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December 30, 2018

6 Red Sea countries launch joint military drill

A military drill between six Red Sea countries was launched in Saudi Arabia on Sunday, according to the kingdom’s official SPA news agency. The Red Wave 1 exercise brings...

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December 30, 2018

After rains, 32,000 await aid along Syrian border

In the wake of heavy rains, at least 32,000 civilians staying in tents along the Turkish-Syrian border are awaiting humanitarian aid, locals told Anadolu Agency. Since December 22 at...

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December 30, 2018

Turkey sends howitzers to Syria border

Turkey sent military reinforcements to its southern Gaziantep province near Syrian border on Saturday, according to Anadolu Agency correspondent in the area. A military convoy carrying howitzers first arrived in Hatay province then in Gaziantep as part of Turkey’s recent...

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December 30, 2018

Israel protests to Jordan over flag trampling

Israel has formally protested to Jordan after a government spokesperson stepped on an Israeli flag during a visit to a trade union in Amman. Jumana Ghunaimat was seen stepping...

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December 30, 2018

Palestine urges international probe into Jerusalem excavations

The Palestinian Foreign Ministry has called for forming an international commission to investigate Israeli excavations in the occupied city of East Jerusalem and beneath the flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound....

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December 30, 2018

NYT: Child troops from Sudan used in Saudi war in Yemen

In 2016 Saudi Arabia offered around $10,000 for families in Darfur, Sudan affected by the Sudanese civil war to send their children to fight in Yemen, the New York...

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December 30, 2018

Hamas denies Mubarak’s testimony on Egypt jailbreak

Palestinian group Hamas has denied the veracity of a testimony by former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak about the group’s involvement in a mass jailbreak in 2011. In a court...

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December 30, 2018

US commanders recommend letting Kurdish fighters in Syria keep weapons

US commanders planning for the withdrawal of US troops from Syria are recommending that Kurdish fighters battling Daesh be allowed to keep US-supplied weapons, four US officials reportedly said...

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December 30, 2018

Morocco arrests Swiss national in connection with killing of Scandinavians

Morocco arrested a Swiss national on Saturday in connection with the killing of two Scandinavian women, the counter-terrorism agency said. Louisa Vesterager Jespersen, 24, from Denmark, and Maren Ueland,...

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December 30, 2018

Israel’s Jewish Home party splits ahead of April election

A religious-nationalist party in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition government split on Saturday, with its leaders saying they were bolting to appeal to more secular constituents ahead of...

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