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Former Israeli intelligence chief Efraim Halevy called for negotiations with Hamas, even though it is "inconvenient politically" for both sides to admit this. His remarks came during an interview...

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Qatari Emir Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani discussed a draft ceasefire initiative that would be proposed as an alternative to the Egyptian one,...

Tony Blair played a pivotal role in drafting the so-called Egyptian Ceasefire Initiative in a bid to hinder a Qatari truce initiative, Arabi 21reported. According to informed sources quoted...

A Cairo-based Hamas leader confirmed yesterday that he submitted his movement's official rejection of the Egyptian truce proposal to the Egyptian government. Hamas spokesperson, Sami Abu Zuhri, said earlier...

The Egyptian government has cancelled subsidies on natural gas and cut bread subsidies by 13 per cent in the new budget of fiscal year 2014/2015, an Egyptian official said...

The Sisi regime in Cairo is a crucial ally to Israel in its efforts to crush Palestinian resistance, Israeli commentator Ron Ben-Yishai said on Tuesday. In his column for...

Al-Jazeera correspondent in Gaza: This is a house, in a residential neighbourhood in the city of Gaza, which was bombed by an F-16 fighter plane. As we can see,...

The Israeli army today shelled a hospital in the densely populated Shuja'iyya neighbourhood in eastern Gaza City, the Anadolu news agency reported. Director of Al-Wafa Hospital, Basam Ashi said:...

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday fired Deputy Defence Minister Danny Danon over his criticism of the Israeli government's handling of the war on Gaza and his accusations that...

Syria's Bashar Al-Assad was today sworn in for the third seven-year term after winning the elections in June, the results of which were rejected by the international community. Speaking...

****Warning: the following contains graphic content**** Four Palestinian children were killed in an Israeli airstrike in western Gaza City on Wednesday, a Health Ministry spokesman has said. "Four children...

Palestinians living in northern and eastern areas of the Gaza Strip have refused to evacuate their homes after the Israeli army warned them that they planned to "carpet bomb"...

  A US Senate panel approved an increase in US financial aid to Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system yesterday. The Senate Appropriations defence subcommittee agreed to allocate $351 million...

Leader of Tunisia's Ennahda Movement, Rachid Ghannouchi said yesterday that his country leads mediation efforts along with Turkey, Qatar and France to stop the Israeli aggression on the Gaza...

Cairo-based political science Professor Abdallah Al-Ashaal warned that that the objective behind the Egyptian initiative for a ceasefire, which was welcomed by Arab foreign ministers, is to put an...

Qatar has proposed the establishment of an internationally-supervised commercial port at the Gaza Strip as a temporary solution to alleviate the suffering of the Palestinian people until they establish...

Former Egyptian Prime Minister Hisham Qandil said yesterday that Egypt is facing difficult challenges and needs justice as the base of rule because injustice will harm the future of...

Amidst a state of fear in Israel about being kidnapped by the Palestinian resistance, Jordan's Assabeel newspaper reported on Wednesday that the Israeli occupation army announced that one of...

Marwan Al-Barghouti, a senior Fatah leader detained in an Israeli prison, called on Tuesday for Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who also leads Fatah, to immediately go to Gaza...

Palestinian fighters downed two Israeli unmanned drones flying in the skies of the Gaza Strip within the space of only two hours, Al-mesryoon newspaper reported. According to the newspaper,...

Senior Hamas leader Osama Hamdan affirmed on Tuesday that the Palestinians are determined to remain steadfast in defence of their rights and said that the military wing of his...

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on political leaders in Iraq to form an "inclusive" government representing all the political blocs, and which reflects the national spirit of Iraq. He...

German footballer Mesut Ozil, who plays for Arsenal, said he is donating his World Cup earnings to the children of Gaza following his country's triumph in the cup. The...

Government owned Tunisian Airlines has canceled all flights to the Libyan cities of Tripoli and Misrata for security reasons, the company said in a statement yesterday. "The airline canceled...

China's Special Envoy to the Middle East Wu Sike will be visiting a number of states in the Middle East, including Palestine and Israel, in a tour of the...

Libyan Prime Minister, Abdullah Al-Thani expressed deep regret at the events taking place in Tripoli International Airport and other sites near the city which have resulted in a number...

Jewish vigilantes brandishing iron bars and cans of pepper spray took to the streets of Paris to attack pro-Palestinian demonstrators, it emerged today. (Tuesday) Shocking images shot in the...

Israel is carrying out "state terrorism" in Gaza by violating the international law and disregarding humanitarian values, Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday. "A dirty game is...

The Ethiopian government said Tuesday that it had proposed the third week of August for holding tripartite talks with Sudan and Egypt to discuss Ethiopia's multibillion-dollar hydroelectric Nile dam...

Arab Member of the Knesset Dr Jamal Zahalka, who heads the National Democratic Alliance bloc in the Israeli parliament, was expelled from an Interior Knesset Committee session by force...

The Kuwaiti government hinted, in a statement yesterday, that it would withdraw nationalities from individuals who "practice activities" aimed at "undermining the state's security and stability" which was considered...

An Israeli airstrike targeted the house of the Issa family on Monday night, wounding Nada and her newly born infant Nour, only three days old. Nada and her little...