Middle East

Saudi Arabia and Syria have pledged to seek a political solution to the crises besetting the latter, according to a joint statement released after a meeting between the two countries’ foreign ministers in Jeddah on Wednesday. Saudi’s Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan and Syria’s Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad held discussions …

Qatar and Bahrain have reached an agreement to restore their diplomatic ties, following a long-running feud between the two Gulf nations. The two countries’ foreign ministries announced the decision in separate statements on Wednesday, following a meeting between their delegations at the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) headquarters in the Saudi …

Iran has slammed the “shameful” silence of the United States and some European countries in the face of Israel’s crimes and murders, calling for unity among Muslim nations to counter the Zionist regime and support the oppressed people of Palestine. Iran’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Thursday to mark …

Lebanese caretaker Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib has filed a complaint with the UN Security Council (UNSC) and UN Secretary-General António Guterres against Israel after the regime said it had struck targets belonging to the Palestinian resistance group Hamas in southern Lebanon. According to Lebanon’s official National News Agency (NNA), …

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has once again condemned the latest Israeli aggression against the al-Aqsa Mosque stressing that the holy site is an exclusive place of worship for Muslims. Hussein Ibrahim Taha, the secretary general of OIC, made the remarks at an open-ended extraordinary meeting of the body’s Executive Committee …

The U.S. Navy said on Saturday a nuclear-powered guided-missile submarine was operating in the Middle East in support of the Bahrain-based U.S. Fifth Fleet. The USS Florida entered the region on Thursday and began transiting the Suez Canal on Friday, Commander Timothy Hawkins said in a statement. “It is capable …

A senior member of Yemen’s popular Ansarullah resistance movement says the United Arab Emirates (UAE) should withdraw its troops from Yemen after Saudi Arabia informed the so-called Yemeni presidential leadership council of the decision to put an end to the eight-year devastating war in Yemen after eight years of aggression. …

Two Israeli military officials say the Tel Aviv regime decided to launch air strikes on positions of the Palestinian Hamas resistance movement in southern Lebanon and the Gaza Strip after a spate of rocket attacks against the occupied territories, apparently to avoid a wider conflict with Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement. …

Israeli regime forces have detained 16 Palestinians and injured several others in multiple raids across the occupied West Bank and al-Quds, as Tel Aviv continues its oppression across the occupied territories. The official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported that Israeli troops broke into the Deheisheh refugee camp, located south of …

Amid the Israeli regime’s back-to-back attacks against Syria, the Arab country warns that the occupying regime’s aggressive policies threaten the region with all-out escalation and a new phase of instability. Syria’s foreign ministry issued the warning on Tuesday while making mention of the regime’s several rounds of aggression against the …

Israeli warplanes carried out a fresh round of airstrikes against the besieged Gaza Strip, drawing retaliatory rocket fire from Palestinian resistance fighters in the impoverished coastal enclave. Explosions were heard west of Gaza City after the Israeli army’s drones targeted a resistance site in that area. The Israeli occupation army …

The Palestinian Archbishop of the Greek Orthodox Church in al-Quds has slammed the recent crime of the Israeli regime in attacking peaceful worshipers at al-Aqsa Mosque, expressing Christians’ solidarity with Muslims against the occupying regime. “Attacks on Muslims in al-Aqsa are an attack on Christians as well,” Theodosius Atallah Hanna …

The Arab League has vehemently condemned the latest Israeli aggression against the al-Aqsa Mosque in the occupied Old City of al-Quds and the brutal assault on Palestinian worshipers observing the holy fasting month of Ramadan. The 22-member organization held an emergency meeting on Wednesday to discuss circumstances surrounding the latest storming …

Two Palestinians have been shot dead during an Israeli military raid in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, as the Israeli regime’s far-right Netanyahu administration intensifies its deadly raids across the occupied territories. The official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that confrontations broke out soon after Israeli forces stormed …

Former US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner’s private equity firm, Affinity Partners, has received $200 million from a UAE wealth fund, and a similar amount from a Qatari entity. The New York Times reported on Friday that Kushner received hundreds of millions from the two Persian Gulf Arab countries for his firm. …

A general strike has been held across towns and cities in the Occupied Palestinian Territories following the Israeli regime’s assassination of a Palestinian youth near the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the occupied Old City of al-Quds on the second Friday of the holy fasting month of Ramadhan. Palestinian media said …

The Yemeni military has threatened to launch “surprising” strikes on Saudi Arabia and the UAE if the aggressor countries commit any “foolish act” against war-wracked Yemen. “The opportunity provided by a general amnesty (announced by Yemen’s Ansarullah resistance movement) must be seized. If the aggressor coalition commits any foolish act, …

Russia has voiced its protest against “provocative actions” by US occupation forces in Syria’s northeastern Province of Hasakah, where they have been stationed for several years. Rear Admiral Oleg Gurinov, Deputy Chief of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the Opposing Parties in Syria, made the remarks on Friday, saying …

Saudi Arabia is planning to invite Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to an Arab League summit that Riyadh is hosting in May, three sources familiar with the plans said, a move that would formally end Syria’s regional isolation. Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan will travel to Damascus in coming …

Israeli forces carried out air strikes on outposts in Syria’s Homs province in a raid early on Sunday, Syria’s defence ministry said, while Western intelligence sources said a series of air bases in central Syria where Iranian personnel are based were hit in the bombings. The Israeli military declined to …