Middle East

American unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) attacks, purported to be targeting Al-Qaeda operatives, have killed dozens of civilians in Yemen, Human Rights Watch (HRW) revealed on Tuesday. In a detailed...

US Secretary of State John Kerry announced that Qatar has agreed to erase $150 million from the Palestinian Authority's debt following talks with his Qatari counterpart Khalid Al-Attiyah in...

An official Palestinian report has revealed that the Israeli occupation forces arrested 33 Palestinian minors during the first half of this month. The report, issued by the ministry of...

PHOTOS On Monday morning at dawn, Israeli settlers stole ripe olives from Palestinian farms in different areas of the occupied West Bank. Meanwhile, Israeli forces detained a Palestinian citizen...

Israel's security body is to present its direct evaluation of the cuts to the military budget in a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, estimating that the cuts...

Justice Minister Tzipi Livni is preparing to appeal against the Knesset if a vote goes against her on a bill which would ban Israel from relinquishing control over parts...

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has said that Israel's demands in East Jerusalem have turned the conflict into a "religious struggle" in a region already overburdened with such sensitivities....

A source has revealed that Saudi intelligence services chief, Prince Bandar bin Abdul-Aziz has told European diplomats that his country would restrict relations with the United States in protest...

The head of the deposed Palestinian government, Ismail Haniyeh, asserted on Monday that "there will be no Palestinian state in Gaza and there will be no state without Gaza…that...

In a statement issued on Wednesday, the Palestinian government in the Gaza Strip criticised the UN position towards the tunnel that was discovered last week between Gaza and Israel....

On the eve of his meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry in Rome on Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu encouraged more settlement in the occupied Palestinian...

For the first time in 34 years, Israel has given permission for Egyptian fighter-bombers to fly over the Gaza Strip twice within a week, Israeli TV Channel 2 has...

After more than ten days, dozens of the bodies of the Palestinian and Syrian refugees who drowned when their boat sank early last week remain in the wreckage off...

Several members of the US Congress sent a message to Secretary of State John Kerry asking him to publicly address the human rights violations in Egypt, AP reported on...

EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS Palestinian citizens expelled from the occupied Palestinian city of Bethlehem 12 years ago held a press conference in front of the house of the Palestinian Authority (PA)...

Imad Deeman, the leader of the Al-Tawhid Brigade and a member of the Al-Tawhid Shura Council, said in an exclusive interview to Masar Press that: "A committee representing the...

On Tuesday dozens of Israeli soldiers with sniffer dogs crossed the electronic fence of the Israel-Lebanon border and stationed themselves in a disputed area opposite the Lebanese neighbourhood of...

Mahmoud Abbas has urged the European Union to enforce its regulations against Israeli companies based in the illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. The Palestinian president made his...

Justice Minister Tzipi Livni has said that Saudi Arabia and Israel share a position on Iran but cooperation between the two countries is difficult due to the continued Palestine-Israel...

The issue of Iran's nuclear programme could be settled if Tehran called a halt to uranium enrichment. This claim was made by Israel's Minister of Intelligence and International Affairs...

In a rare interview with the American magazine The New Republic, former IDF intelligence chief Amos Yadlin has revealed that the coming year will be the decisive year for...

Israeli President Shimon Peres said on Thursday that he has never known any Palestinian ready and willing to concede his rights as his Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas. Speaking at...

IMAGES The Israeli occupation authorities have imposed a complete closure of Kabsa neighbourhood in Abu-Dis on the outskirts of the holy city of Jerusalem in response to activists smashing...

The head of the Islamic movement in Israel, Sheikh Raed Salah, said on Wednesday that the relationship between the Israeli occupation and the leaders of the military coup in...

The explosion of a Truck bomb in Iraq on Wednesday has resulted in the collapse of a bridge linking Iraq and Jordan near the city of Rutba in the...

Palestinians organised a symbolic funeral on Wednesday in front of the Gaza seaport to honour the Palestinian and Syrian refugees who drowned off the Italian coast last week. Hundreds...

The head of the Syrian National Coalition (SNC), Ahmed Al-Jarba, announced on Tuesday that "the Syrian people have become bored with the pledges of certain countries" and that right...

Israel's former head of Mossad, Danny Yatom, has said that he was not surprised by the news circulating that Washington had tapped the phones of European leaders, who are...

Israel's Minister of Justice Tzipi Livni said that Tel Aviv should intensify its efforts to progress negotiations with the Palestinian side to strengthen alliances with Arab States. Livni said...

The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has reported that the Syrian regime has submitted a preliminary report on the destruction of its chemical arsenal within the...

The Israeli government is set to announce the approval of 1,700 new housing units in illegal West Bank and Jerusalem settlements. Most of the homes will be built in...

The United Arab Emirates signed an aid agreement with Egypt on Saturday bringing its total support to the Egyptian economy since the ouster of President Mohammed Morsi up to...