The British government has refused fifty-two requests from Israel for military equipment over the past five years, citing concerns that there was a “risk of its use for internal...

The Turkish Foreign Minister, Ahmet Davutoğlu, has condemned the massacre of pro-legitimacy worshippers in Egypt this morning near the Presidential Guard Barracks. 42 protestors were killed by gunfire and...

EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS During a visit to the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, Finnish foreign minister, Erkki Tuomioja, discussed the humanitarian issues facing the Sector and promised a $1.5m increase in...

Turkey’s Prime Minister will visit the Gaza Strip next week it has been announced by the Palestinian Ministerial Council in the besieged territory. The council’s Secretary General, Abdul-Salam Syam,...

Turkey is making intensive efforts to push the international community to reinstate Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, Hurriyet Daily News said on Monday. Its Western and Arab allies’ hesitation to...

Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister said on Tuesday that Russia will not cancel its plans to provide Syria with an air defence system despite Western opposition. Sergei Ryabkov insisted that...

Diplomatic sources have revealed that the head of Germany’s BND intelligence agency went to Damascus last month for an unscheduled visit during which he met with Syrian officials led...

Turkey’s Zaman newspaper has accused Western responses to the coup in Egypt of “contradicting democratic values”. Instead of taking a decisive stand against the overthrow of an elected president,...

The London-based Jewish Chronicle has issued an apology to the CEO and trustees of a British relief agency after accusing it of being designated as a terrorist organisation by...

Reports from Israel claim that there is a “crisis of trust” with the European Union over its position on settlements and refusal to put Hezbollah on the list of...

The European Union is to start treating Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories as separate from Israel and exclude them from all kinds of cooperation. According to Tuesday’s...

The BBC’s insistence on describing Jerusalem as an Israeli city, despite such a status not being recognised under international law, has been condemned by Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC). In...

In the wake of the EU decision to boycott Israel’s settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, Israeli scientists and research institutes have warned that cutting academic ties with the...

The director of London-based satellite channel Al-Hiwar TV has said that the station has been told to stop covering the anti-coup protests in return for which its signal will...

Egyptian authorities have blocked Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s anticipated visit to the Gaza Strip, which was planned to take place in August via Egypt, due to his...

Turkish President Abdullah Gul said on Friday that the release of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi would facilitate national reconciliation. After he performed the Friday prayer at the Sultan Ahmed...

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a supporter of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, has slammed the European Union and other parties because they did not condemn the killing...

In a meeting with EU foreign policy chief Catharine Ashton on Monday, the National Alliance against the military coup asserted the need to regain constitutional legitimacy by reinstating the...

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, denounced the increasing violence in Egypt, renewing her call for an independent, fast and credible investigation into the extensive killing...

Amnesty International has called for an end to police brutality in Egypt, saying that the use of excessive force against protesters by security forces is not justified. The human...

Turkey has suspended almost thirty agreements and cooperative protocols with Egypt in various fields such as transportation, education and health that were signed during Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s...

Israeli officials have expressed their anger at the EU move against any dealings with settlements in the West Bank because they are built on Palestinian, not Israeli, land. EU...

Sources in Egypt claim that ousted President Mohamed Morsi told EU Foreign Affairs chief Catherine Ashton that he holds European and American support for the coup which removed him...

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton’s meeting with deposed president, Mohamed Morsi, was due to take place in secret, chief editor of Middle East News Agency, Abdul-Wahed Ashour, has...

Turkey’s President Abdullah Gül has approved a legal amendment intended to prevent the army from carrying out military coups d’état. Article 35 of the Turkish Army’s Internal Service Code...

VIDEO  Turkey’s Prime Minister has said that he still believes Mohammed Morsi to be the legitimate president of Egypt. “Not,” said Recep Tayyip Erdogan, “because it is him personally,...

Muslim Brotherhood spokesman, Gehad Al-Haddad, said he accompanied the EU envoy, Bernardino Lion, to Rabaa Al-Addawiyya to verify whether or not there were weapons hidden by pro-Morsi supporters. Speaking...

The founder of the Reunion Movement and the Egyptian Renaissance Party has announced details of a delegation formed of politicians and revolutionary youth among others to explain the bloody...

The Turkish government has appointed a new armed forces leadership within the framework of comprehensive changes to emphasise its control over the military, which has at times dominated political...

The military coup and removal of Mohamed Morsi took many observers by surprise, much like the January 25th Revolution which no one seemed to have been expecting. Unexpected as...

A Turkish court has convicted the country’s former Chief of the General Staff to life imprisonment. Retired General Mehmet İlker Başbuğ was sentenced for his role in the “Ergenekon...

Three major supermarkets in the Netherlands have announced their boycott of Israeli settlement products, following the European Union announcement of its own plan to boycott such items. Dutch newspaper...