Middle East

At least three members of the so-called civil defense group White Helmets have been killed while transporting a shipment of explosives inside an ambulance in Syria’s west-central province of Hama, amid reports that they are preparing to carry out terrorist and chemical attacks across the country in a bid to …

Qatar says there was “small progress” in talks with Saudi Arabia on healing their two-year rift at the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit held last week. There has been “small progress, just a little progress,” Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said on Saturday when asked …

Three Saudi soldiers have been killed near border with Yemen in what is believed to be retaliatory attacks launched by Yemeni fighters on the kingdom. The Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported on Saturday that one officer and two soldiers had been killed in Saudi Arabia’s southwestern Jizan region. However, it  …

Today, Saturday, the Iranian Foreign Ministry condemned the American accusations that Tehran was responsible for missile attacks on American military bases in Iraq. “Accusing Tehran of the Aramco attack and the attacks on American bases in Iraq are just false allegations, and the Americans will later realize that they are …

A Sudanese court has indicted the country’s former president Omar al-Bashir for corruption and illicit possession of sizeable amounts of foreign currency, sentencing him to two years in confinement. The sentence was issued on Saturday against the 75-year-old, who was the country’s head of state for three decades before being …

Saudi Arabia’s state-owned oil company Saudi Aramco has just pulled off the biggest initial public offering (IPO) in history, raising $25.6 billion. The IPO, however, fell short of the Saudi Crown Prince’s $2 trillion valuations. The company sold 3 billion shares priced at 32 riyals ($8.53) each. The mega-float exceeds …

Israeli forces have arrested four staff members of a Palestinian TV channel in Jerusalem al-Quds in a move condemned by the Palestinian Presidency. Israeli forces stormed the place from where a Palestine TV morning show was being broadcast on Friday, arresting the anchor, Dana Abu Shamsiyeh and the cameraman, Amir …

In efforts to defend his policy on Turkey and Syria, US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Washington has been successful in keeping the oil in Syria. Speaking at the start of a NATO meeting on Tuesday, Trump repeated the assertion that he “kept the oil” inside Syria, although …

The Ministry of Justice signed a Memorandum of Understanding with its Jordanian counterpart in the field of transferring those convicted of custodial sentences, except those convicted of terrorism cases. The spokesman of the Ministry of Justice, Thaer al-Jubouri said in a statement on Tuesday that the Minister of Justice, Farouq …

Four refugees have died and up to 16 more are missing after trying to cross into Europe from North Africa on a small raft, Spain’s coastguard says. Rescuers saved 58 people from the raft, which was found drifting around 37 miles off the coast of Morocco on Tuesday night. Three …

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) said that we have no problem with Iran, but we demand that it deal with Palestinian legitimacy and not with certain factions.  Abbas told reporters that since the late Iranian revolutionary leader Ali Khomeini’s return to the country, “relations between Iran and the Palestinians …

Arab journalists and bloggers from the Gulf and Iraq took part in a series of meetings and events in Israel, following an invitation from the Foreign Ministry. Members of the delegation of journalists were not identified and the duration of their stay in Israel was also not disclosed. On Twitter …

The tragedy comes just days after another car explosion left at least 10 people dead and 25 injured in the town of Tell Abyad near the Syrian-Turkish border. A car bomb attack near the city of Ras al-Ain in northern Syria has claimed the lives of 17 people, the Turkish …

During a visit to Qatar, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said a military base built in and jointly run with the Arab country can ensure stability and peace in the Persian Gulf region, as Ankara and Doha further close ranks in the face of a Saudi Arabian-led blockade on …

Saudi aggression forces and Saudi mercenaries on Monday stepped up their breaches of the ceasefire agreement in Hodeidah province by launching 19 air raids on different areas in the province. According to “Al-Masirah Net” that the Saudi-American aggression aircraft launched this morning 5 raids north of the city, and a …

Crowds of Tehran residents have amassed at the Iranian capital’s Enqelab (Revolution) Square to avow support for the country’s Islamic establishment, condemn the recent violent rioting that broke out under the guise of fuel price protests, and convey their demands to the authorities. The gathering dubbed Hamian-e Velayat (Supporters of …

Thousands of Israelis demonstrated on Saturday evening in different parts of Tel Aviv and Jerusalem to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, interim Prime Minister, at a time when marches in support of him. JERUSALEM – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been accused of bribery, dishonesty and …

A senior commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards has urged the country’s judiciary to mete out harsh sentences to what he described as “mercenaries” involved in protests against a fuel price hike last week, the judiciary’s Mizan news site reported. “We caught all the mercenaries who openly confessed they were doing …

A watchdog group asked Israel’s top court on Sunday to order Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to step aside after his indictment on corruption charges, adding to the pressure he is facing from within his ruling party. Netanyahu, a four-term conservative leader, has denied the charges of bribery, fraud, and breach …

A rare discovery of mummified big cats, cobras, and crocodiles has been unveiled by Egyptian authorities. Egyptologists are thrilled at the cache, which includes dozens of mummified cats, 75 wooden and bronze cat statues, mummified birds, and an enormous mummified beetle three to four times the normal size. Egyptian officials …