Ibrahim Kalın, a senior aide and spokesman of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan criticised on Friday the American bill that calls for the designation of the Muslim Brotherhood a...

The National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) has blocked access to its webpages designating PYD as the “Syrian affiliate” of the terrorist PKK group. Visitors to the site on Thursday were...

There is a question that must be posed in all seriousness: Why did the Russian-American agreement on a ceasefire in Syria coincide with Saudi Arabia and Turkey’s decision to...

A former director of America’s Central Intelligence Agency has said that the international agreements made after World War Two are starting to fall apart, and may change the borders...

Just hours before a perilous deal goes into effect in Syria, President Barack Obama acknowledged Thursday that there are ‘plenty of reasons for scepticism.” “We’re all aware of the...

The Syndicate of Mauritanian Journalists (SJM) and the National League to support the Palestinian People have organised a solidarity activity in support of Palestinian journalist Muhammad Al-Qeeq, who has...

The Israeli Knesset said yesterday that it will encourage hundreds of Jews living in Brazil to immigrate to Israel this year. Of the world’s 13.746 million Jews: 5.9 million...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has condemned Italy for what it says was the “abduction” of an Egyptian Imam by the CIA from a Milan street in...

US Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday warned that Syria could fail to be a unified country if a planned cessation of hostilities does not successfully pause the...

Asia and Middle East states topped the list of the world’s biggest weapons importers between 2011 and 2015, while the United States and Russia were the biggest arms exporters,...

Arms imports by Saudi Arabia increased by 275 per cent in 2011-2015 when compared to 2006-2010, a report issued by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) revealed yesterday....

Israel and the US started a joint exercise on Sunday focusing on defence against the threat of ballistic missiles, the Israeli army said. It is the eighth time the...

US Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov commit themselves to ensuring humanitarian aid access to Syria in “a sustained and unimpeded manner”, according to...

Serbia has said it thinks that two abducted officials from its embassy in Libya were killed in a US air strike against Daesh bases Friday. The pair was abducted...

The former military head of NATO, US General Wesley Clark, said on Friday that Washington’s inaction despite Bashar Al-Assad’s use of chemical weapons has led to Russian interference in...

A discussion sponsored by Harvard Law School’s Justice for Palestine student group has caused Milibank, Tweed, Hadely & McCloy Law firm to reportedly pull $250,000 of funding from the...

One day after PKK-affiliated terrorists exploded a car bomb in the Turkish capital killing at least 28 people, the world has continued to voice its disapproval. On Thursday, European...

German chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday renewed her call for a no-fly zone in Syria, noting that the zone will prevent the deaths and the displacement of more civilians...

UN Coordinator for Development and Humanitarian Activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory Robert Piper yesterday called for Israel to “stop destroying Palestinian property in the West Bank and respect...

United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov yesterday called on the two rival Palestinian movements Fatah and Hamas to achieve reconciliation based on democratic...

The White House announced on Thursday that President Barack Obama will sign a trade bill despite it containing a provision that lumps together Israel and “Israeli-controlled territories”. “Such language,...

The Palestinian Foreign Ministry has held extensive meetings with representatives of the Indonesian Foreign Ministry to discuss preparations for the fifth Islamic special summit on Jerusalem. The meetings were...

Iraq’s Foreign Minister Ibrahim Al-Jaafari said on Tuesday that his country rejects any military exercise that would threaten Iraq’s security and sovereignty, Turkey’s Anadolu news agency reported. In remarks...

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said yesterday that it is “appalled” by the Russian airstrikes on hospitals in war-torn Syria, a statement by the organisation’s Executive Director Anthony Lake...

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday pledged $780 million in humanitarian assistance during a meeting with the Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Tokyo. Welcoming the Japanese support,...

The deal for a temporary truce in Syria is unlikely to bring any breakthrough since it foresees no consequence for violations by Russia and the Bashar al-Assad regime, US...

Malaysia says it is conducting background checks on all incoming Syrian refugees to ensure they are not involved with any Daesh-linked groups, while also guaranteeing them a peaceful stay....

A Canadian frigate headed to the Aegean Sea today on the orders of Philip Breedlove, Supreme Allied Commander Europe of NATO Allied Command Operations, to end the smuggling of...

Syrian regime President Bashar Al-Assad is primarily responsible for the death of 260,000 people in his country and the displacement of half of Syria’s population, French Foreign Minister Laurent...

Turkey has spent 20 times more on refugees since the start of the Syrian crisis in 2011 than international relief agencies, including the UN. According to data obtained by...

The US will not launch any major operation to recapture Mosul from Daesh’s group this year, a senior intelligence official said yesterday. During his speech to Congress, Marine Lieutenant...

US President Barack Obama said on Monday that tumult in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is the result of governments’ negligence of their people’s needs. He...