An embrace by two Syrian brothers on different Olympic teams in Tokyo has misled social media users into believing that they were reunited after years of separation. Alaa Maso...

After a year out due to Covid-19, the Big Ride for Palestine is heading for London from Bristol on Thursday, stopping off in Swindon, Oxford and Luton along the...

Lebanon's Sunni leaders, including former PM Saad Hariri, yesterday endorsed wealthy businessman and former Prime Minister, Najib Mikati, to form the next government, local media reported. Parliamentary consultations are...

Hamas today described Israeli air strikes on Gaza as a "failed attempt to show off its power." According to Al-Resalah, Israeli planes bombed areas west of Gaza City last night,...

Algerian Foreign Ministry has said that accepting Israel as an observer state of the African Union will not affect the organisation's support for Palestine. In a statement, the ministry...

King Abdullah II has confirmed meeting Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Defence Minister Benny Gantz, saying that the meeting with the officials was "very encouraging." In an interview...

Tightening the blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip will lead Palestinians to rise up against the Israeli occupation, a Hamas official warned yesterday. "The occupation must not circumvent the...

Saudi Arabia re-opened the Muslim holy sites for the Umrah pilgrimage as of Sunday, according to the state news agency SPA. "The Grand Mosque is ready to receive pilgrims...

Israel on Sunday prevented the entry of fuel trucks allocated for Gaza's sole power plant via the Kerem Shalom crossing, the territory's main commercial trade route, Anadolu Agency reported...

A Palestinian youth was injured and two others were arrested by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank, according to a local official on Sunday, reported Anadolu Agency. "Israeli...

Days ahead of the power transition in Tehran, blame games between conservatives and reformists have intensified over efforts to salvage the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, reports Anadolu Agency. In...

Saudi-led coalition forces supporting the Yemeni government announced Sunday that bomb-laden unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and a ballistic missile belonging to Houthi rebels were neutralised, reports Anadolu Agency. Iran-backed...

French President Emmanuel Macron demanded from Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett an official explanation for the Pegasus spyware developed by the Israel-based NSO Group during a telephone conversation Saturday,...

First direct Israeli flight to Morocco

Two Turkish soldiers were killed and two were wounded in an attack on their armoured vehicle in northern Syria, and Turkish forces immediately launched retaliatory fire, Turkey's defence ministry...

Iran on Saturday dismissed as meddling in its internal affairs criticism by the United Nations' human rights boss of the shooting deaths of protesters during demonstrations over water shortages,...

Jordan will start vaccinating children aged 12 years and older against COVID-19 from Sunday, Reuters reported the state news agency as saying on Saturday. Children can be given the...

Iraq has signed an agreement allowing the cash-strapped Lebanese government pay for 1 million tonnes of heavy fuel oil a year in goods and services, helping Lebanon ease its...

Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita urged on Friday that those who accuse his country of spying must provide tangible proof, while hinting that Rabat might take legal action. This...

Saudi Arabia may send a representative to participate in the swearing-in ceremony for Iran's President-elect Ebrahim Raisi, Iranian newspaper Etemad reported. The newspaper quoted an informed source on Friday...

Jordan and the US on Friday discussed ways to develop their strategic partnership, particularly in the fields of defence and security. This came during King Abdullah II's meeting with...

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has expressed regret over the inclusion of Algeria in the list of countries that acquired the Israeli Pegasus software used in spying operations on smartphones....

The Iraqi Resistance Coordination Committee, which consists of four Shia groups affiliate with Iran, pledged on Friday to fight any foreign soldiers in the country, Anadolu Agency reported. This...

Member of the Palestinian National Council (PNC) Nabil Amr has stated in a video circulating on social media that Israel has been seeking to build confidence with Palestinian Authority...

Israeli Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked has confirmed that her Yamina party will leave the coalition government if it agreed to a request from the Biden administration to implement a...

The Palestinian Authority (PA) has apologised for the murder of Palestinian activist Nizar Banat and has claimed that he was killed during a law enforcement operation, Media Line reported....

Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz has discussed with acting US ambassador to Israel, Michael Ratney, an initiative to strengthen the Palestinian Authority (PA). On Friday, Gantz posted on Twitter:...

Three security personnel were killed today in an attack by Daesh in the western province of Anbar, a local police officer said, Anadolu Agency reports. "Daesh militants launched an...

A boat carrying 45 Syrian refugees sank southeast of the Greek island of Crete, Turkish authorities said today, Anadolu Agency reports. The boat went down at 9.10 pm. local...

Dozens of Palestinians were wounded by Israeli army fire during protests against settlement building in the occupied West Bank on Friday, according to medical sources and eyewitnesses, Anadolu Agency...

A Republican Texas official announced yesterday that he is considering blacklisting US-based ice cream company Ben & Jerry's following its decision to withdraw its product from settlements in the...

Founder of the far-right group EDL Tommy Robinson has been ordered by a British court to pay £100,000 in libel damages to Syrian schoolboy Jamal Hijazi