Middle East

A retired United States Army Colonel and former chief of staff to secretary of state Colin Powell say Israel will not survive the next 20 years, as Tel Aviv is delegitimizing itself as an apartheid regime. “Israel would not be in 20 years, it would be gone. It certainly will …

United Arab Emirates Prime Minister and Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum announced ministerial changes on Saturday, including new finance and environment ministers. Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has been appointed finance minister and deputy prime minister and Maryam Al Muhairi becomes the minister of …

One Palestinian has died and at least 12 have reportedly been injured as Israeli troops fired at a group protesting against the building of Jewish settlements in the towns of Beita and Beit Dajan near Nablus. On Friday, Palestinian media reported the locals had clashed with the Israeli Army in …

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday France would continue to support Lebanon, adding the country’s new government needed to take urgent reform measures. “Lebanon can count on France,” Macron said during a news conference held after a meeting with Lebanese new Prime Minister Najib Mikati.

Yemeni forces have fired a domestically-designed ballistic missile at a position of Saudi militants loyal to the resigned Yemeni president in the country’s central province of Ma’rib. Military sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, told the Yemen News Portal website that massive explosions were heard Thursday evening as the missile …

Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says Iran is ready to resume talks on reviving the 2015 nuclear deal but the administration of US President Joe Biden is sending a “negative sign” by keeping illegal sanctions on Tehran. Amir-Abdollahian made the remark in an interview with NBC News on Thursday, saying Iran …

Iran says the US needs to cease its violations of the 2015 nuclear deal signed between Tehran and world powers without preconditions and drop its addiction to sanctions, stressing the Islamic Republic is not indebted to the other parties as it was fully committed to the agreement although it did …

The Saudi-led coalition has rejected the findings of a report by the UN Human Rights Council that strongly condemns the egregious violations committed by the foreign forces in Yemen. Saudi Arabia’s permanent representative to the UN in Geneva, Abdul Aziz Al-Wasel, said the coalition “does not accept the report,” calling …

US President Joe Biden’s administration decided it will hold back $130 million in military aid to Egypt over human rights concerns, Politico reported. Egypt receives $1.3 billion in military aid annually, out of that amount Congress put human-rights-related conditions on $300 million. The Secretary of State has the power to …

A human rights organization has expressed serious concern about the deliberate medical negligence against political opponents and opposition figures kept in detention centers across Saudi Arabia, saying it is in line with the Riyadh regime’s brutal crackdown against pro-democracy campaigners in the kingdom Sanad human rights organization, which defends political and …

Donors have pledged more than $1.1 billion in aid for Afghanistan, where poverty and hunger are spiraling as foreign grants have dried up since the Taliban’s takeover last month. The pledges were made at a UN conference in Geneva as the world body has warned of a looming humanitarian crisis …

The Gaza Health Ministry has held the illegal Zionist entity responsible for the expiry of 50,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine recently delivered to the besieged coastal enclave. In a statement carried by Arab48 news website on Monday night, the ministry said the vaccines had been kept in inappropriate conditions and …

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has paid a surprise visit to Moscow where Russian President Vladimir Putin told him that the presence of foreign forces without a UN mandate is hindering the West Asian country’s recovery. According to reports, a transcript of Monday’s meeting released by the Kremlin said Putin congratulated …

Lebanon’s new Prime Minister Najib Mikati says he has no “magic wand” to fix the country’s economic and financial crises, following more than a year of political deadlock over the formation of a government. Mikati made the remark in a statement on Monday, saying he has “no magic wand to …

The Syrian army has entered the town of al-Yadudah in the southern Province of Dara’a after 10 years following an agreement with local tribal elders brokered by Russia, reports said on Monday. Syrian military officials were accompanied by Russian forces as they made their way to the southern Syrian town …

Israeli forces have shot a Palestinian young man over an alleged stabbing attempt in the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian man, identified as Muhammad Bilu, 27, sustained serious injuries after he was shot by Israeli forces near Gush Etzion Junction, on Monday morning. The Israeli military claimed that Bilu attempted …

Israeli regime officials have expressed alarm that the two Palestinian prisoners, who remain at large after the stunning jailbreak last week, could carry out an attack. Four of the six Palestinian prisoners who daringly escaped from the high-security Gilboa Prison in northern Occupied Palestine have been apprehended, while the remaining two are …

Lebanon’s new Prime Minister Najib Mikati says he has no “magic wand” to fix the country’s economic and financial crises, following more than a year of political deadlock over the formation of a government. Mikati made the remark in a statement on Monday, saying he has “no magic wand to …

Israeli military forces have shot and seriously injured a Palestinian teenage boy in occupied al-Quds over an alleged stabbing attempt, amid tensions in the occupied territories in recent days following the escape of six Palestinian prisoners from high-security Gilboa Prison last week. Israeli media outlets alleged that the 17-year-old Palestinian, …

The Syrian army has entered the town of al-Yadudah in the southern province of Dara’a after 10 years following an agreement with local tribal elders brokered by Russia, reports said on Monday. Syrian military officials were accompanied by Russian forces as they made their way to the southern Syrian town …