Ankara’s stance regarding Iran is “clear”, says President Recep Erdogan, adding Türkiye is always on the side of peace, not war.
The statement said the suspension is a “temporary precautionary measure” based on a continuous security assessment.
Six members of Iraq’s paramilitary forces were killed and three others wounded in an unidentified airstrike in northern Iraq early Tuesday.
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The Iranian military said it had targeted Kurdish groups in neighbouring Iraq.
Chris Van Hollen, a U.S. senator representing Maryland, has accused President Donald Trump of dragging America into a reckless armed conflict with Iran.
In neighbouring Iraq, the Islamic Resistance in Iraq, an umbrella body of pro-Iranian militias, said it launched coordinated attacks on what it described as enemy bases.
The U.S. embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, was hit by two drones as Iran intensifies retaliatory attacks targeted at American bases and embassies across Middle Eastern countries.
Protests have erupted once more in Baghdad amid the military escalation in the region.
The U.S. government has urged Americans to immediately leave several Middle Eastern countries, including Israel and the UAE, due to serious safety risks.
France has thrown its weight behind countries along the Persian Gulf and in Jordan in the Middle East against Iran’s provocations.
