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December 24, 2017

Israel releases 3 Turks arrested in Jerusalem without charge

An Israeli court on Saturday freed without charge three Turks who had been arrested on suspicion of assaulting police outside Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, a police spokesman said. The...

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December 24, 2017

Turkey wants to bring wounded from Syria’s Ghouta for treatment

Turkey is working with Russia to evacuate around 500 people from the besieged Damascus suburb of eastern Ghouta, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday according to Reuters. “There...

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December 24, 2017

Labour should repudiate Emily Thornberry’s embrace of Israel

One of Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn’s few allies in the Parliamentary Labour Party has been Emily Thornberry. It was all the more disappointing, then, when she gave a...
December 24, 2017

Egypt FM to head to Ethiopia after Nile dam talks stall

Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry will visit Addis Ababa next week for talks with his Ethiopian counterpart, a foreign ministry spokesman said, in a bid to end a standoff...

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December 24, 2017

UAE’s NMC Healthcare in talks to run struggling Saudi hospital

London-listed NMC Healthcare is in talks with the Riyadh government to take over the running of a struggling Saudi hospital, according to four sources familiar with the matter, reports...

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December 24, 2017

Beirut activists hold vigil in tribute to murdered women

Dozens of people gathered outside Beirut’s national museum on Saturday evening to light candles for a British woman and three Arab women murdered in the past week in Lebanon....

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December 24, 2017

Palestinian Christians slam US Jerusalem recognition

Palestinian Christian religious leaders have decried US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital as an “insult” to Muslims and Christians around the world. “We, Palestinians, Christians and Muslims reject the...

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December 24, 2017

Macron: France ready to strengthen force in Sahel fighting militants

President Emmanuel Macron said on Saturday France stood ready if needed to strengthen its military force fighting alongside African troops against insurgents in the Sahel. France has been seeking...

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December 24, 2017

Egypt: Sisi announces launch of building project in Sinai

In the next two to three years, Egypt will embark on a $5.60 billion construction project in the Sinai peninsula, Reuters reports President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi as saying on...

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December 24, 2017

Turkey plans to change embassy street name in row with UAE

Turkey plans to change the name of the street where the embassy of the United Arab Emirates is located to Fahreddin Pasha, the historical figure at the centre of...

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