International Organisations

The European Union launched a joint border guard force yesterday as it tries to prevent any repeat of an uncontrolled influx of migrants and refugees last year that has...

The EU yesterday called for respecting the freedom of movement and security in the Bab Al-Mandeb Straits off the southern coast of Yemen, adding that the attack On an...

A Bunyan Marsous (BM) commander has blasted the United States for its "useless" airstrikes in Sirte saying that if Washington had really wanted to it could have liberated Sirte...

The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has today called on Saudi Arabia to end "severe" discrimination against girls and to repeal laws that allow the stoning,...

Following fresh allegations of a chemical attack by the Assad regime, US President Barack Obama is considering new sanctions on Syria in a bid to pile more pressure on...

The European Parliament has called for Europe to have a "more pronounced role" in the efforts to reach a peace agreement in Syria. They also called on all parties...

The number of Palestinians injured by Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank and Gaza Strip in 2016 to date has now surpassed 3,000. According to UN OCHA, in...

Violations of human rights in Middle Eastern countries are amongst the highest globally, involving various forms of atrocities, including murder, torture, arbitrary detention and the deprivation of liberties. Various...

Activists who were on board the Women's Boat to Gaza are now in Tel Aviv's international airport awaiting deportation, Al Jazeera reported. According to Al Jazeera correspondent Mina Harballou,...

Some are still following the trail to Washington, as they believe that the solution for Syria might somehow be found there. They are under the illusion that America might...

Russia's Ministry of Defence today said the US should carefully consider the consequences of strikes on Syrian army positions because such strikes would obviously threaten Russian servicemen. Commenting on...

During an interview on Al-Jazeera, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, has expressed her optimism about the Egyptian economy. "The measures that the Egyptian authorities...

Daesh fighters are more educated than their average countryman according to a new World Bank study. Entitled "Economic and Social Inclusion to Prevent Violent Extremism", the study looks at...

Pro-government Libyan forces backed by US airstrikes are making advances in Sirte, Daesh's stronghold in the country. The campaign to rid the city of Daesh has been ongoing for...

Amnesty International has called on the Egyptian government to retry six civilians sentenced to death in an "unfair trial" by a militarily court. The imprisoned Egyptians were subjected to...

Turkish Defence Minister Fikri Isik warned that the planned military operation to retake Mosul from Daesh, could trigger an exodus of 1 million refugees to Turkey. Isik said in...

When Omar's family crossed the Turkey-Bulgaria border it was February and it had begun to snow. Whilst the children took shelter, urinating on themselves to keep warm, Omar's father...

The Arab League Council is to hold an extraordinary meeting of its permanent members today to discuss the deteriorating humanitarian situation in the Syrian city of Aleppo. Permanent Representative...

The other boat, Zaytouna, is currently in the area where the last flotilla was forcefully boarded by Israeli forces

A Red Cross worker kidnapped 10 months ago in Yemen was freed yesterday and taken to neighbouring Oman, Oman News Agency reported. Nourane Houas, a French-Tunisian employee at the...

The Bank of Ireland has been criticised after shutting the account of the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign (IPSC), the latest in a string of similar moves by European banks....

Middle East-based civil society activists have warned of a chilling effect on freedom of expression, following a high-profile agreement between the Israeli government and Facebook. In a statement published...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday criticised the European Union saying it has not fulfilled its pledge to provide aid worth €3 billion for immigrants as part of an...

Day 3 to Day 5...

Co-authored by Brian Dooley & Dareen Khalifa Everyone seems to think they know what's best for Syria. The major powers invest months in senior negotiations over ceasefires and international...

Brexit result has ushered in an unprecedented era of great uncertainty for how the UK and the EU will interact with the MENA region

Earlier today I received a phone call from a state-owned Russian TV station asking me to comment on the anniversary of the American bombing of a hospital in Afghanistan....

The Israeli navy has been preparing to face the Women's Boats heading to break the ten-year-old siege on the Gaza Strip, Quds Press reported yesterday. The boats, which are...

Orban, who responded to the influx by sealing Hungary's southern borders with a razor-wire fence and thousands of army and police, says deciding whether to accept migrants is a matter of national sovereignty

The European Union and United Nations have launched a new proposal to bring humanitarian aid to the besieged Aleppo city in Northern Syria on Sunday. The plan would provided...

Iran has kept to a nuclear deal it agreed with six world powers last year limiting its stockpiles of substances that could be used to make atomic weapons, the...

The six-member Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) demanded on Saturday that the UN intervene in Syria to stop aerial bombardments of the city of Aleppo that it said were killing...