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Saudi Arabia's Foreign Ministry announced on Friday that it is refusing to accept a UN Security Council seat because the Council has failed to resolve the Palestinian issue, the...

Khaled Meshaal, the head of the Political Office of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) has told a Russian newspaper that the United States is "obstructing" Palestinian reconciliation. Along with...

Egypt's independence from British occupation, which officially began in 1882, went through two main phases. The first was the period after the 1919 revolution, leading the British government to...

As Russia prepares to deliver fuel for Iran's nuclear reactors, it is worth casting a reviewer's eye over the potential for further conflict in the Middle East. In one...

By Omar Radwan The Israeli government has announced that it will refuse any invitation to start direct negotiations with the Palestinians issued by the diplomatic Quartet responsible for mediating...

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...