Middle East

Several Israeli or Jewish owned companies have been operating in the heart of several Gulf States, Rai Al-Youm reported Israeli analyst for security and military affairs Yossi Melman as...

Israeli Air Force Chief Major General Amir Eshel said that the Israeli public's expectation that the Iron Dome will protect them is "unrealistic", local media reported yesterday. Iron Dome...

The head of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI) has revealed that Russia has agreed to provide nuclear fuel for the Bushehr plant in the south of the...

Jordanian authorities yesterday released four female members of Libya's Tripoli based parliament after holding them at Queen Alia International Airport, the Anadolu Agency reported. The MPs were: Magda Al-Falah...

An Omani court jailed a prominent human rights activist for three years on Sunday. Said Jadad was found guilty of a range of offences including "undermining the state". According...

An Israeli newspaper revealed on Sunday that the occupation authorities have cancelled the "firing zone" status of part of the Jordan Valley to enable the expansion of an illegal...

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman yesterday threatening to cut off with an axe the heads of Arab-Israeli citizens who are not loyal to the state. "Those with us, should...

Over five thousand civilians have now died in eastern Ukraine, and one and a half million people have been displaced, through no fault of their own. They are the...

Six Palestinian sisters from the Gaza Strip have taken the art of Palestinian embroidery and turned it into a source of income in spite of the crippling Israeli blockade...

A new report from the investigative journalism team at DanWatch gives more disturbing evidence of Danish businesses helping to keep the wheels of Israel's military occupation of Palestine turning....

Senior officials representing five European countries criticised the Palestinian Authority, Egypt and the Gulf States for delaying the reconstruction of Gaza Strip without laying any blame on Israel which...

More than 200 Iraqi Turkmen women have been abducted by militants affiliated with the Islamic State (ISIS) and are still awaiting rescue, chairman of the Iraqi Turkmen Front Arshad...

Last year's Israeli onslaught on the Gaza Strip has led to the displacement of 34,697 Palestinian women, while 791 others lost their spouses, a Palestinian NGO said. "Israel committed...

The Israeli army on Saturday reduced fishing space off the coast of the Gaza Strip to four nautical miles from the six miles agreed on as part of last...

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) attorney general on Sunday has pressed charges of "insulting" UAE officials against a former Kuwaiti MP and a leading member of a Muslim Brotherhood-linked...

Islamic Jihad secretary-general Ramadan Shalah on Saturday informed the deputy head of the political office of Palestinian faction Hamas Ismail Haniyeh about the outcome of talks conducted in Cairo...

Jordanian authorities on Saturday detained four female members of Libya's Tripoli-based parliament soon after they arrived at Queen Alia International Airport in capital Amman, one of the detained members...

The top of Mount Sinjar in Iraq's Nineveh Plains is lined with erratic rows of tents. The plateau resembles any typical refugee camp, however the attitude of the community's...

In recognition of International Women's Day 2015 on Sunday 8 March, MEMO is highlighting the issue of gender inequality which still affects women and girls around the world Over...

Ex-members of Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood announced on Friday the appointment of Abdul-Majeed Thunaibat as their new Supreme Guide, it has been reported. Speaking during a press conference in Amman...

The UN Security Council has condemned in the "strongest terms" any use of chlorine as a weapon in Syria. According to a statement issued on behalf of the Security...

Israeli officials insisted on Friday that it is business as usual for security cooperation with the Palestinian Authority, local media have reported. The remarks were made following an announcement...

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed concern on Friday at a decision by the PLO to halt security coordination with Israel, Reuters has reported. Mr Ban called for the international...

The Iranian ambassador in France Ali Ahani told the Europe 1 radio station yesterday that Tehran expects France to adopt a "more realistic" attitude towards Syria in order not...

Ismail Haniyeh, deputy head of the political bureau of Hamas, said the national unity government train still has not reached its desired station, which requires the application of all...

Science fiction from the Arab world has been capturing the attention of western audiences as of late. This year, sci-fi across the fields of literature, film and art in...

Military pressure may be needed to topple Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad, US Secretary of State John Kerry said yesterday. "He's lost any semblance of legitimacy, but we have no...

New agreement between Turkey and Qatar permits the deployment of joint troops in both countries Brat Junkar, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the Turkish Parliament, has explained...

Ever since the militant group known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham (ISIS), or simply "Islamic State", stormed onto our television screens and twitter feeds last summer,...

A "roadmap" for Syria drafted by the Syrian National Coalition, Syria's main political opposition body based in Istanbul, and the National Coordination Committee, an opposition group based in Damascus,...

Last night, I participated in a debate at the Cambridge Union on 'This House Believes Israel is a Rogue State.' Speaking alongside Ghada Karmi and Norman Finkelstein for the...

In December, Peter Oborne, then the chief political commentator at The Telegraph wrote a long, thorough and well-researched piece with Alex Delmar-Morgan about several prominent British Muslims whose bank...