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Photo Story: COVID19 Restrictions eased in Gaza

Palestinians walk in the streets after the authorities eased restrictions put in place to stop the spread of the COVID-19, amid a coronavirus lockdown in Gaza City, 23 January 2021.…

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Photo Story: Wild animals take over the streets during Israeli lockdown

Nubian ibex roam the streets during a national lockdown in Mitzpe Ramon, southern Israel. Although Israel is one of the first countries to have received vaccines and has so far…

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UK-registered firm possibly linked to Beirut blast

Two senior British parliamentarians called on Friday for an investigation into a British-registered company possibly linked to last year’s devastating explosion in Beirut, after Reuters found that the firm had…

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UPDATED: Syria reports Israeli military activity over Hama

Syrian air defences confronted early on Friday "an Israeli aggression" in the region of Hama that killed four people from the same family, state media said. Israel has carried out…

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Syria says extinguishes huge fire near Homs refinery

Syrian civil defence teams extinguished a huge fire that swept a number of oil tankers loading crude oil from an installation near the country’s main Homs refinery after a blast…

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Israel sharing COVID-19 data with Pfizer to help fine-tune vaccine rollout

srael is giving weekly data updates on its COVID-19 outbreak to vaccine maker Pfizer under a collaboration agreement that may help other countries fine-tune their inoculation campaigns and achieve "herd immunity", officials said. Israelis began receiving first shots of the vaccine developed by Pfizer and its German…

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Beirut blast chemicals possibly linked to Syrian businessmen – report, company filings

BEIRUT/LONDON/MOSCOW, Jan 17 (Reuters) - The company that bought the ammonium nitrate which exploded in Beirut last August had possible links to two Syrian businessmen under U.S. sanctions for ties…

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Photo Story: Starlings in Jordan Valley

A flock of a murmuration of starlings during their traditional dance before landing to sleep near the West Bank city of Jericho, in the Jordan valley, 15 January 2021. EPA-EFE/ATEF…

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Palestinians announce first elections in 15 years

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announced parliamentary and presidential elections, the first in 15 years, in an effort to heal long-standing internal divisions. The move is widely seen as a response…

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Photo Story: Sheldon Adelson funeral in Jerusalem

Miriam Adelson, mourns next to the grave of her husband philanthropist and businessman Sheldon Adelson during his funeral, in Jerusalem, 15 January 2021. Adelson, the billionaire mogul and power broker…

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Photo Story: Anti-Netanyahu protest in Jerusalem

Anti-Netanyahu activists gather during a protest outside the Israeli Prime Minister's residence, in Jerusalem, Israel, on 13 January 2021. Protesters clashed with police, lit bonfires, and blocked roads. Israeli Prime…

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Israel’s Netanyahu removes Trump from his Twitter banner photo

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Benjamin Netanyahu dropped U.S. President Donald Trump from the banner photo of his Twitter account on Tuesday in an apparent break with a political ally…

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Palestinians approve Russian COVID-19 vaccine for use in self-rule areas

MOSCOW/RAMALLAH, West Bank, Jan 11 (Reuters) - The health ministry of the Palestinian Authority has approved the main Russian vaccine against COVID-19, known as Sputnik V, for use in Palestinian…

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Palestinian Authority accuses Israel of shirking duty to ensure availability of vaccine

GAZA, Jan 10 (Reuters) - The Palestinian Authority said on Sunday it expects to receive its first COVID-19 vaccine doses in March under a deal with drugmaker AstraZeneca, and accused…

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After 54 years, first Mass on the site of the Baptism of Jesus

St. John the Baptist Chapel, on the West Bank, has announced that it will reopen for Mass in January 2021. For over 50 years, the site has been unapproachable because…

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Israel tightens nationwide coronavirus lockdown

Israel tightened a national lockdown on Friday in a bid to curb a sharp rise in new COVID-19 cases, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promising that all Israeli adults could…

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Iran resumes uranium enrichment programme

Iran has resumed 20% uranium enrichment at an underground nuclear facility, the government said on Monday, breaching a 2015 nuclear pact with major powers and possibly complicating efforts by U.S.…

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Israel’s defence minister favours buying one more F-35 squadron for now

