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Oct
06
Oct
Erdogan threatens military action in Syria
Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday that his country will soon launch an “air and ground military operation” east of the Euphrates River in northeastern Syria, prompting the U.S.-backed…
03
Oct
Bikini model scandal amid economic crisis threatens Lebanese PM
Lebanese Prime Minster Saad Hariri made the private payments totalling some €14.6 million prior to his current term of office, according to a New York Times report based on court documents…
22
Sep
Reports that Russian warplanes intercepted and destroyed Israeli drone
On Thursday evening, the Russian Air Force destroyed an Israeli drone in the airspace of the Syrian capital of Damascus, Israeli website Hadashot 12 reported, through information gained from Russian…
20
Sep
Two draft resolutions, zero consensus on ceasefire in Syria’s Idlib at UN Security Council
The UN Security Council on Thursday failed to reach consensus on either of two competing resolutions on a cessation of hostilities in Idlib, Syria: the last province in the war-torn nation…
19
Sep
Gantz rejects Netanyahu’s offer for a unity government
Benny Gantz’s Blue and White coalition has ruled out a unity government with Benjamin Netanyahu as the latest election results show them neck-and-neck, with an estimated 33 seats in parliament…
19
Sep
Photo Story: Ganz and Netanyahu meet at memorial service for late Israeli president Peres
(L-R) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin and Benny Gantz, former Israeli Army Chief of Staff and chairman of the Blue and White Israeli centrist political alliance…
19
Sep
Benjamin Netanyahu calls for unity government
Benjamin Netanyahu has called on his main political rival, Benny Gantz, to form a unity government with him. The Israeli prime minister made the offer after a second general election…
19
Sep
Photo Story: Tenth edition of the Beirut Art Fair
A visitor looks at an artwork during the opening of the 10th edition of the Beirut Art Fair in Beirut, Lebanon. Initiated in 2010, Beirut Art Fair is a yearly…
16
Sep
First US warship enters Lebanon in more than 30 years
US destroyer USS Ramage (R) sails from Beirut port, Lebanon, on Sunday 15 September 2019. According to the US embassy in Beirut, the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer docked in…
13
Sep
Joint statement on the announcement of a possible annexation of areas in the West Bank
France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom have issued a joint statement on the recent declaration by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the possible annexation of areas in the…
13
Sep
Netanyahu’s Facebook page suspended
Facebook has sanctioned Benjamin Netanyahu’s official page, after a post called on voters to oppose a government composed of “Arabs who want to destroy us all – women, children and men.” Facebook said the…
12
Sep
UN report on Syria conflict highlights inhumane detention of women and children
As the people of north-west Syria face intensifying violence, tens of thousands of women and children continue to be kept in “inhumane conditions” in a remote camp on the other…
11
Sep
Israeli aircraft strike Gaza
Israeli aircraft struck in Gaza on Wednesday hours after rockets from the Palestinian enclave triggered sirens that forced Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu off the stage at an election rally in…
11
Sep
Arab nations condemn Netanyahu’s West Bank annexation plan
Arab nations have condemned a plan by Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu to annex part of the occupied West Bank. On Tuesday Netanyahu pledged to apply Israeli sovereignty over the Jordan…
09
Sep
Hezbollah says it shot down Israeli drone
Hezbollah said on Monday that it had downed an "Israeli drone" as it flew over the border with Lebanon. The Islamist militant movement said that the unmanned aircraft was now…
08
Sep
Turkey-US patrols for Syria safe zone to begin today
Joint Turkish-U.S. ground patrols for a planned safe zone in northern Syria are set to begin on Sept. 8, according to Hulusi Akar , Turkey’s defence minister. Akar also said…
07
Sep
Two Palestinian teenagers die during protests along Gaza-Israel border
Israeli forces shot and killed two Palestinian teenagers including a 14-year-old during protests along the Gaza-Israel border on Friday, Palestinian health officials said. Reuters reports that the dead was identified as…
01
Sep
Russian warning on US strikes in Syria
The Russian military said on Sunday that the United States had carried out air strikes in Syria’s Idlib de-escalation zone in breach of previous agreements, inflicting numerous casualties and endangering…
01
Sep
Israeli military orders extra forces to Lebanon border area
Israel’s military ordered extra forces to deploy to its northern command and postponed a training exercise as tensions remained high with Lebanon’s heavily armed Shi’ite movement Hezbollah. The army said…
