Middle East

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has accused forces loyal to Bashar Al-Assad of a new wave of violence against Aleppo and the surrounding area. The organisation says that...

Medicines Sans Frontiers (MSF) announced on Friday that five staff doctors have been kidnapped from one of their houses in the north of Syria. MSF said in a statement...

EXCLUSIVE IMAGES Palestinian Prime Minister in Gaza Ismail Haniyeh has taken several core decisions regarding the rival Fatah movement, paving the way for Palestinian national reconciliation. In a press...

The Syrian Ministry of Education has decided to teach Russian as a second foreign language starting from next year. After learning English as a first foreign language in primary...

Defence Minister Moshe Ya'alon warned on Sunday of the serious consequences of an immediate Israeli army withdrawal from the occupied West Bank. "It would lead, probably, to the collapse...

The partners in Israel's Leviathan natural gas field have signed an unprecedented $1.2 billion agreement with the Palestine Power Generation Company, whereby the former will provide the latter with...

Israeli occupation forces have demolished Al-Taweel Hall in Aqraba, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, as soldiers delivered further demolition notices for a mosque and 5 homes...

Israeli MK Miri Regev has proposed a new bill to the ministerial committee for legislation that would obligate the prime minister to get agreement from a majority of Knesset...

Former Fatah leader Mohamed Dahlan has called on the Palestinian people to reject the Palestinian-Israeli negotiations led by US Secretary of State John Kerry, saying that any potential deal...

Kuwaiti religious scholar Dr Ajeel Al-Nashmi has issued a fatwa calling Egyptian Defence Minister and coup leader General Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi an illegitimate "tyrant". Al-Nashmi is the head of...

Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh refused on Tuesday the possibility of Israeli sovereignty over the Jordan Valley. Speaking to Jordanian state television, Jodeh said that Jordan is aware of...

Israel is to tell the Palestinian Authority to change the history syllabus used in its schools as a condition ahead of negotiating final status issues. According to a specialist...

Several Arab leaders and heads of local authorities in Palestine have expressed their resentment and anger at the idea of swapping the area known as "The Triangle" and Wadi...

A senior member of the Knesset, Israel's parliament, has claimed that Palestinian Christians "are not Arabs". The Chairman of the governing coalition, Yariv Levin MK, made his comment in...

The Palestinian Prisoners' Centre for Studies has revealed that the Israeli prison authorities have transferred Marwan Al-Barghouti to Ramla Prison hospital. The Palestinian parliamentarian is being treated for a...

Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Ya'alon has said that the current negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority aim to create a framework for more talks. They are not, he...

The Amir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al –Sabah, has issued a decree accepting the resignation of seven serving ministers in his country's government after disagreements with the...

A Palestinian Authority official has said that the body rejects 3 core issues in the framework proposal submitted by US Secretary of State John Kerry: recognition of Israel's Jewish...

Iran rejected on Monday a US proposal suggesting that it play a "minor" role in the upcoming Geneva II conference, which aims to solve the Syrian civil conflict, saying...

Disgraced Fatah leader Mohamed Dahlan has visited Cairo for a meeting with the Egyptian coup leader and defence minister, Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi. According to Amad website, which is close...

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has evaluated the decisions taken by Ismail Haniyeh in Gaza regarding national reconciliation. Speaking to Mr Haniyeh by phone, President Abbas hailed the prime...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated on Monday that he will not dismantle any of Israel's settlements in the occupied West Bank, Israeli media have reported. All of the settlements...

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki has said that the Arab Spring has turned into a curse and catastrophe for the entire Arab nation. Speaking at a ceremony to mark...

The Arab Organization for Education, Science and Culture (ALECSO) said that illiteracy rate in Arab countries exceeded 19 percent or nearly 97 million. The organization called on Arab governments...

Late last year the Middle East Monitor revealed that plans for an Egyptian – Israeli gas deal were underway, with Cyprus acting as a possible middleman. Now, the Israeli...

VIDEO The Israeli Information Centre for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, known as B'Tselem, has released a videotape of Israeli occupation soldiers providing support and protection to settlers...

Jordan's National Anti-Normalisation Committee (NANC), which lobbies against normalising relations with Israel, has condemned Jordanian merchants who import Israeli products into the Kingdom. The Committee asked the Jordanian government...

A foreign relations official from the Hamas-run government in Gaza has revealed that there are ongoing discussions with the Palestinian Authority about the formation of a national consensus government,...

The latest Miles of Smiles aid convoy has arrived in the Gaza Strip after passing through the Rafah Border Crossing. The news was released by the Committee Against the...

Israel's Defence Minister Moshe Ya'alon denounced on Wednesday the "price tag" attacks committed by Jewish settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank, describing them as terrorist acts. Israel's Yedioth...

EXCLUSIVE IMAGES The ministry of the interior in the Hamas-led government of the Gaza Strip has announced the release of seven detainees who were being held on security charges....

After delays due to technical reasons, the first shipment of chemical weapons has left Syria, several media outlets reported on Tuesday. A statement from the Organisation for the Prohibition...