Saudi Arabia and Iran agree to reopen embassies during Beijing talks on resumption of diplomatic ties | CNN
Hong Kong CNN — Saudi Arabia’s and Iran’s Foreign Ministers met in Beijing on Thursday to discuss key details in...
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US bolsters forces in Middle East following series of attacks on US troops in Syria | CNN Politics
CNN — The US has bolstered its military forces in the Middle East following a series of attacks on US...
A quake of unthinkable proportions is due in Istanbul. Residents ask if the city is prepared | CNN
Editor’s Note: A version of this story first appeared in CNN’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, a three-times-a-week look...
China has shattered the assumption of US dominance in the Middle East | CNN
CNN — With a grandiose diplomatic flourish China brokered a rapprochement between Saudi Arabia and Iran, in the process upending...
Iran arrests more than 100 people over suspected poisonings of schoolgirls | CNN
CNN — Iran has arrested more than 100 people “in connection with” the suspected poisoning of hundreds of schoolgirls across...
Opinion: China’s new role: relationship coach on the world stage | CNN
Editor’s Note: David A. Andelman, a contributor to CNN, twice winner of the Deadline Club Award, is a chevalier of...
Iran and Saudi Arabia signal the start of a new era, with China front and center | CNN
London CNN — When Saudi Arabia and Iran buried the hatchet in Beijing on Friday, it was a game-changing moment...
US sanctions top Iranian officials over “serious” human rights abuses against women and girls in prisons | CNN Politics
Washington CNN — The Biden administration took action Wednesday against several Iranian officials and entities for committing human rights abuses...
Turkey’s earthquake caused $34 billion in damage. It could cost Erdogan the election | CNN
Editor’s Note: A version of this story first appeared in CNN’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, a three-times-a-week look...
Wave of suspected poison attacks on schoolgirls sparks protests in Iran | CNN
Worried parents protested in Iran’s capital Tehran and other cities on Saturday over a wave of suspected poison attacks that...
Near bomb-grade level uranium found in Iranian nuclear plant, says IAEA report | CNN
Abu Dhabi, UAE CNN — Uranium particles enriched to near bomb-grade levels have been found at an Iranian nuclear facility,...
Isolated Iran finds ally China reluctant to extend it a lifeline | CNN
Editor’s Note: A version of this story appears in today’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, CNN’s three-times-a-week look inside...
Hackers interrupt Iran president’s TV speech on anniversary of revolution | CNN
The Islamic Republic marked the 44th anniversary of the Iranian revolution on Saturday with state-organized rallies, as anti-government hackers briefly...
Iran frees dissident Farhad Meysami after photos of his emaciated condition cause outrage online | CNN
CNN — An Iranian doctor and rights activist has been released from Tehran’s infamous Evin prison one week after photographs...
Iran pardons or commutes sentence of ‘large’ number of prisoners, state media reports | CNN
CNN — Iran will pardon or commute the sentences of a large number of prisoners as part of an annual...
Netanyahu outlines vision for two-state solution — without Palestinian sovereignty | CNN
Editor’s Note: A version of this story appears in today’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, CNN’s three-times-a-week look inside...
Blinken visit reaches new urgency as Israeli, Palestinian tensions boil | CNN
Editor’s Note: A version of this story appears in today’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, CNN’s three-times-a-week look inside...
Drones attack military plant in Iran, Tehran says | CNN
CNN — Drones attacked a military plant in Iran’s central city of Isfahan, Tehran said on Sunday. “An explosion has...
The world looks on as Erdogan jockeys for a third decade of power in Turkey | CNN
Editor’s Note: A version of this story first appeared in CNN’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, a three-times-a-week look...
Iran’s amassed enough material for ‘several nuclear weapons,’ says IAEA chief | CNN
Abu Dhabi CNN — Diplomatic efforts to prevent Iran developing a nuclear weapon should restart, said International Atomic Energy Agency...
