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Europeans at UN urge Israel not to demolish Palestinian village
Sep 21, 2018
UNITED NATIONS, USA — Eight European countries at the United Nations including five Security Council members on Thursday called on Israel to reverse its decision to demolish a Palestinian village in the West Bank.Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Belgium, Poland and the Netherlands warned that the demolition of the village of Khan Al Ahmar " ...
Israel to give Moscow findings on plane downing
Sep 21, 2018
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Israel's air force commander was set to lead a delegation to Mos ...
UN Syria war crimes body to open two cases this year
Sep 21, 2018
GENEVA — The UN judge responsible for preparing war crimes charges against individual ...
Iran dismisses US offer of talks, says Washington broke last deal
Sep 21, 2018
LONDON — Iran hit back at a US offer of negotiations on Thursday, saying Washington had violated the terms of the last big deal they agreed, ...
Palestinian poet jailed for online incitement freed
Sep 21, 2018
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Palestinian poet Dareen Tatour, jailed for five months for alleged incitement and support of terrorism, in her online p ...
Syria Kurds hand over alleged female Daesh member to Sudan
Sep 21, 2018
QAMISHLI, Syria — Syria's Kurds said they handed over a Sudanese woman accused of belonging to the Daesh group and her baby to a Sudanese di ...
Macron to meet Trump, Iran's Rouhani at UN in New York
Sep 20, 2018
PARIS — President Emmanuel Macron will separately meet his US and Iranian counterparts, Donald Trump and Hassan Rouhani, during the UN Gener ...
Thousands head home in Syria's Idlib after deal — monitor
Sep 20, 2018
BEIRUT — Thousands of residents of Syria's last major rebel bastion Idlib headed home within 48 hours of a deal being announced to avoid a g ...
Palestine’s Abbas to hold Middle East meeting in New York
Sep 19, 2018
UNITED NATIONS, USA — Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas has invited Middle East envoys, foreign ministers and Security Council diplomats to ...
Renewed battle for Yemen’s Hodeida sparks humanitarian crisis fears
Sep 19, 2018
ADEN — Saudi-backed government forces in Yemen launched a series of attacks on rebel-held Hodeida, military officials said Tuesday, raising ...
Putin sees chance circumstances behind downing of Russian plane in Syria
Sep 19, 2018
MOSCOW/OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that the shooting down of a Russian military plane near Syria’s seacoas ...
Palestinians killed in occupied Jerusalem alleged stabbing attempt, Gaza clashes
Sep 18, 2018
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM/GAZA — At least three Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire on Tuesday, one in an alleged stabbing attempt in occupied ...
Backlash after Beirut street named after accused Hariri assassin
Sep 18, 2018
BEIRUT — Politics is playing out in a street of the Lebanese capital, with the naming of a road after a Hizbollah commander accused of maste ...
Gulf Arab states should be party to proposed Iran treaty talks — UAE official
Sep 21, 2018
Yemen separatist leader says Hodeida offensive will not stop
Sep 21, 2018
Hungary cuts jail term for Syrian involved in border riot
Sep 21, 2018
Egypt court frees Mubarak sons on bail
Sep 21, 2018
Thousands protest UN job cuts in besieged Gaza
Sep 20, 2018
Yemeni children starve as food and fuel prices soar — NGO
Sep 19, 2018
Iran hails ‘responsible’ Turkey-Russia deal on Syria’s Idlib
Sep 18, 2018
Palestinian stabs US-Israeli citizen to death at West Bank mall
Sep 18, 2018
Why Idlib matters and the obstacles Assad faces there
Sep 18, 2018
Saudi Arabia reports cholera infection in southern province
Sep 18, 2018
Iran vows to protect civilians in Syria’s Idlib
Sep 17, 2018
Palestinian teen dies from wounds in Gaza unrest— ministry
Sep 16, 2018
Sudan gets new government, finance minister nominee rejects position
Sep 16, 2018
Doctors and nurses rally against Syria regime Idlib offensive
Sep 16, 2018
Palestinian official says US will never present Middle East peace plan
Sep 16, 2018
Tunisia ruling party suspends PM’s membership after row with president’s son
Sep 15, 2018
Two sons of Egypt’s Mubarak arrested for alleged stock manipulation
Sep 15, 2018
Eyeing reconstruction, Russia, Iran take centre stage at Syria expo
Sep 14, 2018
38,500 flee hostilities in Syria’s Idlib in two weeks — UN
Sep 14, 2018
Iran warns ‘hostile powers’ after attack on Kurdish dissidents
Sep 13, 2018
Yemeni civilian lives ‘hang in balance’ in Hodeida — UN
Sep 13, 2018
Morocco introduces law to combat violence against women
Sep 13, 2018

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