Israel's defence minister said on Monday that he wants the country to buy a third squadron of stealth F-35 warplanes from the United States, and that he hoped a deal…

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Israel dismisses “nonsense” Iran charge it seeks to trick U.S. into war

JERUSALEM, Jan 3 (Reuters) - An Israeli official on Sunday dismissed as "nonsense" an allegation by the Iranian foreign minister that Israel was trying to trick the United States into…

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Israel leads vaccine race with 1 million given jab

Israel has given vaccinations against coronavirus to more than one million people, the highest rate in the world, as global immunisation efforts step up. Israel has a rate of 11.55…

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Lebanon can stretch reserves for six more months of subsidies, PM says

BEIRUT, Dec 30 (Reuters) - Lebanon can ration $2 billion in reserves left for subsidies to last six more months, the caretaker prime minister said on Tuesday, as the country's…

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Lebanon secures COVID-19 vaccines for 20% of its citizens – health minister

BEIRUT, Dec 28 (Reuters) - Lebanon has secured about 2 million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine, which will cover 20% of the country's nationals, the health minister said on Monday.…

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Norway and Jordan confirm new Covid variant cases

The new variant of the coronavirus circulating in Britain has been detected in Norway and Jordan, as the two countries health authorities confirmed the variant in cases which concerned people…

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Hundreds of Syrians flee Lebanon camp after tents torched

BEIRUT, Dec 27 (Reuters) - Hundreds of Syrian refugees fled their makeshift camp in north Lebanon after their tents were torched when fighting broke out between local youths and camp…

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Photo Story: Santa Claus in Jerusalem

Jerusalem Santa Issa Kassissieh rides a camel in the alleys of Jerusalem's Old City. Kassissieh has dressed up as Santa Claus in Jerusalem for a decade and had turned his…

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Right-wing challenge to Netanyahu builds ahead of Israeli election

A right-wing challenge to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a March Israeli election gained momentum with the defection of a long-time ally to an upstart rival party. In a letter…

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Israel imposing third national COVID-19 lockdown

Israel will impose a third national lockdown to fight climbing COVID-19 infections, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday. The curbs will come into effect on Sunday evening and last…

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Israel hopes for rapprochement with fifth Muslim country before Trump exit

Israel is working towards formalising relations with a fifth Muslim country during U.S. President Donald Trump's term, which ends next month, an Israeli government minister told Ynet TV on Wednesday.…

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Israel to hold snap election

Israel will hold a snap election in March after parliament failed on Tuesday to meet a deadline to pass a budget, triggering a ballot presenting new challenges for Prime Minister…

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Morocco hosts Israeli envoys, Kushner to hammer out new ties

RABAT (Reuters) - Israeli envoys arrived in Morocco on Tuesday to meet its king and hammer out an upgrade of ties that was forged by the White House in a…

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New archeological sites linked to early Christianity discovered in Gethsemane

Fr. Francesco Patton, Custos of the Holy Land showing the remains of a previously unknown church that was founded at the end of the Byzantine period (sixth century CE) at…

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Photo Story: A Christmas tree with a difference in Beirut

A Christmas tree is decorated with uniforms of firefighters and rescuers of the Civil Defense to pay tribute to those who died at the Beirut port explosion on 04 August,…

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Photo Story: Christmas preparations in Syria

Syrian Christians gather in front of the Christmas tree at Sayyedet Dimasheq Church in Damascus, Syria, where a mass has been held to light the Christmas tree as part of…

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Christmas in Bethlehem Church of the Nativity

A local tourist visits the Church of Nativity ahead of the Christmas preparations in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, 20 December 2020. Palestinian Authorities imposed a total lockdown in…

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Invoking Bible and moonwalk, Netanyahu starts Israeli vaccination drive

TEL HASHOMER, Israel, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Israel kicked off a coronavirus vaccination drive on Saturday with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu invoking the Bible and the 1969 lunar landing as he got…

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Photo Story: Christmas in Bethlehem

A view of the Christmas tree at the Manger Square while its empty from visitors, next to the Church of Nativity, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem. Bethlehem is…

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Ten years from the ‘Arab Spring’

