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Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on Wednesday that it is "impossible" and "unrealistic" to reach a final peace agreement with the Palestinians in the next few years. The...

Closing session of the 37th Leaders Summit by Gulf Cooperation Council member states is held at Al-Sakhir Palace in Manama

Syrian opposition forces in besieged eastern Aleppo called on Wednesday for an immediate five-day ceasefire and the evacuation of civilians and wounded, but gave no indication they were ready...

Six Western powers have issued a joint statements calling for "an immediate ceasefire" in Aleppo and describing the current situation in the country as a "humanitarian disaster". The United...

King of Saudi Arabia, Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud meets with King of Bahrain, Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa (not seen) at Al-Sakhir Palace in Manama,

In his statement to the Security Council, Martin Kobler told members how Libya was still running one of the world’s highest budget deficits

British Prime Minister Theresa May has said she will reiterate the importance of the Iran deal struck last year during her speech at the GCC Summit in Bahrain. Speaking...

More Syrians have fled eastern Aleppo, with reports of about 800 arriving in the past 24 hours at a disused cotton factory in the Jibreen district of west Aleppo...

Food in Yemen is expected to run out within a matter of months, Oxfam warned in a statement yesterday. Prior to the onset of the ongoing war in the...

Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaigners are celebrating, after the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in Jordan dropped its contracts with notorious security company G4S, a long-standing target...

Iran has shipped 11 tonnes of heavy water abroad to bring its stock back under a limit set by its landmark nuclear deal with major powers, according to a...

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...