Middle East

Lebanon's passports authority yesterday said it had halted receiving citizens' renewal requests as new passports stock and cash deplete due to the "huge demand". "Since 2020, requests for passport...

The General Arab Conference "United Against Normalisation" of Morocco yesterday called to end normalisation deals with Israel. The conference stressed, in a statement on International Quds Day, that "resisting...

A senior Hamas delegation yesterday met with Iranian Parliament Speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, in the Iranian capital Tehran and discussed the latest developments in Palestine, Anadolu news agency reported. A statement issued...

The state-owned oil and gas company QatarEnergy yesterday awarded a major engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the North Field East LNG expansion to a consortium of Spain's...

Illegal Israeli  settlers razed Palestinian-owned lands in Al-Naqoura and Sebastia villages northwest of the West Bank city of Nablus yesterday, the Palestinian Information Centre reported. The settlers razing Palestinian-owned lands in...

Palestinian prisoner, Nasser Abu Hamid, has been transferred from Ramleh prison to Tel HaShomer Hospital, the Palestinian Prisoners' Society (PPS) reported. "Prisoner Abu Hamid suffers from serious health complications...

Since 2021, criticism of Israel has focused heavily on its apartheid system and practices. The gradual awareness within the international community, since B'Tselem's declaration, which was followed by that...

The Saudi Arabian-led coalition fighting in Yemen said, on Thursday, it would release 163 prisoners from Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi group who fought against the Kingdom, as part of a...

Six Israeli reserve battalions will be stationed along the illegal Separation Wall that isolates the occupied West Bank from Israel, the military announced yesterday. The decision to call-up reserve...

Turkiye's President, Tayyip Erdogan, is planning a visit to Riyadh on Thursday in a push to mend ties, Anadolu News Agency reports. According to the report, Erdogan will meet...

Jordan has intensified efforts to push Israel to respect the historic status quo of Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque and avoid violent confrontations that could threaten a wider conflict, Jordanian officials...

China and Iran have agreed to expand their military cooperation following the visit by Chinese Defence Minister Wei Fenghe to Tehran yesterday, where he held talks with senior Iranian...

A Military Court Investigative Judge in Lebanon, Najat Abu Chacra, has issued an arrest warrant in absentia against journalist Maria Maalouf, on charges of "espionage, treason and incitement" in...

Russia, on Thursday, urged Israel to cease its strikes on Syria, saying the attacks are "categorically unacceptable and inadmissible", Anadolu News Agency reports. Speaking at a press briefing in...

Israeli naval forces detained six Palestinian fishermen yesterday and destroyed their boat off the Rafah coast, south of the blockaded Gaza Strip, reported Wafa news agency. Zakaria Baker of the Union...

At the very centre of Palazzo Mora, an old Venetian building, I stepped across the front yard and then through rooms where workers were still setting up artworks from...

The uncle of Jordan's King Abdullah II has been sentenced to 18 years in jail and fined $268 million on corruption charges. Walid Al-Kurdi, who is married to the...

The Syrian Response Coordination Group has expressed its deep concern and anger over the recurring cases of food poisoning among displaced civilians in Idlib Governorate after consuming "spoiled food"...

The Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) and the Palestinian Authority (PA)'s positions towards the events in Jerusalem are "weak and marginal", member of the Fatah Revolutionary Council, Hatem Abdel Qader,...

Hamas political bureau member Mousa Abu Marzook said on Wednesday that the movement continues to make contacts with many parties in order to curb the Israeli attacks and provocations...

A British judge on Tuesday denied a bid by Qatar Airways to reinstate a jet contract cancelled by Europe's Airbus, Reuters reports. The companies have been locked in a safety dispute...

Some 250,000 Muslim worshippers prayed at Al-Aqsa Mosque last night to mark the 27th evening of the holy month of Ramadan. The Department of Islamic Endowments in occupied East Jerusalem...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has received legal submissions accusing Israel of systematically targeting journalists working in Palestine and failing to properly investigate killings of media workers, which amount...

Tunisian President Kais Saied asked his Egyptian counterpart to persuade Gulf states to provide Tunis support after economists warned that economic collapse is possible as a result of the...

Israel sees an existential threat in everything, because it is a state like no other; it cannot close its eyes at night and sleep soundly when the rest of...

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Kuwait yesterday summoned the Iraqi ambassador to protest against recent remarks by a lawmaker who accused the Gulf state of "assulting Iraqi fishermen." According to a statement by the...

After Israeli occupation forces stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque once again during Ramadan, several Arab and Islamic states condemned its actions. This angered Israel as it fears the effect this will...

Israel's housing policies in East Jerusalem amount to "racial segregation and discrimination" against the Palestinian people and a violation of their human rights, a group of UN experts said...

The Israeli High Court of Justice, on Monday, ordered the State to submit a plan detailing steps to ensure settlers living in Nokdim, an illegal West Bank settlement, will...

Can you imagine what it must be like to know that your child is being kept in solitary confinement, in a room without light and electricity, and without enough...

Wacth the screening of a short film and a conversation with Scottish-Palestinian actor, singer and writer Amira Al-Shanti about identity and Palestine in the context of her most recent work 'Said the Dove to the Olive Tree'.