The Geneva II conference on Syria is impossible to convene, according to the opposition’s representative in Paris, Monther Makhous. Makhous noted that while international parties are seeking to hold...

The United States and Russia failed to agree a date for the Syria peace conference. They disagreed over the role that Iran might play in talks to end the...

VIDEO Social media activists circulated pictures on Tuesday revealing the early moments of Egypt’s former Minister of Supply Dr Bassam Odeh’s arrest. Odeh was one of the most popular...

Below is a statement from the legal team: Members of the press are invited to attend a press conference to be held at 12 noon on Saturday 16th November...

EXCLUSIVE IMAGES At the 2013 MEMO Palestine Book Awards held at the London Hilton Paddington prizes were awarded to honour outstanding authors who have written on Palestine over the...

A team of international lawyers in London has announced that they are in possession of evidence incriminating officials from the Egyptian coup regime in crimes against humanity. The lawyers...

Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu will visit Iran next week to participate in an international meeting that would address the Syrian crisis; a Turkish diplomatic source said on Monday....

A Syrian government delegation has arrived in Moscow to meet with Russian Deputy Ministers of Foreign Affairs Gennady Gatilov and Mikhail Bogdanov. On the agenda will be the preparations...

Russia’s foreign minister has stressed the importance of Saudi and Iranian participation in the Geneva II Conference on the Syrian issue. Sergei Lavrov insisted that all countries with influence...

The trial of six former military officers charged with killing six Kurdish villagers in 1993 has begun in Hernak in south-eastern Turkey. The former military officers, who include generals,...

The Middle East Monitor, in coordination with Spinwatch, have released a report into the work of the British Israel Communications and Research Centre. The report, Giving Peace a Chance...

British newspaper the Financial Times has declared that the prosecution of ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi is illustrative of how Egypt is taking the wrong track. The newspaper noted...

Sources in the Turkish army have revealed that Turkish authorities seized three truckloads of chemical materials at its border with Syria. In a statement, Turkish chief of staff said...

Hatem Azzam, a member of an anti-coup public diplomacy delegation touring Europe, recently addressed a conference in Vienna to discuss the negative consequences of the 3 July coup in...

A German expert in international communications has expressed her surprise that the Egyptian media have rejected the freedoms opened up by ousted president Mohamed Morsi and opted instead for...

On Tuesday, delegations from across the UN member states convened in Geneva for Israel’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR). Only 48 hours before the hearing was due to commence, it...

Arab and Western officials have ruled out that the Geneva II Conference on Syria would take place on schedule because of clear differences between Washington and Moscow. Washington and...

A delegation including eleven academics from Oxford University is coming to the end of a visit to the Gaza Strip where they have attended a medical conference at the...

The French President’s cancellation of a speech to the Israeli Knesset has created a diplomatic crisis. In return, reported Yedioth Ahronoth, Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein has decided to boycott...

A German court in Berlin is to try a German citizen of Lebanese origin on charges of espionage. The 60-year old man is accused of spying on behalf of...

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has accused the countries that support the Syrian opposition of undermining the Geneva II peace conference on the Syrian conflict. Russia Today Arabic reported...

It is that time of year now; the 2nd MEMO Palestine Book Awards evening will take place in mid-November, where the authors, publishers, academics and literary minds will gather...

The French newspaper Le Monde has revealed that the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad was spying on former French President Nicolas Sarkozy. According to the documents leaked by US national...

Germany’s Foreign Minister has urged Benjamin Netanyahu to attend a UN Human Rights Council hearing next Tuesday. Guido Westerwelle warned the Israeli prime minister that if Israel boycotts the...

The Italian authorities announced on Friday that its coast guard and the Maltese have rescued about 700 “illegal” migrants, including Palestinian and Syrians who were onboard five boats in...

In a rare incident, two Turkish F16 fighter jets have intercepted a Russian military spy plane above the international waters between the two countries in the Black Sea, the...

A senior official from the European Union has visited Israel to inform the government that it will find a solution to ensure Israel’s participation in the scientific Horizon 2020...

The Norwegian Foreign Minister, Borge Brende, is insisting that his country will not change its policy of banning arms sales to Israel, despite calls to lift the ban from...

The British embassy in Amman announced that the United Kingdom will provide $25 million to the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) to support Palestinian refugees in Syria as...

Switzerland’s Deputy Director of the Federal Office of Justice, Susanne Kuster, has said that the Swiss authorities are following the developments in Egypt closely with regards to overturning an...

A European diplomatic convoy arrived in Cairo on Monday morning to get the latest updates on Egypt’s transitional roadmap, which was initially proposed five months ago in the wake...

Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has affirmed his country’s respect for and friendship with the people of Egypt despite the current diplomatic crisis. Commenting on the quarrel between Ankara...