Middle East

The Israeli High Court of Justice is expected to decide over the next month whether an area in the occupied West Bank – where Palestinian Bedouin communities have resided long before the Israeli occupation – will continue to be used for military purposes. Masafer Yatta, located south of the city …

The Saudi-led coalition waging war against Yemen has banned a new ship carrying fuel from docking at Yemen’s Red Sea Port of Hudaydah. Essam al-Mutawakel, a Spokesman for the Yemen Petroleum Company (YPC), said in a tweet on Wednesday that the Saudi-led coalition seized a ship named SEA LION carrying …

The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has stressed that the issue of Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood can’t be compromised, warning Israel that it will pay the price for its “crimes” in the occupied city of al-Quds. Haron Nasser al-Din, a member of the political bureau of Hamas, made the remarks in a …

UN experts have condemned Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Al-Quds as “the engine of the occupation,” saying the Tel Aviv regime’s illegal construction activities “trample”on human rights law. In a statement issued on Wednesday, Michael Lynk and Balakrishnan Rajagopal, the UN Special Rapporteurs on the Situation of Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory …

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Wednesday they thwarted an attempt by the United States to detain a tanker carrying the Islamic Republic’s oil in the Sea of Oman. The American officials said that in reality Iranian forces had seized a Vietnamese-flagged oil tanker last month and U.S. naval forces were …

Turkish authorities detained 17 people on Wednesday for putting a hood over the head of a visiting US Navy civilian employee in a protest against the United States policy in the Middle East, the Istanbul governor’s office said. The group that carried out the act, the Turkey Youth Union (TGB), …

Several Yemeni parties, including al-Islah, have blasted Saudi Arabia and its allied regime of fugitive president, Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi for failing to stop the advances of Yemeni armed forces in strategic Ma’rib Province. According to reports, in a joint statement released on Tuesday, the parties expressed surprise at the …

The Syrian parliament has denounced as “invalid” the 1917 Balfour Declaration, which set out Britain’s aim to establish a national home for the Zionists in Palestine, saying the Syrian government and nation will continue to support Palestinians until full restoration of their legitimate rights. The parliament, in a statement released …

Yemen’s army and its allied Ansarullah forces have liberated several more areas from the clutches of the Saudi-backed mercenaries near Ma’rib, and are moving closer to fully liberating the city, which is the last stronghold of Saudi militants in northern Yemen. On Monday, the Yemeni forces liberated at least three areas …

Lebanon’s foreign minister has called for the initiation of talks with Saudi Arabia as part of efforts aimed at resolving the ongoing disputes and easing a spiraling diplomatic row between the two countries. “Lebanon invites Saudi Arabia to engage in dialogue to solve all outstanding problems and not just the latest …

The United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Kuwait have recalled their diplomats from Lebanon after a same move by Saudi Arabia in protest at a Lebanese minister’s faulting the hugely-deadly Riyadh-led war on Yemen. The latest of the Saudi Arabia allies to take the move was the UAE, whose foreign ministry …

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday US President Joe Biden displayed a “positive approach” on the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Turkey. “We talked about the payment of $1.4 billion made before during our discussions. We talked about F-16s and the modernization of the F-16s we currently …

A powerful blast has ripped through the Yemeni city of Aden, after a car bomb exploded at the gates of Aden International Airport, a local source said. According to the source, the explosion resulted in casualties, the number of which is yet unknown. An Al Arabiya correspondent said at least …

Germany, along with other 11 European countries, urged Israel on Thursday to reverse its decision to advance plans to construct around 3,000 settlement units in the West Bank. In a joint statement by the foreign ministries of Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, and …

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights blasts the Israeli regime’s recent “terrorist” designation of six Palestinian civil society organizations, describing the move as an attack on defenders of human rights. Israel’s Minister of War Benny Gantz said in a statement on Friday that the ministry had so designated the …

Iran has called upon the international community to hold Israel accountable for its incessant crimes and human rights violations against the Palestinian nation, emphasizing that collective action would prevent the regime from committing more war crimes and crimes against humanity. Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United …

Bahrainis have once again staged nationwide demonstrations in the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom to urge the ruling Al Khalifah regime to immediately release political prisoners, after a former detainee attained martyrdom of medical complications he sustained during his time in prison. Bahrain’s main opposition group, the al-Wefaq National Islamic Society, reported …

The Arab League has condemned in the strongest terms Israel’s declaration that it will build more than 1,300 new settler units in the occupied West Bank. According to Press TV, in a statement released on Monday, the 22-nation Arab bloc said the construction plan is part of the continuous and escalating …

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan “welcomed” statements on Monday by several Western embassies including the United States that they abide by a diplomatic convention not to interfere in a host country’s internal affairs, state-run media said. The statements were made almost simultaneously on Twitter as Erdogan entered a cabinet meeting to …

An independent human rights advocacy organization says 33 Palestinian women are suffering from inhumane conditions at Damon prison in the occupied territories, amid the Tel Aviv regime’s intensified crackdown on detainees. In a statement released on Monday, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Center for Studies (PCBS) said Israel’s Prison Service (IPS) has …