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February 10, 2014

Kerry’s framework for peace plan receives full support from Arab leaders

US Secretary of State John Kerry returned on Sunday to Jerusalem after visiting Amman and Riyadh, where he met with key Arab leaders and received their full support for...

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February 10, 2014

US and Iran ready to stand beside Iraq against rebels

America and Iran have expressed their readiness to support the Iraqi government in its war against rebel militias in Al-Anbar Governorate, which is the stronghold of the Sunni Muslims...

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February 10, 2014

Israel will not accept peace deal without land swap

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on Sunday that he would not support any peace deal with the Palestinian Authority (PA) that does not include an exchange of land....

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February 10, 2014

Peres praises the ‘Egyptian war’ against Hamas

Israeli President Shimon Peres has praised what he describes as “the war” being waged by the Egyptian authorities against the Islamic resistance movement Hamas. Peres also celebrated, in statements...

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February 10, 2014

UNRWA employees go on general strike in Gaza

Members of the Union of Arab Employees of the UN’s Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) have gone on general strike in UN-affiliated institutions across the Gaza...

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February 10, 2014

Israeli minister rejects US proposals on Jordan Valley

Israel’s Minister of Intelligence and Strategic Affairs, Yuval Steinitz, said on Sunday that the government in Tel Aviv rejects the “concessions” proposed by the United States with respect to...

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February 10, 2014

Palestinian MP criticises US-proposed framework agreement

Palestinian MP Mustafa Barghouthi has criticised the US-proposed framework agreement between Israel and the Palestinians, which more or less adopts the Israeli position on security, borders, Jerusalem and the...

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February 10, 2014

Human rights group says dozens of children killed by Syrian army in Aleppo

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has accused forces loyal to Bashar Al-Assad of a new wave of violence against Aleppo and the surrounding area. The organisation says that...

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February 10, 2014

Five MSF doctors kidnapped in the north of Syria

Medicines Sans Frontiers (MSF) announced on Friday that five staff doctors have been kidnapped from one of their houses in the north of Syria. MSF said in a statement...

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February 10, 2014

Senior Kuwaiti sharia scholar declares Al-Sisi’s rule illegal

Kuwaiti religious scholar Dr Ajeel Al-Nashmi has issued a fatwa calling Egyptian Defence Minister and coup leader General Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi an illegitimate “tyrant”. Al-Nashmi is the head of...

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