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Lebanon to send feedback on US maritime border offer with Israel
Oct 03, 2022
BEIRUT — Lebanon said Monday it will send "remarks" to Washington's proposal to resolve a maritime border dispute with Israel over gas-rich waters, a country it is still technically at war with.The draft agreement floated by US envoy Amos Hochstein aims to settle competing claims over offshore gas fields and was delivered to Lebanese and Israeli of ...
Yemen's fate hangs in balance as truce collapses
Oct 03, 2022
DUBAI — The United Nations envoy for Yemen scrambled on Monday to revive a six-month ...
Iran supreme leader blames US, Israel for Mahsa Amini protests
Oct 03, 2022
PARIS — Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday accused arch-foes the ...
At least 92 killed in Iran's Mahsa Amini protests — rights group
Oct 02, 2022
PARIS — At least 92 people have been killed as Iran has cracked down on women-led protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini after her arr ...
Thousands of Iraqis mark third anniversary of nationwide protests
Oct 01, 2022
BAGHDAD — Scuffles broke out between protesters and security forces injuring dozens as thousands gathered on Saturday in Iraqi cities to mar ...
Lebanon receives US 'offer' over Israel maritime border deal
Oct 01, 2022
BEIRUT — Lebanon said on Saturday it received a letter from US envoy Amos Hochstein containing an "offer" on a maritime border deal with Isr ...
Iran students protest over crackdown since Amini death
Oct 01, 2022
PARIS — Students demonstrated in Tehran and other Iranian cities on Saturday against an ongoing crackdown on dissent over the death last mon ...
Book sheds light on Syrian workers in Lebanon
Oct 01, 2022
AMMAN —  In previous decades, many Syrian workers took part in the post-civil war construction boom in Lebanon, accepting low wages and ...
Lebanon fails to elect new president as political crisis deepens
Sep 29, 2022
BEIRUT — Lebanon's parliament failed to elect a new president after a first round of voting on Thursday amid deep divisions over a replaceme ...
Four killed in Israel Jenin  raid — Palestinian ministry
Sep 29, 2022
JENIN, Palestinian Territories — An Israeli raid in a West Bank flashpoint killed four Palestinians on Wednesday, including the brother of a ...
Seven dead in Iran strikes on Iraqi Kurdistan — ministry
Sep 29, 2022
ERBIL, Iraq — Iran was accused of killing seven people and wounding 28 in cross-border strikes Wednesday against Kurdish factions in Iraq th ...
Saudi Arabia’s crown prince named prime minister
Sep 28, 2022
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, Mohammed Bin Salman, has been named prime minister, a post traditionally held by the king, in a govern ...
Sudan traditional wind instrument trumpets harvest time
Sep 28, 2022
EAST GANIS, Sudan — Near the lush fields of his village in Sudan’s southern Blue Nile state, Youssef Ismail has crafted a traditional horn-l ...
Palestinian shot dead by Israeli forces
Oct 01, 2022
Kuwait goes to polls, yet again, as opposition groups return
Sep 28, 2022
100 dead in Lebanon migrant shipwreck off Syria — new toll
Sep 27, 2022
Death toll from Iran unrest climbs to 17 as Internet restricted
Sep 22, 2022
Tunisia opposition chief questioned all night by counterterrorism police
Sep 22, 2022
Lebanon’s past echoes its grim present in exhibition
Sep 20, 2022
New protests in Iran over woman's death after morality police arrest
Sep 19, 2022
Five Syrian soldiers killed in Israeli strike on Damascus — state media
Sep 17, 2022
Syria Kurds wrap up sweep of Daesh relatives camp
Sep 17, 2022
Syria reports 7 dead in first major cholera outbreak in years
Sep 15, 2022
Germany 'regrets' Iran failure to agree to nuclear deal
Sep 13, 2022
Syria Kurds seek UN help after three die of cholera
Sep 10, 2022
European powers say 'doubts' over Iran's commitment to nuclear deal
Sep 10, 2022
Syria Kurds seek UN help after three die of cholera
Sep 10, 2022
Israeli forces kill Palestinian teen in West Bank
Sep 08, 2022
Tunisia opposition says to boycott December elections
Sep 07, 2022
Israeli forces kill Palestinian in West Bank raid
Sep 06, 2022
'21 separatist fighters, 6 extremists dead in Yemen Al Qaeda attack'
Sep 06, 2022
Around 730 children dead in Somalia nutrition centres— UN
Sep 06, 2022
Iran says it insists on ‘four topics’ in nuclear talks
Sep 06, 2022
Iran says hopes for sanction relief to export gas to Europe
Sep 06, 2022
Jailed Iranian filmmakers vow to keep creating
Sep 04, 2022

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