More than 2,000 people have been killed across the Middle East since the United States and Israel launched attacks on Iran on Feb. 28, with several neighboring countries drawn into the widening conflict. Here are the ⁠death tolls reported by Sunday, over two ⁠weeks into the conflict. Reuters has not independently verified the figures. IRAN - The most recent death toll, reported by state media on Monday, was at least 1,270 people. But Iran's ambassador to the U.N. said on Marc

The U.S.-Israel-Iran war has no prospects of ending any time soon, as Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan acknowledged that there was no serious initiative to resume negotiations between the U.S. and Iran, but he added that he believed Iran was open to back-channel talks. The comments by Fidan to The Associated Press (AP) in an exclusive interview came as Ankara is striving to stay out of the widening war in the Middle East . Ankara, which has good relations with both Washington and

Türkiye's Defense Ministry on Friday confirmed a third ballistic missile fired from Iran was shot down, saying Ankara was asking Tehran for clarification. "A ballistic munition launched from Iran and entering Turkish airspace was neutralized by NATO air and missile defense assets deployed in the Eastern Mediterranean," the ministry said in a statement. It assured all necessary measures were being taken and said Ankara was in touch with Tehran to clarify “all aspects of the in