The number of enforced disappearances and arbitrary detentions are increasing in areas under the administration of the Peoples’ Protection Units (YPG), the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) has...

Middle East Eye revealed that slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was writing an articling in which he appealed to Saudi Arabia and Iran to stop interfering in each other’s...

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and US President Donald Trump agreed in a phone call on Thursday to carry out the US military withdrawal from Syria in line with their mutual...

The United States will leave “a small peacekeeping group” of 200 American troops in Syria for a period of time after a US pullout, the White House said on...

A training exercise for the Turkish military forces on operating Russia’s S-400 air defence system is set to be held “next spring,” a Russian official announced yesterday. Late December 2017,...

The leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Yahya Al-Sinwar, has refused to meet with Norway’s special envoy for the Middle East peace process Tor Wennesland, Anadolu Agency reported...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on February 27, Netanyahu’s office said on Thursday, with the focus likely to be on...

At least 10 people were killed and a number were wounded on Thursday when a bomb blast hit a minibus carrying workers employed in a major oil installation in...

The US-led coalition fighting Daesh is verifying whether an air strike in Syria killed French jihadist Fabien Clain, who voiced the recording claiming the November 2015 attacks on Paris,...

France is to recognise anti-Zionism, the denial of the state of Israel, as a form of anti-Semitism in response to a surge in acts against Jews not seen “since...

Saudi women who have fled Saudi Arabia and taken refuge in Germany are still receiving threats from their families through the kingdom’s embassy, Deutsche Welle (DW) has reported. “You...

US President Donald Trump has signed a bill blocking the sale of F-35 jets to Turkey due to its persistence in purchasing the Russian S-400 missile defence system. The...

France has threatened to boycott the Eurovision Song Contest, citing a disagreement over an Israeli TV show which France claims negatively depicts its contestant. The TV show – which...

Russian military police and Syrian troops have blockaded food and goods supply routes to the Rukban refugee camp in Syria in a bid to force thousands of desperate residents...

China’s desire to develop close ties with Iran will remain unchanged, regardless of the international situation, President Xi Jinping told the speaker of Iran’s parliament, ahead of Thursday’s visit...

France is in touch with Iran to improve the conditions of a French woman who was arrested in October on the Gulf island of Kish for allegedly signing an...

A Turkish prosecutor is seeking aggravated life sentences for 16 defendants including businessman Osman Kavala for financing widespread protests around Turkey in 2013 and attempting to overthrow the government,...

Germany is sticking to its weapons exports freeze to Saudi Arabia, the government said on Wednesday, resisting pressure to soften its stance after criticism from Britain and defence firms,...

Former French President Nicholas Sarkozy accepted nearly $8 million from Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi to finance his 2007 presidential election campaign, Libya’s ex-spy chief Mohamed Abdulla Senussi confirmed to...

"Sir, w have been given enough electric shocks to power Egypt for the next 20 years"

The government of Poland said it is still waiting for an apology from Israel following “slanderous” remarks made by senior officials regarding the role of Poles in the Nazi...

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and Saudi King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud yesterday voiced their support for continuing coordination on the global energy market. The Kremlin said in a statement...

Russia’s defence ministry has opened two “humanitarian corridors” for the displaced refugees in the Syrian border camp of Al-Rukban, the chief of Russia’s National Defence Control Centre, Mikhail Mizintsev,...

Switzerland would prefer to have citizens who fought for Islamic State tried on the spot rather than be brought home to face criminal charges, its justice minister said on...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Tuesday that Hungary has decided to open a “diplomatic office” in Jerusalem, one of only a handful of countries moving towards the US...

Head of Germany’s Green Party Katrin Göring-Eckardt said yesterday that her party accepts the return of German fighters from Syria if they go through legal process, DPA reported. Göring-Eckardt...

The fiancée of a Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi paid a visit to the European Parliament today in an effort to champion his values. “I’m here not only as the...

A video allegedly showing Egyptian soldiers fighting in Libya’s Derna has surfaced on social media, the Libyan Observer has reported. The video shows what appears to be Egyptian soldiers...

Omani Foreign Minister Yusuf Bin Alawi said yesterday there is no normalisation with Israel, explaining that what is happening is “a peaceful process to find a settlement for the...

The number of women fleeing Saudi as a result of the oppression practice against them by their families is on the increase, Masr Al-Arabia reported yesterday. The news site...

Saudi Arabia will be domestically producing Russia’s Kalashnikov AK-103 assault rifle by the end of the current month, Russian state-run defence company Rostec announced yesterday. “The agreement will be...

The main suspect in a New Year’s Day shooting which killed 39 people at an Istanbul nightclub two years ago denied the charges against him in court on Monday,...