30
Aug
Japan commits itself to ease tension in the Middle East
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Friday he plans to do everything he can to ease tension in the Middle East and wants to talk with Iranian President Hassan…
29
Aug
Hezbollah says will respond with a surprise strike against Israel, but will avoid new war
Hezbollah will respond with a "surprise" strike against Israel after drones crashed in Lebanon, but a new war remains unlikely, the Iran-backed movement said, amid heightened fears of a full-scale…
28
Aug
(UPDATE) Mass arrests in Gaza following suicide bombings
Hamas has declared a state of emergency and on Wednesday morning began arresting supporters of Islamic State and other Salafist organizations in the Gaza Strip en masse, hours after three policemen…
26
Aug
Photo Story: Plane to be used as artificial diving site in Jordan
A Lockheed L-1011 Tristar is submerged into the waters of the Red Sea to create an artificial diving site, in Aqaba, Jordan, 26 August 2019. The sunken plane belonged to…
26
Aug
Israeli air strikes hit Palestinian military position in Lebanon
Israeli Air Force drones hit a military position belonging to a Palestinian group in Lebanon, near the Syrian border, early on Monday. The attack is believed to have been Reports…
25
Aug
Two Israeli Drones Crash in Beirut
An Israeli drone fell in the southern suburbs of Beirut, dominated by the Iran-backed movement, and a second drone exploded near the ground before dawn on Sunday, Hezbollah officials have…
25
Aug
Shots fired at tourist bus in Petra, Jordan
The Jordanian authorities insisted that no tourists were wounded when tourist bus came under fire in Petra. Petra Chief Commissioner Sulaiman Farajat told The Jordan Times that the vehicle was…
25
Aug
Intense Israeli air strike in Syria
Israel's military has said it thwarted an "imminent" Iranian attack involving killer drones after its fighter jets had attacked targets in Syria. The announcement came unusually quickly after the attack.…
23
Aug
Doubts about opening of ‘humanitarian corridor’ by Syrian regime for civilians to flee
A "humanitarian corridor" has been opened in Syria so civilians from one of the last remaining rebel-held regions can leave and enter government-held territory, authorities have said. The country's foreign…
22
Aug
Syrian regime forces take full control of Khan Sheikhun
Syrian regime forces took full control of the key north-western town of Khan Sheikhun on Wednesday, surrounding Turkish forces at a nearby observation post, according to the Syrian Observatory for…
21
Aug
Urgent need for ‘restraint and genuine dialogue’ in Middle East to avoid major confrontation
Briefing the Security Council on the situation in the Middle East, the Chef de Cabinet of the Secretary-General, Maria Luiza Viotti, said that “restraint and genuine dialogue are urgently needed”,…
19
Aug
Turkey says its convoy attacked in Syria
Turkish military convoy was attacked en route to one of its observation posts in northwest Syria on Monday, Turkey’s Defence Ministry said, adding that three civilians were killed and 12…
18
Aug
Israel army kill armed Gazans on border as tensions increase
Israeli forces shot dead a group of armed Palestinians along the Gaza Strip’s security fence late Saturday night, hours after three rockets were fired at southern Israel from the restive…
17
Aug
Trump criticizes Tlaib for refusing Israel’s approval to see elderly grandmother
President Donald Trump criticised American politician Rashida Tlaib for declining Israel's approval to visit her grandmother in the West Bank, claiming that the Michigan Democrat's initial travel request was a "complete…
16
Aug
Rashida Tlaib given go-ahead by Israel to enter the country to visit grandmother
Israel’s interior minister has reportedly approved a request from US Democratic lawmaker Rashida Tlaib, to visit Israel just hours after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Tlaib and Ilhan Omar, were barred…
16
Aug
Three more humanitarian workers killed in Syria, with civilian death toll ‘rising every day’
An attack in the south of Syria’s restive Idlib province that led to the deaths of a paramedic, an ambulance driver and a rescue worker, were added to the grim…
15
Aug
Israel blocks two US Democrat Congressman from visiting
Israel is blocking two US Democratic lawmakers and prominent critics of Israel from visiting. Omar and Tlaib — the first two Muslim women in Congress — were slated to arrive…
15
Aug
Photo Story: The International Sand Sculpture Festival in Ashkelon, Israel
Photos of some of the sand sculptures that have been prepared ahead of the International Sand Sculpture Festival in Ashkelon, Israel. The festival will run from August 18-23 Photos: EPA-EFE/ABIR…
15
Aug
Syrian rebels claim to have shot down government warplane
A Syrian government warplane is reported to have been shot down as fighting continues in the rebel-held northern province of Idlib. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based monitoring…
