Middle East

The Turkish Foundation for Human Rights and Freedoms and Humanitarian Relief (İHH) organised demonstrations in major cities across Turkey on Wednesday to protest against Israel's escalating violations in occupied...

The Danish Minister for Foreign Affairs, Martin Lidegaard, visited the Gaza Strip today to see first-hand the destruction wrought by the summer's conflict and hear about the long-term financial,...

'It is the occupation, not Hamas recognition of Israel, which is the core problem' It is rather unnerving to come face to face with a man regarded by many...

In the first of three events with the Middle East Monitor (MEMO) Ali Abunimah, a Palestinian American journalist and a leading proponent of the Palestinian cause spoke at Imperial...

An official source in the Egyptian foreign ministry has expressed "extreme surprise" over the UN's decision to deduct $30 million in administrative costs from the aid donated for the...

Saudi Prince Al-Waleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud said on Tuesday that the decease of crude oil prices to less than $80 per barrel proved that Saudi dependence only...

The Socialist Party of France wants France to recognise the state of Palestine in an attempt to end the Israeli occupation, according to parliamentary sources. The same source added...

"Israel's latest decision for settlement expansion in Jerusalem is not only a slap in Secretary Kerry's face, but it's a blow to the entire Palestinian...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has been dealing with Gaza and its problems harshly, a leading Hamas official said. "The unity government's insistence to continue to tax the only fuel...

The Arab draft resolution regarding setting a timeframe for ending the Israeli occupation will be presented for voting at the UN Security Council before the end of the month,...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) is expected to officially declare that Israel is guilty of "war crimes" on Thursday for the attack on a Turkish aid ship bound for...

Palestinian faction Hamas on Wednesday said that a Palestinian motorist who ran over a group of Israeli pedestrians in East Jerusalem earlier in the day – killing one and...

These days, the Palestinian cause is going through an exceptional phase, while the Arab and Muslim world are experiencing a very complicated time. I do not need to point...

Monday's terrorist attack in Saudi Arabia's eastern province which left seven dead and 12 wounded is a brutal reminder of how a sectarian war raging in Syria and Iraq...

The Jordanian government will recall its ambassador to Israel to protest the latter's recent practices against Muslim worshippers in the Jordan-administered Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in East Jerusalem, the official...

Saudi Arabia and the UAE paid tribute to Egypt's efforts to tackle challenges to its security and for ensuring the rule of law. During Egypt's Universal Periodic Review (UPR)...

Sheikh Tareq Al-Suwaidan, a leader of the Kuwaiti branch of the Muslim Brotherhood, said that the Belgium government has refused to allow him to enter the country because of...

For the first time since 1967, Israeli occupation forces actually entered into the southern Mosque in Al-Aqsa Compound, according to the director of the Islamic Awqaf, Sheikh Azzam Al-Khatib....

A large number of right-wing Israeli settlers attempted to storm Al-Aqsa Mosque on Wednesday morning accompanied by a group of Israeli occupation forces that entered the compound to confront...

Israeli police on Wednesday barred Adnan al-Husseini, the Palestinian minister of Jerusalem affairs, from entering the city's flashpoint Al-Asqa Mosque complex. Speaking to Anadolu Agency by phone, al-Husseini said...

Dozens of students from the government run University of Sanaa protested today calling for the removal of the Houthis from their campus. According to the Anadolu Agency correspondent, the...

Not much, as British parliamentary records reveal – the ruling Al-Khalifa family shelled out just £5,400 per head for British parliamentary grandees Baroness Scotland of Asthal, Lord Gulam Noon,...

Spokesperson for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Jens Laerke said on Tuesday that the UN in Iraq is calling for an additional $173 million to...

Prince Charles has stepped into the volatile arena of Middle Eastern politics by calling the plight of Christians in Iraq and Syria an "indescribable tragedy." The prince said that...

Amnesty International has accused the Israeli army of committing "war crimes" by targeting "houses full of families" in Gaza, attacks that killed "scores of Palestinian civilians." The new report...

The Arab Spring appeared at first like a political contagion spreading throughout the Arab world. A fault-line between vibrant generations of youth and ossified ruling elites, as a result...

Jen Psaki, the official spokesperson for the US State Department, recently confirmed that Washington has no intention or plans to re-launch the peace process. She added: "It is possible...

Omar Al-Hassi, the prime minister of the Libyan government in Tripoli, stressed that elections were necessary to put an end to the chaos that has been plaguing the country...

In his speech before the National Assembly, the House of Representatives and the Senate, King Abdullah II said that the Palestinian issue is "our number one cause" and that...

Palestinian resistance movement Hamas on Tuesday dismissed media reports that some of its members were arrested by Egyptian authorities over suspected involvement in a deadly attack in the country's...

In a rare appearance on Tuesday, Hassan Nasrallah, leader of the Shiite Hezbollah group, threatened that Hezbollah would respond fiercely if Israel attacked Lebanon. "In any future war on...

Palestinian resistance faction Hamas has denounced Israel's decision to hold the group's West Bank spokesman without charge for six months. "The detention of Saed Abu al-Bahaa is part of...