Syria’s Assad regime yesterday slammed the donor conference held in Brussels as “flagrant interference” in its internal affairs, AFP reported. In a statement issued by the Syrian Foreign Ministry, Damascus considered...

Jordan has issued more than 190,000 work permits to Syrian refugees in Jordan, RT Arabic reported the Minister of Foreign and Expatriate Affairs, Ayman Safadi, saying yesterday. The needs of Syrian...

The United Nations yesterday urged international donors to double their financial pledges to support Syrian refugees and countries which shelter them in the region in an effort to reach...

The Belgian parliament today passed a resolution urging the government to call on the European Union to impose sanctions against Israel if it proceeds with its plan to annex large swaths...

The Belgian Chamber of Representatives will today be voting on whether to “formally recognise the State of Palestine.” The resolution, said Socialist MP Malik Ban Achour, urges the federal...

The chief of Iranian Students’ News Agency (ISNA) has reportedly been convicted after publishing an interview with a former Iranian diplomat who criticised Tehran’s “arbitrary” intelligence operations in Europe. According to...

A number of Belgian NGOs have called to put pressure on the Israeli occupation authorities in order to release blocked Palestinian tax money to enable the Palestinian Authority (PA)...

An infamous Saudi cargo ship suspected of carrying weapons to be used in the war in Yemen has been forced to alter its route more than once, after facing...

Israel has launched an attack on a renowned children’s rights organisation, prompted by an invitation by Belgium to host the NGO at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). Defence...

For the past six years, the United Nations and other aid groups have been crossing into Syria from Turkey, Iraq and Jordan at four places authorized by the UN...

Oman’s Sultan Qaboos will travel to Belgium on Saturday for unspecified medical checks, his court said, Reuters reports. Western-backed Qaboos, 79, has ruled the Arabian peninsula state since he...

Turkey continues to deport foreign Daesh fighters captured during its operations in northern Syria. In the past three weeks, the Turkish authorities have deported 21 foreign Daesh fighters to...

Belgian police found 12 migrants alive in a refrigerated truck at a motorway parking area in northern Belgium on Wednesday after the driver alerted the authorities, a federal police...

Two Daesh militants from Belgium have escaped custody in northern Syria in the course of Turkey’s offensive against Kurdish forces there, the head of Belgium’s security assessment agency said...

An Iraqi migrant who died attempting to swim the Channel from France to Britain has been recovered off the coast of Belgium. The stretch of water between England and...

Cycling4Gaza will travel across four countries to highlight the freedoms enjoyed by many in Europe but denied to Palestinians in the occupied territories 

Six Belgian children of Daesh members were brought back to Belgium on Friday from camps in Syria as reported on Reuters. The children, ranging in age from six to...

Belgian State Council decided on Friday to suspend the licenses of arms exports to Saudi Arabia fearing their use against civilians in Yemen, media sources reported. In recent months...

Belgian authorities said on Saturday that they are ready to suspend arms sales to Saudi Arabia if it is proven that they have been used in conflicts with other...

The US Treasury, moving to boost pressure on Hezbollah, imposed sanctions on Wednesday against two people and three firms that Washington accuses of being involved in schemes to help...

The World Bank stated that the Palestinian economy is now facing a severe shock in terms of public finances because of the clearance crisis with Israel, calling for an...

The United States was isolated at the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday over President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights as the other...

An Iraqi court sentenced a Belgian man to death by hanging on Monday for being part of Daesh, one of dozens of foreign nationals facing the death penalty in...

Two Belgian women who joined Daesh in Syria said on Sunday they were losing hope they will ever go home after a Belgian court overturned a ruling to repatriate...

Belgium has won an appeal against a judge’s order forcing it to repatriate two Belgian women convicted of being Daesh militants and their six children from Syria, a court...

Belgian companies supplied illegal chemical agent to Syria

Saudi Arabia said on Monday it had signed agreements worth 204 billion riyals ($54.4 billion) and offered fresh incentives to attract capital as part of a 10-year programme that...

Three Belgian companies which exported banned chemicals to Syria are to be fined, while two of the three companies’ heads will be sent to prison. The chemicals in question...

Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel resigned from his post on Tuesday after losing the backing of his main coalition partner for signing the UN migration deal in Marrakesh last...

Qatar will more than double its naval forces by 2025 as a massive new base comes online and it expands a national service programme amid a protracted dispute with...

Iran’s nuclear chief said on Tuesday he was warning the European Union’s top diplomat that Iranian patience was running out on the bloc’s pledges to keep up oil trade...

Brigadier General Khalifa Haftar will soon sue authorities in Belgium who he has accused of supporting terrorism in Libya, his spokesperson said. Ahmed Al-Mesmari said:  “Belgium has delivered weapons...