Arab ambassadors in Australia will send a letter of protest to the Australian Under Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs tomorrow following statements made by the Australian Attorney-General...
Untangling the complex relations between China, Russia, the Gulf states and "the West"is no easy task. Although Beijing and Moscow have long kept a small hand in Gulf affairs,...
Susan Rice, national security advisor of the US President Barack Obama said on Friday that the US has offered "lethal and non-lethal" aid to the Syrian opposition, CNN reported....
At a time when the Israeli government threatened to impose increasing sanctions against the Palestinians, the US has accused it of hypocrisy, after Benjamin Netenyahu's government transferred great amounts...
Deputy Spokesperson of the US State Department Marie Harf said on Tuesday that her country would continue aiding the new Palestinian unity government while monitoring closely its work. Replying...
Robert Ford, the former US ambassador to Damascus, criticised Barack Obama's policy on Syria, saying Washington should do more and take the initiative to arm the moderate opponents of...
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei asserted on Wednesday that the Obama administration had excluded the military option for resolving outstanding problems with other countries. Calling for Iranian officials to...
It is often assumed that Israel was on the defensive in the Six-Day War of June 1967. That is testimony to the success of its propaganda, because the reality...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the Associated Press on Tuesday that he is both "deeply disappointed" and "deeply troubled" by the US and EU's recognition of the new...
Israel is "deeply disappointed" with the Obama administration's announcement that it would work with the Palestinian unity government sworn in by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday, Israeli...
The United States announced that the Qatari government played a key role in the release of US Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl in exchange for 5 Taliban prisoners held in Guantanamo....
The Obama administration has promised Israel that the US would not immediately recognise the Palestinian unity government, which is expected to be announced on Monday. Spokesperson of the US...
Spokesperson of the US State Department Jen Psaki said on Friday that the Syrian regime would not be able to destroy the remaining chemical weapons by the deadline June...
The Student Union Assembly at the University of California, Santa Cruz announced in a press statement on Wednesday that it had successfully passed "a resolution calling for divestment from...
'American Foreign Policy & the Muslim World' is a compilation of academic essays and articles aimed at 'dispel naïve ideas and misconceptions…about US foreign policy'. The editors were...
US Secretary of State John Kerry told CNN television on Wednesday that 92 per cent of Syria's chemical weapons had now been evacuated. Speaking to the CNN programme New...
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is deeply concerned by the recent developments in Libya, in particular "the growing military mobilisation in and around the capital Tripoli", according to a...
Spokeswoman of the US State Department Marie Harf said on Friday that her country opposes any unilateral measures to be taken by Palestinians or Israelis. "No one should take...
America's former peace envoy to the Palestine-Israel negotiations, George Mitchell, has said that the only solution to the conflict is through the two-state solution. Responding to a question from...
The mission of US envoy Martin Indyk has come to an end, as he announced on Wednesday that he is planning, during the upcoming days, to dissolve his team...
Spokesperson of the Tunisian Defence Ministry Brigadier General Tawfiq Rahmouni denied on Wednesday the presence of any foreign forces on the Tunisian side of the border with Libya. According...
The US State Department said on Tuesday that it does not condone, support or assist General Khalifa Haftar's recent actions in Libya. "We did not condone or support the...
Assistant UN Secretary-General for Political Affairs Oscar Fernández-Taranco called on Israel and Egypt to take immediate measures to improve livelihood situation for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and to...
After the broadcast of a video that showed Israeli soldiers shooting Palestinians, the US called for Israel to conduct a "thorough" investigation into the incident. Israeli human right organisation...
PLO Executive Committee member Hanan Ahsrawi said that the US has partially withdrawn from directly intervening in the negotiations between the Palestinians and Israelis. According to Al-Araby Al-Jadid news...
In keeping with previous declarations, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and PA President Mahmoud Abbas have signed agreements pertaining to taxation, energy and health, at the presidential Miraflores palace in...
Assistant Chief of Staff of Iran's Armed Forces Brigadier General Massoud Jazayeri warned on Monday that his country would not allow the Americans to cross Iran's "red lines". Iran's...
The publication of Glenn Greenwald's new book this week has been eagerly awaited – not least by myself. Giving the inside story of how he broke one of the...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told on Friday the US defence secretary Chuck Hagel that the Palestinian Authority (PA) cannot make peace with both Hamas and Israel at the...
Activists around the world have staged protests and events over the past few days in commemoration of the 66th anniversary of the Nakba, or "catastrophe", the term used by...
There have been varied views regarding the purpose of Assistant Secretary of State William Burns's recent visit to Libya. Some believe that it pertains to the general American interests...
Negotiations between Israel and the Arabs have continued to go back and forth since Camp David. All of these experiences of the past few decades, such as the Madrid...