12
Aug
Syrian forces gain ground in Idlib offensive
Syrian regime forces seized a town on the edge of Idlib province on Sunday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor said, their first ground advance since resuming an…
11
Aug
Clashes between Muslim and Israeli police force on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount
Clashes broke out between Muslim protesters and Israeli police forces on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount holy site on Sunday, during a period of peak religious tensions over the overlap of Jewish…
11
Aug
Clashes break out on Temple Mount in Jerusalem
Clashes broke out between Muslim protesters and Israeli police forces on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount holy site, known to Muslims as the Haram esh-Sharif and the Al Aqsa Compound, on Sunday,…
11
Aug
Israeli troops fire on armed Palestinian sneaking into Israel from Gaza
Israeli forces opened fire on an armed Palestinian man attempting to sneak into Israel from Gaza early Sunday, the Israeli military said, as fresh fighting broke out on the tense…
10
Aug
Gaza border: Israeli military kills four Palestinian militants
Israeli forces opened fire on four Palestinian militants near the Gaza border fence on Saturday, killing the men, the Israeli military said. The Times of Israel reports that the Israeli military…
09
Aug
Photo Story: Large-scale navy drill in the Mediterranean
Israeli Navy's INS Lahav (L), US Navy's USS Donald Cook (2-R), French Navy's Fremm Auvergne (C) and Hellenic Navy's HS Aegaeon (R) take part in a joint military exercise in…
08
Aug
Israeli Soldier found stabbed to death outside West Bank settlement
The body of a religious Israeli student and soldier who had been stabbed to death was discovered outside a settlement in the Gush Etzion area of the West Bank in…
04
Aug
US welcomes Syria ceasefire
The U.S. State Department on Saturday said it welcomed news of a ceasefire in Northwest Syria - the last rebel bastion in the country - and urged for an end…
02
Aug
No air strikes in Syria’s northwest as ceasefire declared
Syrian and Russian warplanes mounted no air strikes in the rebel-held northwest on Friday after a ceasefire was announced. Though rockets hit both Syrian government- and rebel-held territory on Friday…
02
Aug
Photo Story: Jennifer Lopez concert in Tel Aviv
US actress and singer Jennifer Lopez performs during a concert at Yarkon Park in Tel Aviv, Israel, on the evening of the 01 August 2019. More than 55,000…
31
Jul
Reports that Israel attacked Iranian targets in Iraq
The London-based Al-Sharq Al-Awsat citing unnamed western diplomatic sources reported that Israel used F-35 stealth fighter jets on late Sunday night to attack “Iranian advisers” and a shipment of ballistic…
26
Jul
U.N. laments “international indifference” to rising death toll in Syria
Air strikes by the Syrian government and its allies on schools, hospitals, markets and bakeries have killed at least 103 civilians in the past 10 days, including 26 children, U.N.…
26
Jul
Palestinian leader Abbas to stop all agreements with Israeli
Palestinian leaders have decided to "stop implementing agreements" with Israelis, President Mahmoud Abbas has said. The move comes after Israeli forces bulldozed dozens of Palestinian homes. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas…
26
Jul
Children: The forgotten victims of the Syrian conflict
The BBC carries a heart wrenching story about two sisters caught in an aerial strike that demolished their residence in Ariha, in Idlib. A journalist captured the moment a five-year-old…
26
Jul
Lebanon Issues Arrest Warrant against Saif al-Islam Gaddafi
Authorities in Lebanon this week issued arrest warrants in absentia for ten Libyan in the case of the disappearance of Shia cleric Moussa Al-Sadr and his two companions Mohammed Yaacoub…
24
Jul
Reports of an Israeli attack in southern Syria
Syrian state television said on Wednesday that Israel struck a strategic area in southern Syria overlooking the Golan Heights where Western intelligence sources previously said Iranian-backed militias are known to…
22
Jul
Photo Story: Israel demolishes Palestinian homes on Jerusalem outskirts
An Israeli army bulldozer demolishes a building in the Palestinian village of Sur Baher, in East Jerusalem on Monday 22nd July 2019. Israeli authorities decided to demolish at least six…
22
Jul
Air strikes kill 18 in Syria’s Idlib
Air strikes killed at least 18 people, including seven children, in rebel held Idlib region in north western Syria on Sunday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported. The northwest…
20
Jul
Benjamin Netanyahu becomes Israel’s longest-serving leader
Benjamin Netanyahu has become Israel's longest-serving prime minister, surpassing the record set by the country's founding father. Netanyahu has led for 4,876 - one day more than Israel's first prime…
