Nine Iraqis are dead, including two children, after the Turkish military shelled a popular tourist resort in the northern Kurdistan region, sparking angry protests and diplomatic condemnation in Iraq and across the world.
US President Joe Biden visits Israel and Saudi Arabia, announces air and sea deals between the Kingdom and the Jewish State in advance of Arab summit in Jeddah. Hamas responds with rocket fire into Israel.
Israel conducts two military operations over the Mediterranean, Yair Lapid takes office as Israeli prime minister, a series of earthquakes rocks southern Iran, Kurdish Peshmerga pushes back Iraqi army incursion near disputed gas field.
A major earthquake in eastern Afghanistan kills hundreds, a major political shakeup in Iraq’s parliament, anti-Israel parties reconcile in Syria, Turkey assassinates Kurdish politician in Iraqi Kurdistan.
