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More than 500 parliamentarians from France, Germany and the UK wrote to members of the US congress, Thursday, to warn against abandoning the Iran nuclear deal, known as the...
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The Pentagon said on Thursday that while there were no signs the Syrian government was preparing to launch a chemical weapons attack, President Bashar al-Assad still retained the ability to...
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The Syrian government stepped up its efforts on Thursday to retake the opposition’s last besieged enclaves, as rebels prepared to withdraw from one and a newspaper reported an ultimatum...
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Iraq today carried out air strikes on Daesh positions in Syria a week after Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi said his country would defend itself from militant threats across the border....
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Vox Cinemas, owned by Dubai’s Majid Al Futtaim, said today that it had received a licence to operate cinemas in Saudi Arabia and would open a four-screen multiplex theatre in Riyadh...
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Five Saudi soldiers were killed yesterday in clashes with the Houthi along the Kingdom’s southern border with Yemen, local media reported. Saudi fighter jets launched raids on groups of...
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The UK government must ensure arms it provides to Israel and trade ties with the country are not used to support unlawful actions against Palestinians by Tel Aviv, members...
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Israeli occupation forces have arrested some 2,700 Palestinians since US President Donald Trump announced his administration’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, the Palestinian Prisoners Affairs Commission revealed yesterday....
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The US has resettled just 44 Syrian refugees into the country since October, down from approximately 6,000 in the same time frame last year, according to CNN. Figures are...
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Israeli settlers reportedly attacked Palestinian students as they were walking home from school in the southern occupied West Bank city of Hebron yesterday, according to the official Palestinian Authority...
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Israeli occupation forces yesterday banned two Muslim guards from Al-Aqsa Mosque from accessing the Islamic site for a week. A guard was arrested and four were summoned for questioning...
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Iran’s feud with the US is set to get worse after Tehran announced yesterday that it will start reporting foreign currency amounts in euros rather than US dollars, as...
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The World Bank has warned of a “worrying” outlook for the Palestinian economy in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip, in its latest update published this week. In...
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The Houthi armed group shot down a US spy drone over Hudaydah yesterday, the Houthi-run Ansarollah reported. A military source in the air defence unit claims that a “US...
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Israeli army reservists “received an emergency message calling them to duty early Thursday”, only to find out “shortly later the message had been a mistake”, reported AFP. According to...
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UN human rights experts have condemned “the continued use of firearms, including live ammunition” by Israeli forces “against mostly unarmed Palestinian protesters and observers” for a third straight week...
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Israelis are “protect” themselves and must “stand fiercely” in the face of their “enemies”, local media reported Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying yesterday during events to mark “Remembrance Day”....
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Chief of Hamas Political Bureau Ismail Haniyeh said on Tuesday that his movement is ready for a prisoner swap with Israel through third-party mediation. In a televised speech to...
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Israeli occupation forces have killed 33 peaceful Palestinian protesters in the Gaza Strip and wounded 4,279 others in the three weeks since the start of the “Great March of...
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The United Nations yesterday warned Israel of the dangers of deporting Palestinian Bedouins from occupied East Jerusalem. In a report issued following a visit by the UN Humanitarian Coordinator...
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Hamas yesterday hailed calls made by senior Fatah member Marwan Barghouti for Palestinians to unite, stick to democracy and start comprehensive national dialogue. In a statement, Hamas chief of...
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US Senator and former Democrat presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has criticised Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman for not doing enough to help people in the besieged Gaza Strip....
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Qatari armed forces participated in the conclusion of the Gulf Shield 1 military exercise in Saudi Arabia earlier this week. The Qatari army said in a statement issued yesterday...
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Some 500 Syrian refugees in Lebanon’s south-eastern town of Shebaa left their homes today heading to Syria’s Beit Jinn, which was recaptured by the regime forces from the opposition...
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The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Wednesday warned of a complete collapse of the health situation of patients with kidney failure in Yemen. The warning came...
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Iraq’s General Customs Authority yesterday said there was an agreement between the government and Saudi Arabia to reduce tariffs on Saudi goods entering Iraq. In a statement, the authority...
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Syrian opposition leader, Michel Kilo has warned that replacing US troops in Syria with Arab forces could lead to a long-term Arab-Iranian war on Syrian soil. Speaking in an...
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Last week, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman told reporters in New York that Saudi Arabia is considering extending its agreement with Russia to reducing oil production for 10...
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Three Belgian companies will appear before court in May for allegedly exporting chemicals to Syria, an official source revealed yesterday. The Belgian chemical exports were reported to have contained...
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A Dubai princess who announced that she was escaping the UAE via a video message has been “brought back”, a source has said. “What I can confirm is they...
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The United Nation’s envoy to Yemen plans to unveil a new framework to end the civil war which has entered its third year, Martin Griffiths told the Security Council...
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The Baghdad Central Criminal Court has sentenced four foreign women to death and three more to life imprisonment for belonging to Daesh, the Iraqi Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) said....