The UN Special Envoy to Yemen returned to Riyadh on Friday without meeting the Houthis or anyone representing ousted President Ali Abdullah Saleh, Moheet.com has reported. The rebels refused...

Daesh militants have destroyed one of the most famous monuments in the ancient city of Palmyra, the Tetrapylon, and the facade of its Roman Theatre, Syrian antiquities chief Maamoun...

Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad said today that the priority at upcoming peace talks in the Kazakhstani capital Astana would be to hammer out a viable ceasefire. “The Astana talks will...

Ten civilians were killed and six others were injured when Houthi forces shelled an underdeveloped area in the besieged city of Taiz, local sources reported yesterday. Three of the...

More than 40 per cent of Syrian refugee children in Turkey are missing out on education, despite a sharp increase in enrolment rates, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)...

A senior Palestinian official warned on Thursday that if Israel goes ahead and annexes the illegal settlement of Ma’ale Adumim built on Palestinian land, the Palestinian Authority will put...

High level delegation from EU and UN attend the inaguriation ceremony of the European Union (EU) and UNICEF funded huge sea-water desalination plant in Deir al Balah,

Yemeni Houthi rebels have sparked outrage on social media after photos and videos of around three thousand female Houthi loyalists parading in Sana’a were released. The women were captured...

When we look at the “sea of failures” in the Arab world, we look for at least some bright points for balance and to revive our broken souls a...

A new scandal is rocking Israel at the moment which may usher in the end of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's political career.

Sudan has renewed its complaint to the UN Security Council against Egypt over the ownership of the disputed Halayib Triangle, Sudan News Agency reported. The agency quoted an unnamed...

The Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) has started a campaign to organise an international conference against the Israeli settlements at the European Parliament in Brussels. The PLO Expatriates Affairs Department...

South Carolina Government Nikki Haley, whom President-elect Donald Trump has tapped to lead US efforts at the UN, said Wednesday the world body is biased against Israel. “Nowhere has the...

The United Nations Security Council needs to push Iran to abide by an arms embargo, outgoing US Ambassador Samantha Power said on Wednesday amid UN concerns that Tehran has...

President Barack Obama suggested on Wednesday that moving the US embassy to Jerusalem could have “explosive” results and said he was worried that the prospects for a two-state solution...

A senior UN official has warned Israel against destroying further prospects for peace in the Middle East, in comments made yesterday. Addressing the United Nations Security Council, Nickolay Mladenov,...

Russia and Egypt have been reportedly working together to broker a meeting between Libyan Prime Minister Fayez Al-Sarraj and military strongman Khalifa Haftar. The purpose behind the meeting is to...

A key element of Israel’s military regime in the occupied Palestinian territory (OPT), an occupation that will complete fifty years in June, is the Coordination of Government Activities in...

The main Palestinian factions announced a deal on Tuesday to form a national unity government prior to the holding of elections. The news came following reconciliation talks held in...

The UN’s World Food Program has temporarily suspended air drops of vital supplies to the eastern Syrian city of Deir al-Zor due to heavy fighting there, a program spokeswoman,...

US President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be US ambassador to the United Nations will blast the world body over its treatment of Israel at her Senate confirmation hearing, according...

A number of high profile international humanitarian organisations have appealed to warring parties in Syria to unconditionally let humanitarian assistance reach almost three quarters of a million people still...

The Syrian capital, Damascus, once famed for its springs of fresh water has now gone an entire month without water due to an offensive launched by the Syrian regime...

Israel is pursuing a policy of “ethnic cleansing” against Jerusalem’s Palestinian inhabitants, the Palestinian minister of Jerusalem affairs Adnan Al-Husseini said on Monday. The Istanbul-based Anadolu Agency quoted Al-Husseini...

Human Rights Watch has criticised the International Criminal Court for failing to launch new investigations into war crimes alleged to have taken place in Libya. In its World Report...

US President-elect Donald Trump has reportedly confirmed his intention to appoint Jared Kushner, his son-in-law “to broker a Middle East peace deal”, according to The Times. In an interview...

US President Barack Obama played down fallout from a US abstention on a United Nations resolution last month demanding an end to Israeli settlements in occupied territory, saying it...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is prepared to meet with US lawmakers, a UN spokeswoman said yesterday, as some US senators push to cut funding to the world body...

A new United Nations report has documented how Israeli settlements can control, and restrict access for Palestinians to, an area more than twice their designated municipal boundaries. The report...

Finland will host a Syrian aid conference on January 23-24, the United Nations announced Friday. “Finland will bring together key humanitarian and development stakeholders on 23 and 24 January...

The UN Envoy to Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed said yesterday evening that the roadmap to peace he put forward to resolve the Yemeni crisis recognises the legitimacy of...

Human Rights Watch has condemned the expulsion of several observers in Western Sahara. HRW’s World Report 2017, released on Thursday, refers specifically to the case of Carlos Beristain, a...