Middle East

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – The death toll in Turkey due to the coronavirus rose to nine, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said…

President Emmanuel Macron announced Saturday that Iran has freed a French researcher imprisoned in the Islamic republic after France released…

DUBAI (Reuters) – Uber Technologies has suspended the option to book regular taxi services through its app in Saudi Arabia…

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday that social distancing measures to combat the coronavirus outbreak in…

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Air raid sirens echoed across Jordan’s capital early Saturday to mark the start of a three-day…

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in a speech on state television for the Persian New Year,…

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s leaders vowed to overcome the new coronavirus outbreak in upbeat messages marking the Persian New…

BEIRUT (Reuters) — Syria, already shattered by nine years of war, has banned entry for foreigners arriving from many countries…

ISTANBUL/ANKARA (Reuters) — Shops closed across Turkey on Thursday to help halt the coronavirus spread, dimming the economy’s prospects and…

WASHINGTON/DUBAI (Reuters) — The United States sent Iran a blunt message this week: the spread of the coronavirus will not…