Syrian militants of the Hayaat Tahrir Al-Shaam (HTS) faction have consolidated their control over the northern province of Idlib after nine days of infighting amongst opposition groups. Fighters from...

A planned visit by Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh to Moscow has been postponed indefinitely due to the Russian foreign minister’s “busy schedule”, a tweet by a senior official in...

The UK has lifted restrictions on carry-on electronic devices on planes coming from certain airports in Muslim-majority countries in the Middle East and North Africa. The UK Department for...

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said yesterday that French troops will withdraw from Syria after a political solution is reached. “France has troops in Iraq and some troops...

Turkish Foreign Minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, reiterated on Thursday his country’s rejection of any kind of dictation coming from any party to cancel the purchase of the S-400 air defence...

Congratulations are in order for Nadine Labaki. It’s been announced that the Lebanese director’s Capharnaüm is up for another prestigious award. The politically-charged film, which already took home the...

Saudi Arabia is trying to ban child marriage through new regulations, but loopholes are leaving young girls in the deeply conservative kingdom unprotected, campaigners said on Thursday, reports the...

Saudi Arabia has ignored calls by British parliamentarians and lawyers to allow a delegation to visit Saudi female activists held in prison, following allegations of torture during their detention....

A pension firm in the Netherlands has removed five Israeli banks from a blacklist it previously created in support of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. The firm...

Oxfam has condemned the European Union for the “inhumane conditions” under which hundreds of migrants, including unaccompanied children, pregnant women and disabled persons, live in on the Greek islands....

Syrian deputy foreign minister said that his government has revived contacts with “Kurdish groups” following the Turkish intervention. “There is no alternative but to revive dialogue with the Kurdish...

Egypt’s economy is slated to surpass Russia, Japan and Germany as the world’s seventh largest economy in 2030, according to a new long-term forecast released by Standard Chartered Plc....

The US troop withdrawal from Syria will not be scuppered despite Turkish threats against Washington’s Kurdish allies there, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday, promising to ensure...

UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Mark Lowcock has stated on Wednesday to the UN Security Council about the situation in Yemen. UN Secretary-General António Guterres asked the Security Council to...

Syrian children in Turkey brought back to school is of the most important parts of the EU-Turkey cooperation, said the European commissioner for humanitarian aid and crisis management, says Anadolu Agency....

Turkish aid organization opened Wednesday a clothing centre to help those in need in northern Iraq, reports Anadolu Agency. The centre was built by the Turkish Red Crescent (Kizilay)...

Turkey’s Defence Minister Hulusi Akar discussed regional security issues with his Russian counterpart Sergey Shoygu in a phone call on Wednesday, says Anadolu Agency. The latest developments in Syria’s...

Campaigners are celebrating a significant victory after a Supreme Court panel in the UK granted the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) permission to appeal the Court of Appeal’s decision that...

Senior US envoy tasked with resolving the diplomatic row between Qatar and its Arab neighbours has resigned citing failure to “make any progress” and “unwillingness of the regional leaders...

Pro-Israel lobby groups in Westminster have begun 2019 with fresh attacks on UK government funding for both the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Palestine refugee agency UNRWA. MP Louise Ellman,...

Turkey has granted nearly 76,000 Syrian refugees citizenship, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said. In an interview with Haberturk channel, Soylu said that 62 per cent of the Syrian refugees...

A delegation of Turkish doctors has arrived in Gaza to carry out operations on Palestinians injured during the “Great March of Return”, Felesteen.ps reported today. The delegation, from Doctors...

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) revealed yesterday that 4,592 migrants died or have gone missing on migratory routes around the world. “For the fifth consecutive year more than...

French President Emmanuel Macron yesterday called on his US counterpart Donald Trump to ensure the safety and security of Kurdish fighters who fought alongside the international coalition against Daesh...

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri accused Qatar and Turkey of supporting extremist groups in Libya and destabilising the North African country. Shukri told a press conference yesterday that his...

Egypt striker Mohamed Salah was voted as the African Footballer of the Year for the second successive year at the Confederation of African Football’s awards ceremony in Dakar on...

A routine US-hosted conference of nations fighting the Islamic State militant group has become a damage control effort following US President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from Syria, sources...

The European Union on Tuesday froze the assets of an Iranian intelligence unit and two of its staff, as the Netherlands accused Iran of two killings on its soil...

Groans of anger and frustration have been coming from Turkey over America’s shifting policy in Syria. President Donald Trump abruptly announcement last month that he was bringing home the...

The White House sought to make the case on Monday that President Donald Trump had not changed his position on withdrawing US troops from Syria, a day after his...

The most senior bankers to face criminal charges in Britain over conduct during the financial crisis are preparing to appear before a London jury in a trial that will...

Turkish prosecutors ordered the detention of 100 soldiers over suspected links to the network of the US-based Muslim cleric accused of orchestrating a failed coup in 2016, said on...