President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia, Turkey and Iran had agreed to take unspecified extra steps to clear Syria’s Idlib region of what he called “a hotbed...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu let his guard slip yesterday by announcing that he was intent on starting a war with Iran. The belligerent remark was made by the...

A close ally of US President Donald Trump has been accused of defending the killers of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi during a speech in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)....

The US Senate has proposed a resolution that would ban any deal to exchange US nuclear technology with Saudi Arabia that could assist the Kingdom in making a nuclear...

US President Donald Trump has called on Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar to resign over the “anti-Semitic” tweets affair. Despite apologising for her remarks, Trump said Tuesday during a cabinet...

Russia has decided not to attend the US-led international conference inaugurated yesterday in Polish capital Warsaw. The Russian Foreign Ministry said on social media that the meeting “is a...

MEMO photographer Mohammed Assad had his camera destroyed during Israel's attack on Palestinians during the Great March of Return

European countries tried to pressure the United States to cancel its Middle East conference taking place in Polish capital Warsaw this week. According to Israel’s KAN TV channel –...

US organisation Freedom House has ranked Egypt 126th out of 195 countries when it comes to public freedoms. According to a new report by the organisation based on 2018...

What started as series of public demonstrations and strikes across Iran nearly two years earlier peaked on 11 February, 1979, with the Islamic Revolution of Iran ending decades of...

The Democratic-led US House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a resolution that would end US support for the Saudi Arabia-led coalition in the war in Yemen, as many lawmakers...

Joint US-Libyan forces raided an al Qaeda site in the Libyan city of Ubari on Wednesday, according to a statement by a Libyan official. The spokesperson for Fayez al-Sarraj,...

A Saudi Arabian government app that allows men in the country to monitor and control their female relatives’ travel at the click of a button should be removed from...

Turkey’s National Defense Minister Hulusi Akar met acting US Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan in Brussels on Wednesday, Anadolu Agency reports. During the meeting, recent developments in Syria were discussed, according...

Is the Warsaw Conference aiding Netanyahu's re-election bid?

The disgraced American actor-comedian Roseanne Barr was welcomed warmly in Israel last month. No surprise in that, you may think, but it now appears that this was precisely because...

A legal battle is underway in the US state of Maryland to reverse an anti-Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) legislation denounced as “unconstitutional”. Syed Saqib Ali – a former...

In the days leading up to the Warsaw Conference on the Middle East, the debate continues over the objectives of this American initiative, its seriousness and feasibility. This also...

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that internal Palestinian division is used as a pretext to promote the US “deal of the century”. During a meeting with the Palestinian...

An Israeli intelligence company pursued activists affiliated with the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. An investigation published by the New Yorker on Monday revealed that Psy Group Company...

American politicians from the two main parties have finally found something to agree upon. Democrats and Republicans alike want more intervention in Venezuela. “Now, despite Maduro, there...

US senators from both parties introduced a resolution on Tuesday requiring that any deal to share US nuclear power technology with Saudi Arabia block the kingdom from making a...

Foreign ministers and senior officials from 60 nations gather in the Polish capital Warsaw on Wednesday where the United States hopes to ratchet up pressure against Iran despite concerns...

Acting US defence chief Patrick Shanahan told Iraqi leaders that Washington understood its forces were in Iraq at Baghdad’s invitation, aiming to steady relations after President Donald Trump said...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that Israeli forces had carried out another strike in Iran-aligned Syria, a day after the Syrian army said an Israeli drone fired...

Egyptian billionaire businessman Naguib Sawiris said on Tuesday he sees opportunities for mining, telecoms and hotels in North Korea if a summit between its leader Kim Jong Un and...

An Indonesian militant who appeared on an Daesh propaganda video showing the execution of a hostage and was said to be close to the militant group’s leader was killed...

Acting US Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan arrived in Baghdad on Tuesday for an unannounced visit during which he said he would stress the importance of Iraqi sovereignty and broach...

Venezuela’s self-declared leader Juan Guaido he was working to restore ties with Israel that Caracas cut off a decade ago in solidarity with the Palestinians. Israel is among US-aligned...

A major international conference hosted by the US to build an anti-Iran coalition has been snubbed by senior figures in Europe, signalling a rift between US President Donald Trump...

The US likes to claim that it is fighting its last battle against Daesh, and President Donald Trump is keen to announce the end of the group and the...

The US “deal of the century” is ready and US President Donald Trump has been briefed about its content, Fox News reported two senior US officials as saying this...