Middle East

The Gaza-based Forum of Palestinian Journalists criticised, on Thursday, the "arbitrary" dismissal of cartoonist in the official Al-Hayat Al-Jadida newspaper, Mohammad Sabaaneh, saying it reflects the Palestinian Authority's "strange...

Saudi Arabia, on Thursday, strongly condemned a raid by Israeli commandos on the Palestinian town of Jenin that killed seven people and injured two, state news agency, SPA, reported....

US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, will travel to Egypt, Israel and the West Bank from Sunday to Tuesday to discuss heightened tensions between Israelis and Palestinians as well...

The Palestinian leadership ended, on Thursday, security coordination with Israel after the Israeli army aggression on Jenin refugee camp in the northern Occupied West Bank earlier in the day,...

Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is scheduled to hold a security assessment meeting late on Thursday after Israel's military offensive on the city of Jenin in the northern Occupied...

Iraq is reportedly looking to host the 2027 Asian Cup football tournament, following the successful hosting of the Arabian Gulf Cup, which the home side went onto win for...

Israeli Occupation Authorities today issued notices to Palestinian landowners alerting them of their plans to destroy 100 trees based in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron in the Occupied West...

The Middle East embraces a major energy sector transition towards a decentralised, decarbonised and digitalised future with regional nations looking to improve energy security by reducing fossil fuel dependency,...

Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, declared on Thursday three days of mourning for Palestinians who were killed in the Jenin camp raid by Israeli Forces, Anadolu News Agency reports. "The...

The Israeli Army radio, on Thursday, said an army surveillance drone was downed during Israel's offensive in Jenin, in the northern region of the Occupied West Bank, Anadolu News...

A Palestinian farmer has been ordered by Israeli occupation forces to cut down olive trees that he planted on his land in Battir, west of Bethlehem, Wafa has reported....

The Palestinian Resistance group, Fatah, has today declared heightened hostilities with Israel, following the Occupation army's operation in the Jenin refugee camp which has left at least nine Palestinians...

The United States announced on Wednesday it would provide $72 million as cash stipends to Lebanon's security forces through a bespoke United Nations program after a currency meltdown slashed...

Activists, civil society and human rights groups in Europe are preparing for a new "Freedom Flotilla" to sail to the Gaza Strip and break the Israeli siege which has...

UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee said the site was under threat of destruction from Yemen’s ongoing conflict.

Israeli Occupation Forces have killed nine Palestinians and wounded 20 others, as they raided the Occupied West Bank city of Jenin, Ministry of Health and Israeli sources said. Four...

The Lebanese Court of Cassation decided, on Wednesday, to release all those who were arrested in the Beirut port explosion in 2020, Anadolu News Agency reported. Public Prosecutor of...

Amnesty International  called, Wednesday, on the internationally-recognised government of Yemen and the Houthi group to release detained women who have completed their prison sentences, "but they do not have...

The Syrian regime forces have carried out a massive campaign of arrests in the city of Deir Ez-Zor and its surroundings in eastern Syria, and taken the arrested young...

The Minister of State and Governor of Aden, Ahmed Lamlas, who is affiliated with the Southern Transitional Council STC (separatist), which is backed by the UAE, has signed an...

The Lebanese lira has fallen to a record low against the US dollar, it has been reported. The currency has lost more than 95 per cent of its value...

At least 100 young male and female athletes from the Gaza Strip and West Bank took part in a championship in the besieged coastal enclave on Wednesday, Anadolu has...

Despite calls by extremist Israeli officials to evacuate Khan Al-Ahmar, Palestinians gathered on Wednesday in the village east of occupied Jerusalem and vowed to support its residents who have...

A human rights group confirmed on Wednesday that the Palestinian residents of the Gaza Strip are still enduring difficult living conditions under the strict Israeli siege which was imposed...

Senior legal experts in the Israeli security services warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday against transferring authority for the Unit for the Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories...

The Israeli occupation authorities have issued 12,000 administrative detention orders against Palestinians in the past nine years, the Palestinian Prisoners' Club (PPC) said on Wednesday. The most orders came...

Israel's Minister of Security, Yoav Gallant, has signed an order to seize 500,000 shekels ($148,000) and a vehicle belonging to the families of released prisoners Karim and Maher Younis,...

Israeli forces have killed at least 9 Palestinians including an elderly lady during a raid on Jenin in the occupied West Bank

The United States has asked Israel to send American arms stored in the country since 1973 to Ukraine as part of the war effort against Russia, US and Israeli...

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Yemen said on Wednesday that it will need $4.3 billion to help more than 17 million people with...

The Israeli occupation authorities informed a number of Palestinian Bedouin families on Wednesday that their homes in the Negev village of Molda will be demolished, Maariv has reported. The...

Qatar's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdul Rahman Bin Jassim Al-Thani, met Hussein Al-Sheikh of the Palestine Liberation Organisation in Doha yesterday. The two officials...