Turkish police have arrested 13 foreign national suspects allegedly planning terror attacks targeting New Year’s celebrations on behalf of Daesh, said security sources on Tuesday, reports Anadolu Agency. Early...

A formal criminal investigation into war crimes allegations in Palestine is a “momentous step forward in the quest for accountability,” a UN human rights expert said Tuesday of the...

The prize money of Turkey’s 2018 grand New Year lottery was forfeited after its winner failed to emerge within the sum’s validity period. An official from the state-organized lottery told Anadolu Agency...

Middle East Monitor takes a look at some of the biggest stories from the Middle East and North Africa in 2019

US President Donald Trump accused Iran of orchestrating the violence and said Tehran would be held responsible

The Arab League urged the warring sides in Libya on Tuesday not to do anything that might enable the deployment of foreign fighters in the North African country and...

The United States has no plans to evacuate its embassy in Baghdad and additional forces are being sent following violent demonstrations outside the compound by protesters and militia fighters...

This New Year will mark a century since the historic Treaty of Versailles was put into effect, creating the borders of much of the contemporary world and enabling the...

When the Palestinian Authority applied for approval from the occupying power, Israel declared that it has “no position” on the issue of permitting Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem to...

The people of Baghdad start preparing for 2020

Only a few hours left until 2020, and the people of Gaza are making their new year's resolutions

The Israeli occupation government practices the worst forms of organised terrorism against the Palestinian people, including theft, destruction, forgery, looting and seizing Palestinian rights. These practices are evidence of...

A squabble broke out between supporters of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Likud rival Gideon Sa’ar during an event to light the eighth and final candle of...

It was reported yesterday that a spy drone belonging to the Saudi-led coalition was shot down by the Yemen armed forces allied with the Houthi movement, the third such...

Once considered a hero in Japan for turning around global car giant Nissan, businessman Carlos Ghosn has fled to Lebanon escaping what he called 'injustice and political persecution'

Several Ahwazis wrongly arrested by Iranian regime forces for being in the same area as anti-regime protesters during the recent demonstrations said they were subjected to torture during their...

Saudi Arabia has agreed to lend its weight on the issue of Kashmir by holding a special meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to discuss concerns related...

Iraq’s Shia cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr has declared that he is willing to work with the Iranian-supported Popular Mobilisation Forces (Hashd Al-Shaabi) paramilitary forces – his political rivals – to...

Egyptian whistleblower Mohamed Ali confirmed a consensus document has been composed in collaboration with opposition politicians living in exile, to address the urgent long-term economic reforms needed in Egypt;...

Donations to the legal fund of the 19-year-old Brit accused of lying about her rape by 12 Israeli men have soared to over £76,000 ($100,437) after a Cypriot court...

It’s that time of year again when vast amounts of money are spent on celebrating the New Year. Nowadays that often means wasteful firework displays with money quite literally...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that the country has succeeded in foiling plots to exclude it from participating in the Eastern Mediterranean region. In his address to...

Israel’s GDP was estimated at $387 billion in 2019, compared with $370 billion the previous year, and is expected to be $410 billion by the end of 2020. The...

Iranian government spokesman Ali Rabei yesterday denied reports his country was involved in the recent deadly attack on US forces in Iraq. “We strongly deny any role in the...

Gaza still needs $280 million to rebuild homes demolished during Israel’s 2014 offensive on the enclave, head of the Popular Committee Against the Israeli Siege on Gaza, MP Jamal...

Hezbollah Deputy Secretary-General Naim Qassem yesterday warned of what he said were “attempts to besiege” the Prime Minister-designate Hassan Diab in an effort to force Lebanon into a political...

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said yesterday that his country’s position on the nuclear agreement is unified with Russia and China. Speaking during a press conference with his...

More than 19 Palestinian families have taken refuge in caves in the Al-Mufqara village near Hebron to escape Israeli aggression. Fifty-year-old Mohammed Hassan said he moved to the cave...

At least 49 Syrian families took refuge in a mosque in the city of Idlib to escape the Syrian regime’s bombardment against civilians in the city, the Anadolu Agency...

A mere two days before the International Criminal Court’s Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda announced an investigation into Israel’s war crimes against the Palestinian people (as well as those alleged...

At least 25 people were killed in weekend US air strikes on positions of Kataib Hezbollah, an Iranian-backed militia group, in Iraq and Syria

The majority of Israelis oppose granting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu immunity over the corruption charges against him, Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported yesterday. According to the poll conducted by Israel’s...