Middle East

An overview of the Fourth Committee's meeting during the 68th UN General Assembly regarding the humanitarian work of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in...

The Syrian political opposition has various viewpoints on the Geneva II conference. Some are eager to participate and see it as a turning point that will place the Syrian...

The Palestinian cause is declining despite the negotiating process revived at the end of July. The eighth and most recent session of talks has just ended without making any...

When you find a report titled "The story of the secret meeting in Beirut: Lines of communication restored between Damascus and Washington" in the pro-resistance newspaper Al-Akhbar, it means...

Israel's Druze and Circassian citizens have been drafted into the Israel Defence Forces since 1958. Now, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has decided to oversee the plan to draft...

The memory of his shattered leg will never leave photojournalist Khader Al-Zahar. One year later, Al-Zahar, along with many Palestinian journalists, continues to live the days of Israel's November...

The relationship between Israel and Saudi Arabia is hardly characterised by friendly cooperation. The two countries do not have any diplomatic relations, and Saudi Arabia has always supported the...

It seems like the first major fruit of the so-called Arab Spring has crystallised in a web of new relationships across the Middle East between Arab states and beyond...

As Israel's heavily publicised humanitarian mission in the Philippines commenced, the IDF has been constantly updating its achievements in the ravaged land through a twitter account which briefly utilised...

The so-called final status issues will not be affected by the course of the current Palestinian-Israeli negotiations, nor will they be affected by the results of the talks, or...

Syria is facing the risk of a famine for the first time in its modern history. This is the conclusion reached by a study conducted by the United Nations...

The resignation of the Palestinian negotiating team reflects the crisis of the talks between the Palestinian Authority and the Israelis. Close to twenty sessions since 30 July concentrated mainly...

If we want to determine whether the deal made between the P5+1 world powers and Iran concerning Tehran's nuclear ambitions is good or bad, we must examine the initial...

A visit by a number of Arab journalists to the city of Ramallah has resulted in a surge of condemnation from Palestinian media institutions, which saw the move as...

We have monitored Israeli media for a number of weeks and listened to the opinions of military leaders who considered the tranquillity on the borders of the Gaza Strip...

After 18 months, Israel is to rejoin the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). Last March, it became the first country to sever all ties with the international body,...

Third Party States have obligations under international law and their own domestic laws to investigate entities within their jurisdictions that are lending support to violent settler groups in the...

The families of the 21 girls from Alexandria who oppose the military coup received the news that 14 of the girls were sentenced to 11 years in prison and...

There is no doubt that the unbiased spirit of Bandung and the visions of national liberation leaders such as Nkrumah, Sekou Toure and Gamal Abdel Nasser have revived the...

Saeed Al-Wahabi is a young Saudi writer. His pen is hard-hitting and quick. Last Sunday evening he summed up the public Saudi mood after Saudis had had enough analysis...

While analyses have abounded about the Middle East peace process, including details of the "secret" talks and evaluations of the positions of the negotiating parties, prominent Israeli writers have...

As was expected, Iran and the P5+1 countries reached an interim six-month agreement on the Iranian nuclear issue. The deal sealed Western recognition of Iran's right to produce nuclear...

On Saturday, protests were held worldwide in global defiance of a bill currently going through Israel's Knesset. The bill, known as the Prawer Plan, aims to forcibly relocate up...

It seems that there are two very surprising reconciliations underway and they involve two very significant Middle Eastern powers as they develop relationships with two world powers. These two...

Some Arab writers, journalists and media professionals are facing a real crisis. They have distanced themselves from the ethics of their profession in search of news reports made up...

Saudi foreign policy currently finds itself in a predicament that could soon lead to collapse. Over the course of the past few months, Saudi Arabia received several weakening blows...

The aforementioned question seems a bit odd at the moment, it has been two years since the Syrian Revolution turned into an armed revolution and therefore there is no...

Joining the army is not optional for Israeli teenagers. At the age of 18, Israeli men face three years of mandatory service in the Israel Defence Forces (IDF); in...

The question of legitimacy has recently been the subject of a report by Israel's secret agency, Mossad, claiming that a peace agreement with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was impossible...

Failures in Gulf state foreign policies are happening daily. Support for the overthrow of President Morsi Egypt was followed by the removal of Qatar and Turkey from their lead...

While we could say that the "Palestinian national project" suffers from neglect in the light of the internal divisions and other distractions around the Arab world, we actually have...

The potential scenarios for the New Year pose some interesting questions. Will an understanding between Iran and Israel, for example, be one of the options for the re-structuring of...