Middle East

Tunisian President Mohamed Moncef Al-Marzouki has extended an invitation to his Egyptian counterpart, Mohammed Morsi, to take part in the second anniversary celebrations of the Tunisian revolution next month....

Israeli naval forces today, Wednesday, abducted six Palestinian fishermen off the Gaza coast and blew up one fishing boat. By so doing, Israel has breached the recent truce it...

Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi told Barack Obama in no uncertain terms that if America didn't put pressure on Israel over its aggression against the people of Gaza, "the US...

A leading member of the World Federation of Muslim Scholars, Dr. Ali Mohamed Al-Salabi, has urged the Libyan government, the leadership of the General National Congress and all civil...

A leading Palestinian military and strategic analyst has described the range of the rockets coming out of Gaza as a "remarkable development". Major General Wasif Erekat said that the...

President Mohamed Morsi has been in touch with regional and international leaders in his efforts to mobilise support to stop the Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip. Dr. Yasser...

Syria's Muslim Brotherhood has welcomed the agreement struck on Sunday in Doha between the country's opposition forces. The meeting in the Qatari capital chose Sheikh Mouaz Elkhatib to be...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Occupied Palestine – On the eve of the International Day of Solidarity with the People of Palestine, 52 international notables issued a statement calling for "urgent...

The ceasefire agreement between the Palestinian resistance in the Gaza Strip and the Israeli government is threatening the political future of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. A leading Israeli newspaper...

Former Israeli security chief Binyamin Ben-Eliezer has called former Prime Ministers Yitzhak Rabin and Ariel Sharon "murderers" during a television interview. Speaking on Channel 10, Ben-Eliezer said that the...

An Egyptian delegation 350 strong has reached the Gaza Strip for a short solidarity visit. Although they were only expected to be there for a few hours, the delegation...

The Secretary General of Al-Wasat Al-Islami Party in Jordan has appealed to King Abdullah to intervene and stop the government from removing subsidies on fuel prices. The move is...

The former UN Secretary General, Boutros Ghali, confirmed on Tuesday that he expected a brighter future for Egypt in the coming years. Ghali, who celebrates his 90th birthday tomorrow,...

A survey conducted by Israeli newspaper Haaretz has shown that more than 80 per cent of Israelis do not believe in the possibility of reaching a peace agreement with...

Egypt's Minister of Antiquities and the British ambassador in Cairo have held discussions about cooperation between the two countries in respect of archaeological projects. Dr. Mohammed Ibrahim said that...

A report in the Israeli media has accused the country's farmers of using the banned pesticide Methyl Bromide, leading to unusually high levels of poison in crops. Ma'ariv newspaper...

The International Union of Muslim Scholars has expressed its appreciation of the Emir of Qatar's visit to the Gaza Strip on Tuesday. Describing the visit as "a bold and...

A senior member of the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan has said that a new Israeli war against the people of Gaza will be "an adventure with consequences". Although Zaki...

Israel's interior Minister, Eli Yishai, has said that special detention centres to house African 'infiltrators' along the border with Egypt are primed to accommodate approximately 10,000 individuals by the...

The Arab League's annual ministerial meeting to be be held in Cairo next week will discuss the Israeli attack on the Yarmouk Industrial Complex in Khartoum, Sudan. According to...

Israeli forces have demolished a number of houses and solar-power units in the occupied West Bank and thirteen Palestinians have been detained, most of them minors. In Gaza, yet...

The Ministry of the Interior in Tunis has dismissed reports in the French media that his country hosts two "Jihadi" training camps. The French magazine "Marianne" claimed that the...

A poll published by the Israeli newspaper Haaretz reveals that the majority of Israelis support discriminatory laws and policies against its non-Jewish citizens which create an apartheid system in...

Qatar's permanent representative to the United Nations has said that the Palestine question is central for Arabs and Muslims, and noted that it will not be resolved through the...

Diesel fuel is expected to flow again to Gaza through the tunnels from Egypt in the coming days. The news was revealed by a member of the board of...

Hundreds of Israeli settlers entered Nablus at dawn on Wednesday to perform Jewish religious rituals in the Tomb of Joseph. The illegal settlers were protected by a heavy Israeli...

The head of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Israel has called on Palestinians of all factions in the Occupied Territories and in the Diaspora to protest en masse...

A spokesman for the Egyptian armed forces has denied claims that six Israeli military aircraft were able to breach Egyptian airspace earlier this week. Colonel Ahmed Mohamed Ali said...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES The Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa, and his wife, Sheikha Moza, finally arrived in the Gaza Strip today following the announcement of their impending trip...

A new economic report has revealed that there are now more Palestinians than Jews in the territory under Israel's jurisdiction between the Mediterranean Sea and the River Jordan. Published...

The Israeli Air Force was on maximum alert on Wednesday due to the "infiltration of objects into Israeli airspace" which was closed as a result. All air traffic in...

A senior Muslim Brotherhood official in Egypt has denied that there is any historical animosity between the Islamic movement and the United Arab Emirates. Dr. Abdul Rahman El-Barr refused...