Syria on Thursday reopened Damascus airport for regular international commercial traffic after a six-month halt due to the coronavirus pandemic, saying it had imposed strict health measures inside the...

Kuwaiti opposition figures proposed electoral reforms and a pardon for dissidents in recent meetings with the prince who has since become the new emir, they said, seeking to improve...

At least three Houthi militias were killed Thursday in clashes with army troops in Western Yemen, according to the Yemeni military, Anadolu Agency reports. The Iranian-backed Houthis attacked army positions in...

Iraq reported close to 4,500 new coronavirus cases and 50 more deaths on Thursday, Anadolu Agency reports. The nationwide death toll now stands at 9,231, according to the Health Ministry. A...

Head of the Jewish Agency for Israel, Isaac Herzog, plans to attract 250,000 Jewish immigrants to settle in Israel over a period of three to five years. In an...

Anti-government protestors have rallied against the new law limiting demonstrations which was passed by the Israeli government yesterday morning. Critics say that the law is an attempt to silence...

A number of ambassadors and Charge d’affaires in Iraq yesterday issued a joint statement to support the state in its effort to stop attacks by militias, following a meeting with...

A Syrian fighting in Azerbaijan’s disputed Nagorno-Karabkh region has spoken to BBC Arabic and claims he, along with others, were deceived when being recruited by the Turkish-backed “Syrian National Army”, formerly...

Saudi Arabia’s economic woes have come to light after the kingdom released its latest budget which showed that the deficit will widen to 12 per cent of gross domestic...

The first of two Israeli Iron Dome missile defence batteries were delivered to the United States (US) military yesterday, a year after a deal for their purchase was signed. In...

The US has repatriated and charged the last four Americans suspected of being Daesh members from northern Syria, the state Justice Department said in a statement yesterday. The four...

A UN diplomat reported that the UAE had increased arms shipments directed to the militias of Libya’s Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar in an effort to save his military campaign...

The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement has recorded a double victory within the space of a week after two American universities passed resolutions calling for divestment from Israel....

Sudanese political forces yesterday called on the chairman of Sovereignty Council of Sudan, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, to accept the US offer to normalise relations with Israel in exchange for removing Sudan from...

Protesters stormed a bank in the Downtown district of Beirut yesterday and staged a sit-in, demanding the institution return their savings which have been trapped since late last year,...

The US Deputy Assistant Secretary for Levant Affairs and Special Envoy for Syria has said that President Bashar Al-Assad has “surrendered Syrian sovereignty” by allowing foreign powers to have...

Several rockets landed last night close to a US-led coalition military base outside Erbil International Airport in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan Region. “There was no damage or casualties,” said coalition...

The US Special Envoy for Syria James Jeffrey said Washington will normalise its relations with the Syrian regime of President Bashar Al-Assad after it adopts UN Security Council Resolution...

As many as 110 doctors working at the Ibn Sina General Hospital in the city of Mukalla in Hadhramaut governorate resigned after payment of their salaries were repeatedly delayed....

The “astronomical” salaries of the president, ministers, members of parliament and other senior ranking officials in Iraq are depleting the state’s budget and wasting public money, Iraqis have said....

Iraqi President Barham Salih said yesterday that his country will not be used as an arena for settling scores between “others”, adding that the Iraqi government is working to...

Yemen’s internationally recognised government and the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) have agreed on a prisoner swap which will see 200 detainees handed over in the Abyan governorate, Anadolu reported. The...

Bilateral dialogue between Fatah and Hamas is taking place from a national perspective, the secretary of Fatah’s central committee, Jibril Rajoub, announced yesterday. Responding to rumours about “disputes in...

Those who believe victory will be achieved in Iraq through the US’ withdrawal from the country are living an illusion, Foreign Minister, Fuad Hussein, warned yesterday. Such a decision...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that exiting the lockdown imposed to stem the spread of coronavirus will be slow and gradual and could continue for an...

Twitter said Wednesday it removed nearly 130 accounts that appeared to originate in Iran as the first US presidential debate was taking place Tuesday evening, Anadolu reports. The move...

Kamel Jendoubi, chairman of the Group of Independent Eminent International and Regional Experts on Yemen, on Wednesday, submitted a third report on violations in Yemen to the United Nations...

The Islamic Republic of Iran on Wednesday accused the United Arab Emirates (UAE) of inciting war, claiming that it became part of the crisis in Western Asia after signing...

Secretary-General of Lebanese Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah accused the US and Saudi Arabia on Tuesday of thwarting French President Emmanuel Macron’s initiative to help solve the economic and financial crises...

The Trump administration sanctioned multiple Syrian regime officials and entities Wednesday on the three-year anniversary of an attack on a northwestern Syrian town, Anadolu reports. The Syrian regime and...

Iraq will protect foreign mission buildings and ensure only the state has weapons, Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi told 25 top diplomats on Wednesday, after Washington warned it could shut...

Iranian authorities on Wednesday arrested at least 11 pro-Azerbaijan protesters, according to the Iranian Human Rights Activists News Agency, Anadolu reports. It said police forces used tear gas to...