Maj. Gen. Amos Yadlin, director of Military Intelligence, announced Tuesday that Hamas launched a rocket some 60 kilometers into the sea, apparently as an experiment. Such a rocket, if...

A former Lebanese Prime Minister has called US President Barack Obama’s call for a Palestinian state along pre-1967 borders “stillborn due to Israel’s swift rejection”. Selim El-Hoss said that...

Major-General (Res.) Amos Gilad has admitted that Israel cannot eradicate Hamas entirely. But, the Director of Policy and Political-Military Affairs and Chair of Security at the Israeli Ministry of...

The Israeli Air Force was on maximum alert on Wednesday due to the “infiltration of objects into Israeli airspace” which was closed as a result. All air traffic in...

A political adviser to the Tunisian Prime Minister and senior member of Al-Nahda Party has said that his party’s support for the Syrian revolution is an “established and fundamental...

Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said on Sunday that he opposes the establishment of a Palestinian state and proposed ‘a form of rule’ in parts of the territories occupied...

The UN peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon has lodged a protest with Israel after it observed increased violations of Lebanese air space by the country which carried out recent...

A former Hezbollah MP has denied rumours suggesting that the Lebanese organisation has told Hamas representatives to close their Beirut office and leave the country. Hassan Hub-Allah stressed that...

The Free Syrian Army (FSA) has accused Lebanon’s Hezbollah and the Assad regime of using chemical weapons in a town on the outskirts of Damascus, it has been reported....

The head of the Hamas Political Bureau is making strong efforts to keep Palestinian refugees out of armed clashes between rival groups in Lebanon. Khaled Meshaal has contacted the...

Jordan’s King Abdullah II has expressed his fears that demographic changes in the kingdom could see him being toppled from the throne in the next year or so. This...

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...

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...

Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Ya’alon has insisted that Israel is ready to deal with repercussions resulting from any US-led strike against Syria. The minister added that if the US...

The former head of Israel’s secret service Shin Bet, Ami Ayalon, has expressed doubts over Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s intention to achieve a two-state solution. “Chances of success...

Israel’s Channel 2 TV has revealed that high-ranking Israeli figures have held a series of secret meetings over the past few weeks with representatives of Arab Gulf states to...

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...

The Israeli Air Force attacked a Syrian military base in Latakia on Thursday, according to a US official. The official, who preferred to remain anonymous, explained that the airstrike...

The commander of the northern region in the Israeli army, General Yair Golan, told Israeli Channel 7 news on Sunday that war with Lebanon has become closer than ever...

Israel’s intelligence agency, Mossad, has told cabinet ministers that the president of the Palestinian Authority benefits too much from the current negotiations, making him “incapable of signing a historic...

The conflict in Syria started two and a half years ago. It has claimed more than 100,000 lives and displaced more than 2.3 million people. The United Nations has...

Iran rejected on Monday a US proposal suggesting that it play a “minor” role in the upcoming Geneva II conference, which aims to solve the Syrian civil conflict, saying...

After nine years, the trial of four suspects accused of assassinating former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri opened on Thursday in The Hague. Hariri was blown up in Beirut...

The Director of Lebanese General Security, Major General Abbas Ibrahim, has asked the Palestinian factions in Lebanon to unite in order to fight terrorism and the radical agendas that...

Former Lebanese Prime Minister Sa’ad al-Hariri has said that he is ready to be part of a coalition government that includes Hezbollah, Reuters reported. Al-Hariri expressed hope in such...

Egyptian scholar Dr Salah Sultan has revealed that ousted President Mohamed Morsi refused three requests from US Secretary of State John Kerry to support an American strike against Syria....

Ousted President Mohamed Morsi is going to be charged with “conspiring with foreign organisations” by the Cairo Criminal Court, it has been announced by the coup authorities. Attorney General...

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood denounced the Egyptian authorities on Thursday for charging former President Mohammed Morsi, the group’s Supreme Guide Mohamed Badie and other Brotherhood leaders with espionage and aiding...

A former US ambassador to the United Nations has said that Israel must make its own decision regarding an attack against Iran. John Bolton noted that it still has...

Lawmakers in the US Congress reached an agreement on Monday in both the House and the Senate on the proposed federal budget for 2014, which would allocate $520.5 billion...

Exactly a year has passed since Operation Pillar of Cloud, or defence as it has since been rebranded as, ended. The operation’s stated goal was to deter the rockets...

For some Egyptian politicians to oppose the Muslim Brotherhood and its leaders is expected; for most of the media to be recruited in an attack against the movement is...