Arab Spring

A delegation of 40 Libyan diplomats has arrived in the Gaza Strip through the Rafah crossing on a solidarity visit. Members of the group include the deputy head of...

Senior Hamas member Dr Salah Al-Bardaweel has praised Tunisia for hosting an international conference focusing on Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. Al-Bardaweel described the sponsorship as a "natural outcome" of...

The Israeli foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman has threatened to dissolve the Palestinian Authority (PA) if its president, Mahmoud Abbas, insisted on going ahead with his request for UN recognition...

The Deputy Chief of the Hamas Political Bureau, Mousa Abu Marzouq, met the Russian Foreign Minister in Cairo on Monday. According to the Russian News Agency, Sergey Lavrov said...

A senior member of the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan has said that a new Israeli war against the people of Gaza will be "an adventure with consequences". Although Zaki...

On the 43rd anniversary of the arson attack on Al-Aqsa Mosque by an Israeli extremist, Al-Quds International Institution has issued a report detailing the increasing number of Israeli assaults...

Lebanese President Michel Suleiman has said that the Arab Spring "will not become a complete reality unless democracy applies to Israel and the Palestinian people get their rights back."...

Khaled Meshaal, head of Hamas' political bureau, affirmed that his movement never forgets those who supported and stood by it, "but it cannot compromise on its nation's blood". He...

The President of the Tunisian Renaissance Movement, Sheikh Rashid al-Ghannouchi, has strongly criticized the Syrian-Iranian attack on Khalid Meshaal, head of the Hamas' political bureau, for supporting the Syrian...

President Mohammed Morsi has used his maiden speech at the UN General Assembly to speak out on behalf of Arab and Muslim issues. Mr. Morsi also told world leaders...

The foreign ministers of Tunisia and Germany, Rafik Abdul Salam and Guido Westerwelle, have condemned acts which they say go beyond freedom of speech to incite hatred. In a...

Israel's Foreign Minister, Avigdor Lieberman, has said that the peace treaties with Egypt and Jordan have question marks hanging over them due to the political developments of the Arab...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES The Palestinian Prime Minister in Gaza, Ismail Haniyeh, gave a warm welcome on Friday to a South African solidarity delegation, led by Waleed al-Sa'di from Durban. The...

The head of the Political Bureau of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), has praised the revolution of the Tunisian people which, he said, "paved the way for the Arab...

Ismail Haniyeh, the elected head of the Palestinian government in Gaza, has said that Israel's concerns over the victory of President Morsi in Egypt is the strongest evidence that...

The Arab League has announced that it is to hold a conference this month to discuss the economic impact of the Arab Spring. The Secretary-General of the League's Council...

The Egyptian Foreign Minister, Mohamed Amr, left for Tunis on Thursday to discuss cooperation between Egypt, Tunisia and Libya. A meeting with his counterparts of those countries is scheduled...

The leader of the Tunisian Al-Nahda (Renaissance) movement, Sheikh Rashid Al-Ghannouchi, has said that the ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, "is compatible with Israel's aggressive nature". He...

A new Turkish-owned Arabic-language satellite channel plans to convey a positive image of Turkey to Arab viewers. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is following developments at the channel closely...

The former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in Gaza's Hamas-led government has claimed that some European countries are preparing to begin direct talks with the Islamic Resistance Movement. Dr....

The Palestinian Prime Minister in Gaza has called for the start of in-depth dialogue between Hamas and the Islamic Jihad Movement. Ismail Haniyeh said that this would be "for...

Former Sudanese President Field Marshal Abdul Rahman Swar Al-Dahab has praised the popular revolutions in the Arab world, describing them as "an important Arab achievement which will bring the...

The Palestinian Prime Minister in Gaza, Ismail Haniyeh, has started his foreign tour by holding talks with Egypt's Intelligence Minister Morad Mowafi, the Arab League Secretary General Nabil El...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) has celebrated the 44th anniversary of its establishment. Celebration events were attended by a number of the organisation's...

A senior Fatah official has said that he expects Hamas to win "an overwhelming majority" in the Palestinian Liberation Organisation elections if they are carried out in a free...

Two days before the parliamentary election in Jordan, relations between the Royal Palace and the Muslim Brotherhood have hit a new low. While the government has invested much to...

An important military study prepared by Colonel Ronen Cohen addresses the "most dangerous" challenges facing Israel in 2013. Published by the Ministry of Defence in its Israel Defence house...

A member of the General Secretariat of the World Federation for Human Rights, Dr. Ali Mohamed Alsalabi, has warned of plots against the popular Arab uprisings which toppled despots...

An international conference has concluded that Israel started the November offensive against the Gaza Strip and that another attack will take place "soon". Participants at the "War on Gaza –...

Egypt's Foreign Minister has confirmed that Egypt respects the peace treaty with Israel as long as it is respected by the other party. Mohamed Kamel Amr told journalists that...

The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan faces a very hot political summer due to the variety of crises affecting the country. Lurking in the background is the state's use of...

Engineer Hatem Saleh, Egyptian Minister of Commerce and Industry, confirmed that there is political will in both Egypt and Saudi Arabia to push the development of relations between the...