Middle East

Two far-leftist groups with alleged links to the Kurdish militant group PKK carried out two bombings in Turkey this week, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said on Friday. A prison guard was killed in an explosion that hit a bus in Turkey’s northwestern province of Bursa on Wednesday. A day later, …

Local media in occupied Palestine reported that the Israeli regime security forces clashed with the Palestinians again in Al-Aqsa Mosque and dozens of Palestinians were injured in the clashes. Palestinian media reported this morning (Friday) that Israeli forces had clashed with Palestinians at the Al-Aqsa Mosque once again. According to …

Local residents have been turned into “strangers” in their own hometown of Jeddah due to mass demolitions of homes and displacements, all under the latest ambitious project of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the strategic Red Sea port city. The residents say Saudi authorities are destroying vibrant working-class …

Washington and Riyadh officially insist everything is fine, but Wall Street Journal report suggests otherwise Relations between the US and Saudi Arabia – which go back to 1945 – have never been this bad, according to a report published on Wednesday in the Wall Street Journal. Insiders in Washington and …

Zionists forces stormed the al-Aqsa Mosque for a fifth consecutive day, arresting 12 Palestinians. The Zionist regime’s troops once again entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound illegally and started clashing with the Palestinians after confronting them. According to Palestine’s Shahab news agency, the videos released by Bab al-Amoud show that the …

A blast occurred near the Youth Foundation building in Istanbul on Thursday, the governor’s office said, adding that fragments of an improvised explosive device have been found on the site. “There are reports about an explosion in front of the branch of the Turkish Youth Foundation in the Gaziosmanpasa district …

News sources reported that the Yemeni ceasefire has been violated by the Saudi coalition forces 89 times during the past day. Ansarullah, quoting a Yemeni military source, reported that the violation includes the construction of military bases, as well as the attacks and flights of 12 Saudi spy planes over …

Iran on Monday said an agreement with world powers to revive the 2015 nuclear deal was still not in sight, blaming the United States for the delay. “More than one issue is still pending between Iran and the United States,” Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said. “Messages (from Washington) …

Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone call with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas about negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, the Kremlin said on Monday. They also talked about “the problems of the Middle East settlement in the context of escalating tensions in the West Bank and East Jerusalem,” the Kremlin …

At least 19 Palestinians have been injured in clashes as Israeli settlers stormed the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the occupied Old City of al-Quds under the protection of Israeli military forces, in the latest act of provocation against the sacred site. The settlers entered the compound on Sunday morning amid …

Planted explosives and not artillery are behind the incident at Green Village, the US military said Last week’s explosions at a base in Syria, that reportedly injured four US soldiers, may have been the work of charges planted by one or more people in the facility’s showers and ammunition depot, …

Mass rallies have been held across the Muslim world in solidarity with the oppressed people of Palestine after Israeli forces on Friday barged inside the al-Aqsa Mosque and brutally assaulted the Palestinian worshippers. In Turkey’s most populous city of Istanbul, protesters converged outside the Israeli consulate early on Saturday, waving …

Saudi Arabian authorities have arrested at least nine prominent judges amid reports that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) is seeking to get rid of political dissidents and potential royal challengers with the aim of clearing his path to the succession once his elderly and ailing father, King Salman, steps …

Israeli forces have stormed the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the occupied Old City of al-Quds, injuring more than 150 worshipers in stepped-up violence in the fasting holy month of Ramadan. The Palestinian Ma’an news agency said the violence broke out at dawn on Friday when the occupation forces raided the …

Fourteen others were taken to hospital but are in stable condition, says the governor of Aswan. Ten people, including five Egyptians, four French, and one Belgian national, have been killed when a bus carrying tourists collided with a truck and burst into flames in southern Egypt, authorities say. The accident …

Israeli military forces have shot and killed a young Palestinian man in the occupied West Bank, amid an escalation of violence across the occupied Palestinian territories. According to the Palestinian Health Ministry, the 34-year-old victim, identified as Mohammad Hasan Assaf, succumbed to his injuries after being shot in the chest …

Iran is planning to expand air and sea travel while relaxing visa rules to host hundreds of thousands of World Cup fans. Iran has reached a series of agreements with Qatar as it mobilises plans to host fans of the men’s football World Cup that will be held in its …

With the martyrdom of another Palestinian on Tuesday, the number of martyrs in the West Bank has risen to five in the past 48 hours. The Israeli regime’s army on Tuesday announced that its forces have martyred a Palestinian and claimed that he intended to stab a Zionist policeman with …

A Saudi wealth fund led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman contributed over $2 billion to Jared Kushner’s new investment fund six months after Kushner left the White House, in what ethics experts say could be potential payback for defending the controversial Saudi leader. Saudi Arabia’s $620 billion Public Investment …

Earlier, Israeli soldiers launched a new raid into the occupied West Bank district of Jenin. A Palestinian woman has been shot dead by Israeli forces near the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem, the Palestinian health ministry said. The Israeli army said troops fired warning shots in the air when …