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February 2, 2018

Abbas to address UN Security Council on 20 February amid US tensions

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will address the United Nations Security Council on 20 February during the body’s monthly meeting on the Middle East amid tensions over the United States...

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February 2, 2018

US says Syria may be developing new types of chemical weapons

The Syrian government may be developing new types of chemical weapons, and US President Donald Trump is prepared to consider further military action if necessary to deter chemical attacks,...

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February 2, 2018

Israel to allow power generators to enter besieged Gaza Strip

Gaza hospitals suspend services due to fuel shortages...

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February 2, 2018

Khashoggi sends message to Saudi regime following release of Ritz-Carlton residents

Saudi writer and journalist Jamal Khashoggi said the comments made by the recently-released-prisoners who where held capitative in the Ritz-Carlton in Riyadh have proved that the move was not...

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February 2, 2018

Popular campaign in Kuwait streets to oppose normalisation with Israeli occupation

On Wednesday, the National Union of Kuwaiti Students launched a popular campaign against normalisation with the Israeli occupation under the title “Kuwaiti against normalisation”. On Thursday, the Union of...

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February 2, 2018

PLO rejects Washington’s inclusion of Haniyeh on 'terrorism blacklist'

The Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) rejected the US Treasury Department decision to include the head of Hamas’s political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, in the “terrorism blacklist.” The secretary of the...

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February 1, 2018

South Africa marks birthday of jailed Palestinian teen

South Africans gathered late Wednesday in Johannesburg to commemorate the 17th birthday of Palestinian activist Ahed al-Tamimi who was detained by Israeli security forces last year. Organizers launched a...

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February 1, 2018

Jordanians protest tax hikes, subsidy reductions

Dozens of Jordanians demonstrated in central Amman on Thursday to protest a raft of recent economic decisions by the government, including tax hikes and subsidy reductions. Protesters chanted slogans...

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February 1, 2018

HRW: East Libyan groups targeting displaced families, preventing returns

Armed groups, some linked with prominent Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar, are preventing thousands of displaced families from returning to the eastern city of Benghazi, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in...

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February 1, 2018

France to finance exports to Iran, aims to sidestep US sanctions

France will start offering euro-denominated credits to Iranian buyers of its goods later this year, a move to bolster trade while keeping it outside the reach of US sanctions,...

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