Turkish, Russian, Iranian officials discuss Syria peace

Officials from Turkey, Russia, and Iran met Thursday in the Kazakh capital Nursultan to discuss technical issues around ongoing talks between

Israeli authorities detain Palestinian man escorting ill wife at Erez

The Israeli authorities detained a Palestinian man, who was escorting his ill wife, while at the Erez crossing (Beit Hanoun) in the northern...

Israel warns nationals against travel to Sri Lanka

Israel on Thursday warned its citizens against travelling to Sri Lanka following the recent spate of terrorist attacks in that

Is Haftar right in claiming there are terrorists and militias in Tripoli?

Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA), has long claimed that terrorists and rogue militias are controlling

Spokesman: Sudan’s ruling military council will retain “sovereign authority”

Sudan’s ruling Transitional Military Council will retain “sovereign authority only”, while civilians will hold the post of prime minister

Iran makes Zaghari-Ratcliffe prisoner swap offer

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has proposed a prisoner swap between a British-Iranian dual national, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe,

Egypt’s ‘battle of the boxes’ fed the world a distorted image of the nation

Egypt has just spent three days playing out the constitutional amendment referendum, complete with clichéd dancing in the streets to

US coalition killed over 1,600 civilians in Syria’s Raqqa, says Amnesty

The US-led international coalition killed more than 1,600 civilians during its assault on the Syrian city of Raqqa against Daesh militants, an

The self-declared Jewish state is a light unto the Islamophobes

Islamophobia has become the leading identifier of far-right groups all around the world. Fascism always requires an “other”, a demonised...

Palestine and anti-Semitism workshop held in UK

EuroPal Forum is co-hosted a workshop entitled “Palestine and Anti-Semitism’ in London yesterday. Held at the P21 Gallery, the event was part...

Morroco goats on trees: Truth or lie?

US announces watering down of Iran IRGC sanctions

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo yesterday published two notices in the Federal Register, watering down sanctions on Iran’s Revolutionary

Sudan army detains politician who criticised UAE

The Sudanese military briefly arrested the chairman of the State of Law and Development Party yesterday, hours after he warned the UAE

Banks brush aside reputational concerns and return to invest in Saudi Arabia 

When major global financiers withdrew from a Saudi investment summit in October over the brutal murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, questions...

Gazans flock to pigeon expo

PA has forced 27,200 employees in to early retirement since 2017

Palestinian Authority (PA) Deputy Minister of Finance Farid Ghannam yesterday revealed that 27,238 employees had been forced to take early...

Trump’s ‘Deal of the Century’ and the Latin American response

The current conflicts in Yemen, Syria and Iraq, as well as tensions with Iran and the internal crisis in Lebanon, have favoured Israel’s

Hamas: We do not know why the UN delays work projects

Member of Hamas’ Political Bureau Khalil Al-Hayya yesterday questioned why the US is delaying the implementation of work creation

Kushner: US to announce ‘deal of the century’ after Ramadan

Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and advisor, said on Tuesday that the American peace plan dubbed the “deal of

18 killed by suspected car bomb in Syria’s Idlib

At least 18 people have been killed after an explosion in the centre of Jisr Al-Shughour in the opposition stronghold of Idlib, a day after

Bouteflika’s party fails to elect new Secretary-General

Algeria’s ruling National Liberation Front (FLN), led by ousted President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, has failed to elect a new Secretary-General

The management of the conflict in the new Sudan must lie with the people

The conflict in Sudan has not ended with the fall of ousted President Omar Al-Bashir. This is actually the beginning of a new phase of the

Israel accuses Switzerland of funding legal procedures against it

An Israeli newspaper close to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday accused Switzerland of spending $2 million on legal activities which

New Iran guards Commander calls to expand operations against ‘enemies’

The newly appointed Commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps Hossein Salami has called to expand the group’s operations against

Qatar envoy calls for accountability for war criminals in Syria

The Permanent Representative of Qatar to the United Nations Sheikha Alya Ahmed Saif Al Thani yesterday reiterated her country’s support for