Analysts of the Israeli occupation of Palestine have long said that the state is moving towards a system of apartheid. This is particularly evident in the West Bank, where...

This month, Egypt's former President, Mohamed Morsi, was sentenced to death. He was among more than 100 defendants given the death penalty for their role in a mass jailbreak...

Over the years, the Camp David retreat near Washington has been the site of many talks about peace in the Middle East. It was the venue for the 1978...

This week, talks will take place between Arab and American leaders, at the presidential retreat of Camp David, near Washington. The summit is designed to strengthen the security relationship...

Thousands of Ethiopian Jews live in Israel, many of them airlifted into the country secretly in two separate operations in 1984 and 1990 that helped them to escape famine...

In December 2013, Canadian-Egyptian journalist Mohamed Fahmy, Australian reporter Peter Greste, and Egyptian producer Baher Mohamed were arrested in Cairo. They were convicted of promoting or belonging to a...

Saudi Arabia's government is hardly known for its dynamism; since most senior roles are filled by members of the royal family there is not a lot of movement and...

On Thursday, the bodies recovered from the Mediterranean's worst-ever migrant disaster were buried in Malta. There were only 24 coffins, although an estimated 800 people died. None of the...

It has been nearly a month since a Saudi-led coalition began a bombing campaign against Houthi rebels in Yemen. Since then, around 950 people have died, with nearly 3,500...

In the early hours of Monday morning, a bomb exploded at the gate of the Moroccan embassy in Tripoli, the capital of Libya. A few hours before that, gunmen...

On paper, Egypt and Turkey are the ideal allies; they share strong religious, cultural and historical ties. Egypt was part of the Ottoman Empire for five centuries, both countries...

For the last fortnight, airstrikes by a coalition led by Saudi Arabia have pounded Yemen. The stated aim of the strikes is to attack the Houthi rebels, the mainly...

In recent weeks, the relationship between Israel and its staunch ally the US has been severely strained. The initial catalyst was Israel's opposition to the nuclear deal with Iran...

Since Yemen's dictator Ali Abdullah Saleh was ousted in 2012, the country has more or less been defined by unrest. Over the past year, this has accelerated. The Shia...

Benjamin Netanyahu has been described as the magician of Israeli politics. That reputation appears to be intact after he swept to an unexpected victory in the country's national elections....

The 31 March deadline for a deal between Iran and six world powers is fast approaching. This latest round of negotiations over Iran's nuclear programme has been ongoing for...

In January, Syria crossed another milestone: the country overtook Afghanistan to become the biggest source of refugees in the world. After four years of civil war, more than 200,000...

Ever since Palestine made moves towards joining the Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) in early January, it has faced a major backlash. Israel has withheld millions of dollars in...

Benjamin Netanyahu's decision to accept a Republican invite to address Congress without consulting the White House plunged US-Israel relations to new lows. More than 50 Democratic lawmakers, outraged at...

The relationship between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA) has never been an easy one, but has been in a particularly bad state since last April, when Mahmoud Abbas's...

When the Zaidi Shia militia group of Houthi rebels seized control of Yemen's presidential palace last month, it was looked upon as a coup d'état. President Abd Rabbu Mansour...

Ever since Muammar Gaddafi was deposed in 2011, rival militias have been battling for control of Libya. In recent days, the long-running crisis has deepened. On Monday 16 February,...

With an election looming, the last thing any politician wants is an expenses scandal. Yet that is exactly what has happened in Israel, where a damning report into Prime...

This March will be the fourth anniversary of the civil war in Syria, which has seen more than 200,000 people killed and 9 million displaced. World leaders called for...

Israel and the US have a longstanding alliance; political leaders from both countries regularly visit the other for talks and to make speeches. But a speech by Israeli Prime...

When the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) seized control of huge swathes of Iraq last summer, it was hoped that this grave threat to the country's security might lead...

The political situation in Yemen has been declining steadily for some months now. On Thursday, 22 January, it collapsed, with the Houthi rebels effectively seizing control of the government...

At last week's World Economic Forum in Davos, the Egyptian president, Abdul Fatah al-Sisi made a speech about the need for world leaders to unite against the global threat...

From the very early days of the Syrian war, the American government – along with other western administrations – has taken a strong position on the conflict. It called...

Is Yemen undergoing a coup? That's what government officials in the country have alleged after a heavy outbreak of fighting in the capital Sanaa. The mainly Shia rebel group,...

Raif Badawi is a liberal from Saudi Arabia. In 2006, he started a website, Free Saudi Liberals. Intended as a platform for serious political and social debate, it published...

The Syrian civil war has now been raging for nearly four years. The conflict has killed more than 200,000 people and has displaced nearly half the population of Syria;...