A nine-year-old Ahwazi Arab boy was reportedly beaten with a thick plastic rod and abused by his sports teacher for playing football with friends without the correct kit on....

Leaked footage purportedly shows a weapons cargo, including US-made vehicles being shipped into the Saudi-controlled Yemeni port city of Aden last week. The secretly filmed footage appears to show...

Eleven new ministers were sworn into Jordan’s cabinet yesterday following a reshuffle which has come as a result of mass protests in the country. The Royal Court said in...

Lebanese President Michel Aoun is continuing his consultations with the country’s political parties to facilitate the formation of a new government, ten days after the resignation of former Prime...

Turkey has not forgotten the atrocities that Greeks committed against Turks during the former’s war of independence, the Turkish Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson Hami Aksoy said today. Responding to a...

Up to 750 children of foreign fighters, specifically EU nationals, are currently stranded in camps in north-eastern Syria, with many as young as under six years old. The largest...

US Democratic Representative Andy Levin visited the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, during which he observed the Israeli government denying local residents access to water. The trip included a...

The European Commission yesterday pledged €79 million ($87.4 million) in aid to support Yemen, where the five-year-old conflict has created the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. The package will help...

Following the resignation of UNRWA chief on Wednesday, Israel renewed its calls for the humanitarian agency to be shut down and end its support for Palestine refugees. The Israeli...

The mini-constitution drafting committee of Syria yesterday concluded the first round of talks at the UN headquarters in Geneva. The delegations representing the Syrian opposition, the regime and civil...

Qatar’s emir has ordered that a committee be established to organise the country’s first ever elections to the Shura Council, state news agency QNA reported. The committee will be...

The European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, has criticised the Iraq security forces’ excessive use of force against protesters. “The excessive use of...

A US-led naval coalition yesterday officially launched a mission from its base in Bahrain to protect shipping in the Gulf region following a series of attacks on ships and...

Thousands of projects have been disrupted due to poor planning as the protests continue, the Iraqi Prime Minister, Adil Abdul Mahdi, announced yesterday. “Some 5,000 national projects have not...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday that the United States is not fulfilling its obligations in the Syrian deal, i.e. to take Kurdish fighters out of the...

There was a large explosion in one of the production units of Syria’s Banias refinery near the Mediterranean coast during maintenance operations, Syria’s oil minister said on Thursday, Reuters...

Hamas yesterday announced that “positive discussions” on the upcoming Palestinian elections were taking place. “In continuation to Hamas’ keenness to ensure a successful and transparent election process, our leadership...

A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck northwestern Iran early on Friday, the US Geological Survey said, but Iranian state TV said there were no immediate reports of any damage or...

The Pentagon said on Thursday that revenue from oilfields in northeastern Syria will go to US-backed forces rather than the United States itself, Reuters reports. “The revenue from this...

The US would investigate allegations of its weapons being used inappropriately in Iraq, the Pentagon said Thursday amid a mounting death toll among demonstrators, Anadolu reports. “We have very...

The Jordanian government has informed Israel that it will ban Israelis’ entry to Al-Baqura area in the Jordan valley as of next Sunday,  Anadolu reports. According to Israeli Channel...

An Israeli plan to run a cable car over Jerusalem to the walls of the Old City has angered Palestinians who say it would erase their heritage in areas...

Former Lebanese prime minister Fouad Siniora was questioned by a state prosecutor on Thursday over how $11 billion in state funds was spent while he was in power, Reuters...

Iran has today cancelled the accreditation and visit of a UN nuclear inspector, following the recent revival of its uranium enrichment program. The nuclear inspector working for the UN...

A UN report has found that a foreign air force was behind an air strike on a Libyan migrant detention centre which killed over 50 people, with strong suspicion...

Journalist Muwaffaq Matar has accused the US of creating Daesh “paralleled by Israel”, and having had the terror organisation’s leader, Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi working as its “pawn”. Al-Baghdadi blew...

Two men pleaded guilty yesterday to charges of spying on Iranian dissidents in the US on behalf of the Iranian government. Ahmadreza Mohammadi Doostdar, an Iranian-US dual citizen, and...

The Gaza Industrial Zone is the first of its kind in Palestine

Hundreds of protestors gathered yesterday evening in front of Kuwait’s parliament against poor public services and the state’s perceived unwillingness to fight corruption. Reports suggest that the protest was...

US President Donald Trump rejected a request by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to allow the transfer of millions of dollars to the Palestinian Authority (PA)’s security forces, according...

A UN body has announced that Israel’s Jewish Nation-State Law contravenes international human rights laws ratified and adopted by Israel, Arab48 reported yesterday. The news website reported that the...

Turkey has asked Interpol to issue an arrest warrant for dismissed Fatah member Mohammed Dahlan who is based in the UAE, sources said. The sources pointed out that Turkey...