The occupation army continued its aggression and arrests in the occupied Palestinian territories during the month of March, despite the spread of the coronavirus, attaining 250 recorded arrests, including...

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance (OCHA) announced that the response plan prepared by the Regional Humanitarian Team to counter the coronavirus, requires $34 million...

The Saudi Ministry of Interior announced a strict 24-hour curfew in the cities of Makkah and Medina, starting from Thursday until further notice. On Thursday, the Saudi Press Agency...

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani announced that the coronavirus pandemic and the restrictions imposed to contain it, could remain until the end of the Iranian calendar year, Anadolu Agency reported,...

The advisor to the Yemeni president, Abdulmalik Al-Mekhlafi, attacked UN Envoy Martin Griffiths, and demanded his resignation and admission to failure. This came in a post Al-Mekhlafi published on...

Palestinian expert on international law, Dr Anis Kassim, advocates that the Saudi authorities should immediately release all Palestinian and Jordanian detainees, principally because the arrest process does not rest...

Iraq has thousands of confirmed COVID-19 cases, many times more than the 772 it is has publicly reported, according to three doctors closely involved in the testing process, a...

A criminal court in Yemen’s interim capital Aden on Thursday held the first sessions of a trial in absentia involving 32 top Houthi members, who mounted a coup against...

Syrian authorities on Thursday sealed a major Shia shrine that is a magnet for tens of thousands of Iranian pilgrims whom medics and the UN officials warned their congregation...

Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, authorities said Thursday, Anadolu reports. Larijani is receiving treatment under quarantine, according to a statement issued by...

The Israeli military will evacuate elderly residents en masse from an ultra-Orthodox Jewish town with a disproportionately large outbreak of coronavirus, the government said on Thursday, Reuters reports. Some...

Coronavirus-related deaths pushed past the 50,000 mark Thursday as the spread of the pandemic surges, Anadolu reports. The virus emerged in Wuhan, China last December and spread to at least...

Lebanon has introduced discriminatory restrictions on Syrian refugees that do not apply to Lebanese residents  as part of its effort to combat COVID-19

The worst month in 2019 for such destruction was April, during which 63 homes and other structures were demolished

The Minister of Tourism in the Sanaa-based National Salvation Government has revealed the extent of the losses sustained by Yemen’s tourism industry as a result of five years of aggression by the US-backed,...

Donald Trump claimed earlier today that the oil crisis affecting the global markets will be resolved in “a few days”, having spoken with the leaders of both Saudi Arabia...

The European Union has agreed a $262 million package for countries hosting refugees and vulnerable persons from the Middle East, raising the total EU response to the Syrian crises...

American activists have signed a petition urging the US administration to supply Gaza and the West Bank with much-needed humanitarian aid as the novel coronavirus threatens to overwhelm the Palestinian health...

Israel’s shattered economy is showing further signs of slowing down with unemployment rate hitting 25 per cent due to the coronavirus outbreak. The new figure marks a near eight...

Turkey’s armed forces in Syria’s north-west province of Idlib have hacked into Syrian army radio frequencies yesterday and issued a warning not to violate the de-escalation zone. Local sources...

Member of the Supreme Political Council, Mohammed Al-Houthi, has extended a new arbitration initiative to the Saudi-led coalition, urging it to “accept the arbitration of 12 countries”. In a Twitter post yesterday,...

Philippines Ambassador to Lebanon Bernardita Catalla died early this morning of coronavirus in Beirut, according to local media reports. Catalla, 62, was being treated in a hospital in Beirut...

At least 4,625 families have been displaced by flooding in several Yemeni governorates, Anadolu news agency reported on Wednesday. According to the UNHCR, heavy rain fell across southern and...

Lebanon’s labour ministry announced yesterday that it will investigate the death of a Ghanaian migrant domestic worker after an Al Jazeera report revealed how she feared for her life because of alleged abuse...

Leaders of major Israeli parties have decided to postpone discussions on forming the country’s next government until after the Passover holiday, Safa news agency reported yesterday. Reporting Israeli sources, Safa said that there...

The coronavirus crisis provides a historic opportunity for the US to lift sanctions on Iran, President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday. The Iranian leader made his comment after a...

A number of rights groups yesterday launched a petition calling on Israel to release sick Palestinian detainees, Quds Net News reported. The Palestinian Prisoner’s Club and the Centre for Defence of Liberties and Civil...

This week marks one year since Saudi detained Dr Muhammad Saleh Al-Khodari, Hamas’ official representative in the Kingdom

Israeli Health Minister Yaakov Litzman and his wife have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, his office said late yesterday. In a statement, the Health Ministry said the 71-year-old...

Iraqi forces yesterday announced targeting Daesh-dwelled areas in the country’s northern governate of the Saladin. “Iraqi F-16 fighter jets managed to destroy Daesh targets in the Saladin governorate, leaving...

Some 145 civilians were killed in Syria following clashes between the regime forces and the opposition in March, the Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) announced yesterday. “At least...

Syrian regime forces and Iranian-backed militias have started to loot homes and properties of opposition civilians, in the areas recently recaptured in the country’s northwestern province of Idlib. Anadolu...