Middle East

The Palestinian Authority cracked down on Palestinians who took to the streets in the occupied West Bank, in solidarity with the Egyptian people. Activist and writer, Lama Khater, wrote...

Palestine's Islamic Resistance Movement has denounced the explosion in the southern suburbs of Beirut which claimed the lives of 20 Lebanese and wounded dozens more. "We condemn this aggression...

A Palestinian academic has claimed to have seen evidence of Israeli involvement in creating the right sort of international environment in which Egypt's security forces could carry out its...

Senior Hamas official Salah Al-Bardawil has condemned the threat made by Fatah's Azzam Al-Ahmed that the Palestinian Authority could make "painful" decisions regarding Palestinian reconciliation. Dr Al-Bardawil said that...

The humanitarian NGO Action Group for the Palestinians of Syria has reported that Palestinian refugee camps have been bombed. No casualties were reported although Syrian forces arrested three young...

The senior member of Fatah's Central Committee in charge of the national reconciliation portfolio has noted that the August 14 deadline for Hamas to fulfil certain obligations has passed...

Qatar's Foreign Minister has expressed his surprise at the accusations that President Mohammed Morsi collaborated with the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas. Speaking to Al-Jazeera, Khalid Al-Ateyya said, "This...

A spokesman for the Palestinian government in the Gaza Strip, Ihab Al-Ghossin, has confirmed that the Egyptian authorities have closed the Rafah border crossing. Al-Ghossin said that the Egyptians...

Delegations from the Palestinian Islamic Movement, Hamas, and Palestinian Liberation Movement, Fatah, met in the Gaza Strip on Sunday and discussed several issues regarding internal reconciliation. The Fatah delegation...

News websites reported that the daughter of Dubai's ruler resented the United Arab Emirates continued support of the Egyptian army's suppression of supporters of the deposed President Mohamed Morsi....

The BBC has reported that thousands of Syrian refugees, from the Aleppo region, are fleeing to Iraqi Kurdistan. According to the report, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)...

Essam al-Da'ales, personal adviser to the prime minister in Gaza, Ismail Haniyeh, considered that the return of the Palestinian Authority (PA) president's guard to administer the Rafah crossing and...

Israeli writer, Yossi Melman, has said that Israel's main concern is the possible downfall of the military regime in Egypt. He has also said that Israel is fearful that...

Reports on Israeli radio Tuesday afternoon suggested that a secret envoy for the Israeli government visited Cairo on Tuesday, and that he stayed there for several hours to hold...

The Emirati Journalist Hamad Al Mazroui announced his intention to offer a financial reward of one million Egyptian pounds ($143 thousand) for any information that helps arrest three of...

Security sources said that Egyptian security forces killed a senior editor in state Al-Ahram newspaper Tamer abdul-Ra'ouf at a military checkpoint near the city of Damanhour on Monday night....

The Jordanian Prime Minister, Abdullah al-Nusour, announced on Monday that his country has decided to proceed with the first phase of constructing a canal linking the Dead Sea, where...

Ofer Shelah, member of the Yesh Atid party in Israel, estimates that a peaceful settlement with the Palestinians is only possible with East Jerusalem as the future capital of...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES The Popular Committee against the Israeli Siege on Gaza commemorated on Thursday the fifth anniversary of the first ship that visited Gaza in 2008. During the processions...

The Israeli human rights organization B'Tselem issued a report on Thursday stating that "Palestinian citizens, mostly minors, have been subjected to harassment and torture at the hands of Israeli...

The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the Egyptian army should be allowed to restore stability to Egypt to prevent the deterioration of Egypt's situation into something similar...

Israeli forces launched an air strike on the Al-Nama neighbourhood between Sidon and Beirut in Lebanon on Friday. The spokesman of the Israeli forces said that the intended target...

Gaza: Ismail Haniyeh, the head of the Palestinian government in Gaza, warned against the Palestinian Authority's resumption of negotiations with the Occupation, describing it as a "catastrophic choice" urging...

On Wednesday the Israeli Occupation expelled the Palestinian prisoner Ayman Abu-Daud to the Gaza Strip after he spent 40 days on hunger strike. Abu-Daud was released by the prisoner...

Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon stated on Thursday that the Israeli border with Egypt is Israel's most dangerous border at the present time. Israeli media reported Yaalon saying that...

An Israeli Major General who was the governor of the Gaza Strip between 1971-1972 recently said that killing 500 Palestinians in Gaza would bring calm. Speaking about the rockets...

George Sabra, leader of National Commission for Syria has accused Syrian government forces of carrying out a chemical weapons attack on civilians, killing 1,300 people in the eastern Ghoutah...

Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh confirmed that there is no room for Palestinian resistance in Egypt and denied any Palestinian interference in the Egyptian crisis. In a meeting with...

On Friday afternoon Palestinian security services and Israeli occupation forces cracked down on two separate solidarity marches with Egyptians in the occupied West Bank. Palestinians in the occupied West...

Officials in Jordan have expressed their concerns about Iran's response to any attack on Syria which might be launched from the kingdom's territory. They believe that if Jordan is...

Leaked records of the interrogation of the General Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, Mohamed Badie, reveal that he has been insulted and assaulted by police since his arrest on...

A senior Palestinian official has said that he expects President Mahmoud Abbas to announce a date for legislative and presidential elections soon. The announcement will be made even though...