Middle East

Media reports say that Israel's Minister of Defence has ordered the demolition of eight Palestinian villages in the South Hebron Hills in the occupied West Bank. Ehud Barak said...

The French Ministry of Defence is to cancel an arms deal with Israel signed by the former Defence Minister, Israeli media sources have claimed. Through the deal, France would...

The PLO factions in Syria have condemned the killing of a number of young Palestinians from the refugee camps around Aleppo. They were murdered after being kidnapped on their...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES A conference on Pluralism and Difference from an Islamic Perspective has concluded at An-Najah University in Nablus, in the occupied West Bank. The organising committee said that...

Jordan's King Abdullah II has said that the democracy which he seeks in his country will ensure the right of free expression, freedom of opinion and protest by peaceful...

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has condemned Israel's aggression against the Gaza Strip and called for a permanent and comprehensive truce that would guarantee security and stability for the people...

Israeli occupation forces have deployed "Iron Dome" anti-missile batteries in the greater Eilat area near to the border with Egypt. An Israeli official told the local media that the...

The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), has warned the Israelis not to provoke Arabs and Muslims by distorting the facts about Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa Mosque. A spokesman for Hamas also...

The Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority is acutely embarrassed by the State of Qatar's decision to begin reconstruction projects in the Gaza Strip by the end of August, Palestinian sources said...

The Deputy Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) has accused Palestinian Authority officials of obstructing an inquest into the death of the late President Yasser Arafat. Hassan Khreisheh...

The newly elected President of Egypt, Dr. Mohammed Morsi, has told the audience at his inauguration ceremony that the state and people will stand with the Palestinians until they...

Farmers in Jordan have hinted that they may escalate their protests against frequent fires started in occupied Palestinian territory and sue the Israeli government, which they hold responsible for...

An Israeli psychological health centre has warned of increasing rates of self-immolation by Israelis because of the "bad" economic situation. A spokesman for the centre claimed that hundreds of...

Sheikh Rashid Al-Ghannouchi was re-elected as the leader of Tunisia's ruling Al-Nahda Party on Monday during the 9th Convention of the party's General Committee. The convention was the first...

Israeli officials have reacted with anger to UNESCO's decision to endow an academic chair at the Islamic University of Gaza (IUG). This, claim the Israelis, is an "endorsement of...

The Israeli authorities have released two members of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), Mahmud Al-Ramahi, the PLC secretary from Ramallah, and Nizar Ramadan from Al-Khalil (Hebron). Both men are...

The Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, has backed off from a meeting with Shaul Mofaz, Israel's Deputy Prime Minister and the leader of the Kadima Party, scheduled to be held...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES The collective wedding of 50 seriously injured Palestinians has been held in the Gaza Strip. Sponsored by an Italian charity, the event took place on Thursday under...

Hebrew media sources have revealed moves in the Israeli parliament (Knesset) to enact a law which will ban student activities and events which are "incompatible with the Jewish character...

The International Committee of the Red Cross in the Gaza Strip has said that it has not received any information from the Israeli authorities regarding visit schedules for Gazan...

Tunisia's Al-Nahda (Renaissance) Party has announced that its 9th conference will be held on 12th-15th July in Tunis. It will be the movement's first conference since the revolution which...

Prisoners' support groups have said that the families of around 100 prisoners from Gaza in Israeli jails will be able to visit their loved ones from next month. Visits...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Schoolgirls from the Muhammad Tufaha School in Nablus have held a craft exhibition under the title "Flowers of Spring", which featured their work from across the academic...

The political adviser to the Tunisian Prime Minister has stressed that the strategy of the government is to support all political work within the country's legal framework. Lotfi Zitoun...

A senior member of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood has denied reports that preparations are being made in Washington for a meeting between the organisation and Israeli members of parliament. Ibrahim...

Media sources are reporting that Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has reiterated his country's demands for an end to the political crisis between Israel and Turkey. "Restoring good...

The Solidarity Foundation for Human Rights has revealed that the Israeli occupation authorities have renewed, without charge or trial, the administrative detention of an elderly MP in the Palestinian...

Child detainees in Israeli jails have accused the prison authorities of implementing a "starvation policy" against them as the number of meals they receive daily has been reduced to...

A group of illegal Jewish settlers, accompanied by an Israeli government minister and a number of members of the Knesset (Israeli parliament), broke into the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque...

The Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organisation has accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of failing to provide clear answers to the issues which are disrupting the peace...

The Secretary-General of the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan, Sheikh Hammam Said, has equated the current flow of solidarity humanitarian convoys to the Gaza Strip with Jewish migration to Palestine...

A spokesman for the Egyptian Foreign Ministry, Amr Rushdie, has said that around 100,000 Egyptian expatriates have already cast their votes in the presidential election run-off. Minister Plenipotentiary Rushdie...