Middle East

Over 500 civilians in Yemen were kidnapped and forcibly disappeared last year, according to a report by the Abductees' Mothers Association. The association's sixth annual report, entitled 'Mothers at...

An Israeli court convicted seven people of incitement to violence and terrorism for their role in a 2015 wedding where far-right Jews were videotaped mocking a murdered Palestinian toddler

When in 2014 Daesh fighters seized control of parts of Iraq's territory, Mosul became the jihadists' main bastion in the country. Following the takeover, Daesh began a campaign of...

This news piece was removed by MEMO on 28 April 2022 due to inaccuracies in the report. MEMO apologises for the errors....

After a pause of six weeks, regional rivals, Iran and Saudi Arabia, held a fifth round of tension-easing talks over the weekend, which Tehran described as "positive" and "progressive",...

When the Israeli army advises its political leadership to resort to economic punishment in response to rockets fired from the Gaza Strip, it means that the military has lost...

Israeli air strikes near Syria's capital, Damascus, have killed nine people, including five Syrian soldiers, in the deadliest such raid since the start of 2022, a war monitor said....

The Biden administration's choice for its new ambassador to Saudi Arabia is set to offend and anger the Kingdom, a former US official has revealed. US President Joe Biden,...

Palestinian medical workers yesterday called off a strike after reaching an agreement with the Palestinian Authority a day earlier. The move means hospitals in East Jerusalem can remain open....

Qatar's military spending last year was 434% higher than in 2010, the last time such data was released by the Gulf state. Last year military spending amounted to $11.6...

The Egyptian Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Osama Abdel Khalek, yesterday warned against Israel's "continued attempts to Judaise East Jerusalem and change the historical and legal status quo...

Pilots of the EgyptAir plane which crashed into the Mediterranean Sea killing all 66 people on board in 2016 were reportedly smoking in the cabin, sparking a fire in...

Speakers at an Al-Quds Day event sponsored by Iran said on Tuesday that Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa Mosque are currently subject to "the most brutal ever attacks" by the Israeli...

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has ordered the security services to take action in the occupied West Bank cities of Jenin and Hebron against anti-occupation armed resistance activities, Khleej.net...

The Council of Saudi Chambers of Commerce expected the kingdom's imports from Turkiye to increase in the near future, in the latest sign of the steady improvement of relations between two...

US Vice President Kamala Harris has wine produced in illegal Israeli settlements in her office, it has been revealed by Palestinian human rights organisation Al-Haq. The director of the...

A Palestinian farmer discovered a stone sculpture over 4,500 years old in the southern Gaza Strip

Human rights groups accused the Israeli judiciary on Tuesday of providing legal cover for the army's crimes against unarmed Palestinian civilians. The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), Al-Mezan...

Israeli occupation forces have turned Jerusalem into a military base to choke Al-Aqsa Mosque, Grand Imam, Sheikh Ekrema Sabri, said yesterday. "Israeli measures in Jerusalem and against Al-Aqsa Mosque reiterate the Zionist...

Head of the Greek Orthodox Church in Jerusalem Archbishop Atallah Hanna said yesterday that Israeli aggression on Al-Aqsa Mosque is aggression on Church of Holy Sepulchre. The archbishop's remarks came during a popular action organised...

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett received a letter with a threat to his life and a bullet at his family's private home in the city of Ra'anana. Taking to...

Dozens of Lebanese citizens protested in front of the parliament building yesterday in the centre of the capital, Beirut, against a "capital control bill" which was to be discussed,...

Israeli officials said on Tuesday that the US is closer than ever to admitting defeat on President Joe Biden's stated goal of a return to the 2015 Joint Comprehensive...

France and Saudi Arabia announced a joint development fund for crisis-hit Lebanon, Tuesday, pledging an initial $30 million to support food security and the country's crippled health sector

Jordan is to criminalise suicide and any attempts to commit it in a public place, with the threat of penalties such as prison terms and fines.

Qatar Energy, one of the world's top liquefied natural gas (LNG) suppliers, scales up its interest from buyers to further expand its LNG capacity, Bloomberg News reports. According to...

Turkish authorities have prevented the entry of around 600,000 illegal migrants since 2021, as it continues to step up the defence of its eastern and southern borders. According to...

A British judge will, on Tuesday, rule whether Airbus must keep building A321neo jetliners for estranged Qatar Airways in a decision with implications for future multi-billion-dollar jet deals, as...

Frenzied political activity in Pakistan this month concluded with Imran Khan being ousted as prime minister and replaced by Shehbaz Sharif on 11 April. The leader of the Pakistan...

Earlier this month, Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid called for "international support for returning calm to Jerusalem" when tweeting about updating US Secretary of State Antony Blinken about the...

Lebanon's cabinet ordered the military court, on Tuesday, to investigate the capsize of a migrant boat after colliding with a naval vessel giving chase, with at least six dead...

The vast majority of American Jewish students do not feel unsafe or discriminated against because of the anti-Israel climate in US universities, a new survey by the American Jewish...