Tunisia’s revolution after a fruit seller killed himself a decade ago inspired a wave of revolt in Arab countries as people rose up to demand democracy. This is what happened…

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Lebanon’s collapse is like the Titanic’s sinking, only without the music – Le Drian

PARIS (Reuters) - French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Lebanon's political and economic collapse was like the sinking of the Titanic, only without the music. "Lebanon is the Titanic…

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UAE, Israel export credit agencies sign agreement to boost trade

The export credit agencies of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Israel have signed a cooperation agreement to develop economic relations between the two countries, the UAE's state news agency…

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Veteran Palestinian negotiator Ashrawi to resign, calls for Palestinian political reforms

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Veteran Palestinian negotiator and women's rights advocate Hanan Ashrawi said on Wednesday she would quit her senior post in the Palestine Liberation Organization at the…

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Israel receives initial shipment of Pfizer coronavirus vaccine

JERUSALEM, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Israel received its first shipment of coronavirus vaccines on Wednesday and a distributor predicted the country would have enough for about a quarter of the…

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Middle East – Rainbow of Peace and hope

People appear to stand at the bottom of a rainbow at the Dead Sea, Israel, 05 December 2020 . EPA-EFE/ABIR SULTAN

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Businessman linked to Sarkozy corruption allegations detained in Beirut

Lebanon detained a French-Lebanese businessman linked to allegations of covert Libyan financing for former French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s 2007 election campaign, two Beirut security sources said on Friday. The sources…

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Jerusalem church suffers damage in arson near Garden of Gethsemane

Israeli police arrested a man for trying to set fire to an east Jerusalem church by the Garden of Gethsemane, the site revered by Christians as the place where Jesus…

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Lebanon investigates death of former customs official

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese authorities are investigating the killing of a retired customs officer in what a leading politician described as a "terrible incident". Colonel Munir Abu Rjeili was found…

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Israel edges towards early election amid Netanyahu-Gantz feud

Israel edged closer on Wednesday towards a fourth national election in two years after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s main governing partner, Benny Gantz, backed an opposition move to dissolve parliament.…

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Lebanon says COVID cases rising, beds won’t suffice

Lebanon will not have enough hospital beds to cope with increasing COVID-19 cases, the health minister in the caretaker government warned on Thursday, saying compliance with a two-week lockdown that…

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Israel receives its most advanced warship as Iran tensions rise

Israel received its most advanced warship on Wednesday, describing the German-made vessel dubbed “Shield” as a bulwark for vulnerable Mediterranean gas rigs as tensions with Tehran soar over the assassination…

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‘Christmas will not be cancelled’ says Bethlehem, amid little comfort or joy

Bethlehem is shaping up for a dismal Christmas: most of the inns are closed, the shepherds are likely to be under lockdown and there are few visitors from the east,…

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Iran points finger at opposition, Israel on scientist murder

A senior Iranian official said on Monday an opposition group was suspected alongside Israel in the killing of a prominent Iranian nuclear scientist, an attack that has raised the prospect of a new standoff…

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Gaza gets vital medical aid as hospitals struggle with rising infections

The World Health Organization delivered 15 ventilators to Gaza hospitals on Sunday amid a spike in COVID-19 infections that has tested the Palestinian territory's under-developed health system. The donation of…

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Israel 2021 budget worth $129 billion to be presented to PM Monday

Israel's Finance Ministry will present a long awaited 2021 state budget to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday that will total 426 billion shekels ($128.5 billion), a ministry source said…

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Coronavirus infections skyrocket in Gaza Strip

Health experts in the Gaza Strip are sounding the alarm, saying the pandemic could soon rage out of control with hospitals there are wholly unprepared for the situation, and doctors…

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Israeli embassies on alert after Iran retaliation threats

Israel put its embassies around the world on high alert on Saturday after Iranian threats of retaliation following the killing of a nuclear scientist near Tehran, Israeli N12 news reported.…

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Israeli cabinet minister confirms Netanyahu’s Saudi meeting

A member of Benjamin Netanyahu's cabinet and Likud party confirmed media reports on Monday that the Israeli prime minister had held a meeting in Saudi Arabia, calling it an "amazing…

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