The Netherlands today called for a no-fly zone over Idlib, northwestern Syria, ahead of a meeting of top EU diplomats in Croatia. “I’m glad that ceasefire has been reached,...

Syrian political prisoner and torture survivor Mazen Alhummada was lured back from asylum in the Netherlands and was arrested at Damascus airport

The Israeli military hosted an international conference on “military doctrine” last week, with dozens of delegates from 30 armies attending, reported the Jerusalem Post. The event was organised by...

Government-backed Iranian hackers have targeted universities in Europe, the United States and Australia in recent months, consultancy PricewaterhouseCoopers has found, Dutch broadcaster NOS and Reuters reported on Friday. It is unclear whether the attempts to...

A Dutch court yesterday dismissed a war crimes lawsuit filed against former Israeli general and current opposition leader, Benny Gantz, and his co-defendant, Amir Eshel. The court ruled that...

In a step towards potential future recognition, the Houthi-aligned National Salvation Government (NSG) based in the capital Sanaa held meetings with three European ambassadors, representing the first high-level official...

The Dutch government has criticised the conduct of pro-Israel advocacy group NGO Monitor, singling out the unreliability of their accusations against human rights defenders. Responding to a parliamentary question,...

A supposed Israeli “civil rights” lawyer once wrote an opinion piece in the Jerusalem Post under the headline “Israel needs to invade The Hague”. The writer was Nitsana Darshan-Leitner,...

Sudan’s public prosecutor yesterday announced the launch of an investigation into crimes committed in the Darfur region by members of the regime of ousted former president Omar Al-Bashir. “We...

After having temporarily suspended a contribution of $14 million, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands has informed the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees...

The International Coalition of the Freedom Flotilla has announced that it will sail again to the Gaza Strip in the summer of 2020

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...

The Dutch government has told parliament it will “maintain its support for the European Union’s policy of labelling goods produced in Israeli settlements…and act to enforce it”, reported Haaretz. ...

The Dutch state is not obliged to actively help repatriate the young children of women who left the Netherlands and joined Daesh in Syria, an appeals court in The...

Dutch police this week arrested a 29-year-old Syrian alleged former commander of the Ahrar al-Sham Islamist insurgent group on suspicion of having committed war crimes, the public prosecutor’s office...

Malaysia’s MyAQSA Foundation has gathered evidence and witness statements to present to the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutors at the end of this year “to allow Israel to be...

A Dutch Palestinian who lost six relatives during a 2014 bombing of Gaza sought compensation yesterday from former Israeli armed forces chief and prime ministerial hopeful Benny Gantz. Ismail...

Lawyers for a Syrian accused of war crimes in the Netherlands for allegedly participating in execution during the country’s civil war denied on Monday that their client was a...

Iraqi Mevan Babakar has been reunited with an aid worker at a refugee camp who bought her a bike 24 years ago after a Twitter campaign reunited the pair....

A United Nations official on Saturday joined Dutch lawmakers in criticizing Queen Maxima over a meeting she held with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on the sidelines of...

Far-right Dutch politician Geert Wilders has called for the forcible transfer of Palestinians from their homeland to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan as an alternative to the US “deal...

Turkey’s compound men team bagged silver medal in the 2019 World Archery Championships on today, reported by Anadolu Agency. Turkish men were beaten by South Korea in the final of...

Cyprus will earn $9.3 billion over 18 years thanks to the exploitation of the Aphrodite gas field under a renegotiated contract with Dutch-British Shell, US-based Noble, and Israeli company...

Dutch police have arrested a 47-year-old Syrian suspected of being a commander for the Nusra Front, formerly al Qaeda’s wing in Syria, prosecutors said on Tuesday, reports Reuters. The...

A senior Saudi official denied the authorities posed any threat to prominent Palestinian human rights campaigner Iyad al-Baghdadi, who has said the Norwegian security services warned him of a...

Turkey on Monday condemned a shooting that had claimed three lives in the Netherlands, reports Anadolu Agency. “We strongly condemn the attack that took place today (18 March 2019)...

Dutch police arrested a man of Turkish origin suspected of involvement in a shooting in Utrecht on Monday that killed three people and wounded five, city authorities said. The...

Three people were killed today and nine others injured in a shooting in a tram in the central Dutch city of Utrecht, the mayor said, Dutch broadcaster NOS reported. Police said...

The Dutch husband of a British teenager who was stripped of her citizenship after joining the Daesh group wants to return to the Netherlands with her and their child,...

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Turkey has deported a journalist back to the Netherlands as a “precautionary measure” after receiving a tip-off from Dutch authorities that she was linked to designated terror groups in...

A pension firm in the Netherlands has removed five Israeli banks from a blacklist it previously created in support of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. The firm...