Women hold 20 per cent of funds held in Saudi banks, worth more than $53 billion. "Women benefit from more than 66 investment funds, as well as other funding...

Jordanian MP Khalil Attiya stirred controversy on Sunday after calling for a new amnesty law to include those convicted of rape. During a legislative session Attiya demanded rape, molestation,...

Fireworks light up the sky during the new year celebrations in Jerusalem

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday that the United States would continue to cooperate with Israel over Syria and in countering Iran in the Middle East,...

Egyptian authorities said that terrorist attacks across the country have drastically declined in 2018, Anadolu Agency reports. "Year 2018 saw the lowest number of terrorist attacks compared to the...

Over 40,000 Syrians left Turkey over the last year for their hometowns liberated from terrorists in northwestern Syria. Taking refuge in Turkey due to civil war in Syria, a...

2018 was the worst for Gaza's economy

Middle East Monitor takes a look at some of the biggest stories from the Middle East and North Africa in 2018

A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a police station in Libya's southwestern town of Ghadwa, a local security source said Tuesday. The source, who spoke to Anadolu Agency...

Iraqi warplanes hit a meeting of Daesh leaders near Deir al-Zor in Syria on Monday, destroying the building they were gathered in, the military said in a statement reported...

Israeli naval forces on Tuesday detained two Palestinian fishermen off the coast of the blockaded Gaza Strip, according to a local official. " occupation gunboats chased a fishing boat...

A teenage Palestinian resistance icon and Malaysian prime minister have been named the Muslim persons of the year in the 2019 edition of the Muslim 500, a list of world's...

Israel has officially withdrawn from UN heritage agency UNESCO. In October 2017, Israel said it will quit the UN agency, citing what it described as UNESCO's "bias" toward the...

According to a Reuters report, Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Monday they plan to upgrade their speed boats in the Gulf with radar-evading stealth technology and new missile launchers...

Kuwait said on Monday it expected more Arab countries to reopen embassies in Damascus in "coming days" but added that the move would need a green light from the...

Sudanese security forces fired tear gas at hundreds of people trying to march to President Omar al-Bashir's Nile-side palace on Monday to protest against soaring prices and demand he...

The projected number of Palestinians in the world is 13.05 million, of whom 4.91 million are in the State of Palestine, 1.57 million in Israel, 5.85 million in Arab...

The Palestinian Information Ministry has reported that there are nineteen Palestinian journalists who are still imprisoned by Israel, in direct violation of various treaties and International Law. In a...

Syrian regime forces and Iran-backed terror groups intensified their attacks in Idlib province's de-escalation zone Monday despite a ceasefire agreement, according to a civil defence official. "Assad regime forces...

Food aid meant for starving Yemenis is being stolen and sold in some areas controlled by the Houthi movement, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said on Monday. The Houthis...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday he would not resign from office should the attorney general accept police recommendations to indict him before his side of the...