Middle East

Turkish security forces have reportedly captured the leader of the terror group, Daesh, only months after its former and second leader was taken out in an operation in north-west...

Iranian forces seized two Greek tankers in the Gulf on Friday, shortly after Tehran warned it would take "punitive action" against Athens over the confiscation of Iranian oil by...

The main takeaway from this year's Davos conference was best expressed by the US Vermont independent senator and former presidential candidate, Bernie Sanders when he said; "The oligarchs party...

Despite warnings of serious repercussions and violence, Israeli Prime Minister, Naftali Bennett, on Friday, decided not to change the route of the controversial Israeli flag march that will pass...

Saudi Arabia is making around $1 billion per day from its oil exports, as the value of the commodity skyrockets to its highest cost in at least six years....

Palestinian journalists are being systematically targeted by Israel because of the "gift of impunity" granted to the Apartheid State, a press conference in London was told today in the...

Israel and Morocco signed an agreement yesterday to cooperate in science and technology projects, reported the Jerusalem Post. The Israeli Innovation, Science and Technology Minister Orit Farkash-Hacohen issued a...

Iran, on Friday, summoned the Envoy of Switzerland, which represents US interests in Tehran, to protest against the US seizure of Iranian oil from a Russian-operated ship near Greece,...

The municipal council of Gremda city in the Sfax governorate, south of Tunisia, has renamed the city's sports hall which previously held the name of engineer Mohamed Al-Zawari who was assassinated by Israel...

Hamas yesterday praised the Iraqi parliament after it passed a law criminalising normalisation with Israel. The Palestinian faction told Quds Press that Iraq's move reflected the "authenticity of the...

Former Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Judge Luis Moreno Ocampo has called on Britain to apologise for the Balfour Declaration and compensate the Palestinian people for the suffering they...

Palestinian prisoners being held in administrative detention by Israeli occupation forces have are continuing their boycott of military court proceedings in their cases for the 147th consecutive day. Over...

Tension has, in recent days, overshadowed Turkish-Israeli rapprochement over a massive Israeli military training scheduled due to take place in Cyprus in the coming days, Israel's Kan broadcaster reported yesterday. Thousands...

Israel sniper 'deliberately' targeted Shireen Abu Akleh

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas yesterday appointed Hussein Al-Sheikh as secretary-general of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO)'s Executive Committee, succeeding the late Palestinian leader Saeb Erekat. Al-Sheikh has previously served...

The Palestinian Attorney General, Akram Al-Khatib, announced yesterday that the investigation into the killing of Palestinian-American Al Jazeera journalist, Shireen Abu Akleh, has revealed that Israeli forces "directly and deliberately" assassinated...

Some 40 Islamic institutions, associations and bodies yesterday called for today's Friday sermon to be unified across the Muslim world to highlight the dangers of Israel's planned Flag March...

The city of Jerusalem is witnessing a decrease in the Jewish population in recent years, according to statistics published to mark Jerusalem Day by the Jerusalem Institute for Israel...

As the sole Lebanese armed faction from the country's civil war implicitly allowed to retain its arsenal in accordance with the 1989 Taif Accord that ended the conflict, the...

Airbus and Qatar Airways are heading towards a three-month summer trial next year, after a UK judge granted the airline a relatively quick timetable while dismissing its procedural claims in...

The Syrian regime of Bashar Al-Assad is reportedly "blackmailing" the relatives of recently-released detainees by demanding huge amounts of money in return for the guarantee that their cases will...

Qatar Airways said, on Thursday, fellow Gulf Arab airlines would operate more than 180 daily shuttle flights to Qatar during this year's soccer World Cup, allowing fans to fly in from...

Gaza has just completed tests for new lifeguards ahead of the summer beach season. The Ministry of Local Government tested 1,000 lifeguards who applied to fill some of the...

A French restaurant in Saudi Arabia's coastal city of Jeddah banned the entry of women wearing the hijab or Islamic veil, inciting outrage amongst customers and citizens in the...

Contrary to its precedents, the prospects for a new Turkish intervention into Syrian territory seem linked to more diverse and complex determinants. In addition to the positions of Moscow...

Tunisian Minister of Religious Affairs, Ibrahim Echaib, dismissed accusations made against the government about alleged normalisation of relations with Israel, ahead of the annual pilgrimage of Jews to El-Ghriba...

Iraqi lawmakers today voted to approve a bill on banning relations with Israel. In a statement, the Parliament's media office said the assembly passed a bill  criminalising the normalisation...

Russia is keen on continuing trade relations with Iran as it boosts both countries' economies amid severe US sanctions, Russian deputy Prime Minister, Alexander Novak, announced yesterday. "We're on...

Al Jazeera media network called yesterday on Reuters agency to retract an editorial error in a recent news release in which it is said to have misquoted statements by...

Britain's Labour Party has been asked to carry out an investigation into its treatment of anti-Zionist Jewish woman Diana Neslen. In December, the 82-year old threatened legal action against...

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Jordan King Abdullah II yesterday bestowed a medal on Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in recognition of her role in covering the occupation's crimes, Anadolu news agency reported. This came during...