International Organisations

We can still hear the echoes of the statements made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his visit to a number of African countries in July. More specifically,...

Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad have advanced into Aleppo's old city, claiming to have taken it completely, in a move that may see the Syrian opposition suffer...

Leaders and heads of delegations of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries started the 37th session of the GCC Supreme Council in the Bahraini capital Manama yesterday. Against the backdrop...

Iraqi army units launched fresh attacks towards the centre of Mosul yesterday in an offensive from the city's southeastern edges that could give fresh impetus to the seven-week-old battle...

United Nations envoy for the Middle East Nickolay Mladenov released a statement yesterday warning that Israel's "formalisation law" which seeks to retrospectively legalise illegal outposts in the occupied West...

The murderous situation in Aleppo has become like a series of grotesque parties, with Russians, the Assad regime, Hezbollah and Iranian forces and militias invited from various parts of...

Yemen on Tuesday appeared to reject a UN plan to end its civil war, saying the roadmap would create a "dangerous international precedent" by legitimizing the rebellion against the...

Gulf Cooperation Council member states attend the 37th Leaders Summit at Al-Sakhir Palace in Manama, Bahrain

Syria's army and allies pushed into opposition-held parts of Aleppo's Old City on Tuesday, a monitoring group said, looking closer than ever to achieving their most important victory of...

The Turkish Red Crescent has started accepting applications for its special debit cards for refugees, known as the Kizilay Card, which is being financed by the European Union. The...

Linking aid for countries in the Middle East and Africa to how they manage migration can create dangerous precedents, the United Nations top refugee official warned the European Union...

British Prime Minister Theresa May is in Bahrain today to join Gulf Arab leaders at a summit for talks on trade for Britain post-Brexit. Defence ties will also be...

British Minister for Middle East and North Africa Tobias Ellwood landed in Bahrain yesterday to accompany UK Prime Minster Theresa May to observe this year's GCC Summit. The ministers...

EU member states Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg are considering lifting the ban imposed on their citizens to travel to Tunisia, the Anadolu Agency reported yesterday. These remarks came...

Canada has vowed to help Lebanon to cope with the flow of refugees from Syria, Anadolu has reported. The offer of help was made by Minister of Foreign Affairs...

The United Nations launched a record humanitarian appeal yesterday, asking for $22.2 billion in 2017 to help almost 93 million people hit by conflicts and natural disasters. More than...

Israel's parliament gave initial approval on Monday to a revised bill that would legalise Israeli settlement homes built on private Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank. The proposed...

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) Commissioner General Pierre Krenpol speaks during a press conference in Gaza City

Representatives of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Turkey have called for an emergency special session of the UN General Assembly on the alarming situation in Syria....

Syria's army and allied militia advanced towards opposition-held areas of Aleppo's Old City on Sunday in an attack which a military source predicted would be over in a matter...

The EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said Saturday that talks to end the five-year conflict in Syria should continue regardless of the ongoing fighting on the ground. "Maybe...

France and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) today launched a $100 million fund to protect heritage sites threatened by extremism and conflict after the destruction last month of an...

The world's largest security company, G4S, announced today that it is selling most of its Israeli businesses after an effective campaign against the company waged by the Palestinian-led but...

About 2.8 million Syrians suffer permanent disabilities due to the ongoing conflict in their country, a new report issued by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian...

Turkey has been fighting several terrorist groups on different fronts in Syria and Iraq, such as the PKK, the PKK's Syrian offshoot the Peoples' Protection Units (YPG) and Daesh....

To those familiar with Arab culture, it is no secret that the topic of disability remains a taboo. When speaking about disability in the Arab world, generally, the topic...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas yesterday met with Fatah members from Lebanon and Syria during Fatah's 7th conference in Ramallah. The Syrian delegation informed Abbas of the difficult circumstances faced...

Libya's outgoing UN ambassador has launched a scathing attack on the international community for its interference in his country's internal affairs. Ibrahim Dabbashi protested to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon...

Tunisia and the UK have yesterday signed an agreement to fund the building of two multidisciplinary hospitals in the Tunisian cities of Gabes and Beja. The agreement was signed...

UN Envoy to Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed arrived in the temporary Yemeni capital Aden yesterday to meet with President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi. His visit comes after the...

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) has described casualty figures it released on the ongoing battle for Mosul as "staggering". Figures for November showed that 1,959 members...

Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi is meeting European Union officials in Brussels to discuss ways to boost his country's economy. "The first visit by a Tunisian president to European...