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July 12, 2017

Israel closes Gaza’s only commercial crossing

Israeli occupation authorities yesterday closed the Karm Abu Salem crossing, the only commercial junction to the Gaza Strip, Quds Press reported. The Palestinian public relations director of the crossing,...

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July 12, 2017

US commander warns of Daesh 2.0

Despite a “historic” victory in Mosul the war against Daesh is not over, a senior US commander in Iraq has warned. #MosulLiberation Lt Gen Stephen Townsend told BBC News...

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July 12, 2017

Turkey sent 200 cargo planes to Qatar since Gulf rift

Turkey has sent 197 cargo planes, 16 trucks and one ship to Qatar to meet its daily needs since a dispute broke out last month between Qatar and other...

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July 12, 2017

Palestinian woman strip searched and photographed by Israel soldiers

A female Palestinian prisoner was strip searched by Israeli soldiers who also took pictures of her on their mobile phones, Amnesty International said in a statement yesterday. Khitam Sa’afeen...

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July 12, 2017

Former Egyptian presidential candidate detained at Cairo airport

Former Egyptian presidential candidate Khaled Ali was released on Tuesday after he was detained in Cairo Airport for 40 minutes, Egyptian human rights lawyer Gamal Eid said in a...

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July 12, 2017

China sends troops to open first overseas military base in Djibouti

Ships carrying Chinese military personnel for Beijing’s first overseas military base, in Djibouti in the Horn of Africa, have left China to begin setting up the facility as China’s...

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July 12, 2017

Free Syrian Army shoots down regime aircraft near ceasefire zone

Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA) announced yesterday that they downed a warplane that belongs to the Syrian army in the country’s southern province of Sweida. “Rebel groups shot down...

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July 12, 2017

US to review remaining Middle East airlines under laptop ban

The US Department of Homeland Security said on Tuesday it planned to review requests by three Middle Eastern airlines still under a laptop ban to have the restrictions lifted....

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July 12, 2017

US, Qatar sign agreement on combating terrorism financing

The United States and Qatar signed an agreement on Tuesday aimed at combating the financing of terrorism, as US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson visited Doha to try to...

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July 12, 2017

Saudi Arabia to introduce physical education for schoolgirls

Saudi public schools will begin offering physical education for girls in the coming academic year, the education ministry announced on Tuesday, in a long-awaited reform in the Islamic kingdom....

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