war.
Israel says it will do whatever it takes to prevent Iran reaching nuclear bomb
Israel’s foreign minister vowed on Friday that they will stop Iran from building a nuclear weapon, The Times of Israel reported.
Monitoring group: Israel attacks warehouse, pro-Iranian militias in Syria
Syrian Observatory Human Rights activists have documented new Israeli bombardment on military positions belonging to Iranian-backed militias near Damascus in the early hours of Thursday morning, the group’s website reported.
Four Iranian asylum seekers in Turkey face deportation to Iran
Leili Faraji, Mohammad Pourakbari Kermani, Zeinab Sahafi, and Esmaeil Fattahi, four Iranian asylum seekers in Turkey who have been arrested on April 5 face deportation to Iran, sayid Asylum Seekers’ Council in a statement.
Reports blame Israel for attack on Iranian vessel
An Iranian military vessel stationed in the Red Sea was damaged apparently by an Israeli mine attack on Tuesday, The New York Times reported.
Israel blames Iran for missile attack on its ship
Iran fired a missile at an Israeli vessel in the Arabian Sea, an Israeli news reported Thursday.
Iran-backed militias seize nearly 40 houses and shops in Syria
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) on Wednesday cited “reliable sources” saying Iranian-backed militias have taken over a large number of shops and houses in Al-Mayadeen city in the eastern countryside of Deir Ezzor.
Saudi Arabia offers ceasefire to Iran-backed militias in Yemen
Saudi Arabia on Monday announced a plan to offer Yemen's Houthi rebels a ceasefire to halt the country's years of war and allow a major airport to reopen in its capital, AP reported.
AP: Tehran threatens US Army post and top general
Associated Press on Sunday cited two senior US intelligence officials declaring that Iran has made threats against Fort McNair, an Army post in the US capital, and against the Army’s vice chief of staff.