Israel’s Supreme Court upholds open-fire rules on Gaza border
AFP | Israel's Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the military's use of lethal force against Palestinians during protests and clashes on the Gaza border. In the...
Palestinian protesters throw eggs at US delegation
AFP | Palestinian protesters on Monday threw eggs at a US delegation in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and held up signs with anti-American slogans in...
Syrian army controls capital after ousting IS
AFP | Syria's army declared Monday it is in complete control of Damascus and its outskirts after a devastating battle that forced Islamic State group...
Arab Israelis in Haifa protest over Gaza killings
AFP | Hundreds of Arab Israelis demonstrated Saturday evening in Haifa in solidarity with Gaza, where more than 60 Palestinians have died from Israeli fire...
Nearly a year since fall of Iraq’s Mosul, hunt for bodies goes on
AFP | Atop an enormous mound of rubble under a blistering sun in Iraq's second city Mosul, fire crews and police chip away at a...
The battle for the Iranian nuclear deal: China approaches a watershed
James M. Dorsey | Conventional wisdom has it that China stands to benefit from the US withdrawal from the 2015 international nuclear agreement with Iran,...
More IS fighters leave Damascus district
AFP | The second batch of fighters from the Islamic State jihadist group left their final Damascus stronghold overnight, a monitor said Monday, bringing the...
Erdogan hosts Islamic summit to back Palestinians, condemn Israel
AFP | Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday hosts for the second time in half a year a summit of the world's main pan-Islamic...
Egypt opens Gaza border for month of Ramadan: president
AFP | Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has made a rare decision to open the Rafah crossing with Gaza for a month, allowing Palestinians to...
Uncategorized Israel seeks Russian help in Syria. Will Russia oblige?
M K Bhadrakumar | After threatening Moscow that if it went ahead with plans to strengthen Syria’s missile defence systems, Israel will destroy them on...
Key dates in the history of the Palestinians
AFP | Here are the main dates in Palestinian history: First Alarm Towards the end of the 19th century the first Jews arrive in Palestine, fleeing anti-Semitism...
Russia seeks mediator role between Israel and Iran
AFP | Following Israeli strikes on Iranian targets in Syria, Russia has positioned itself as a mediator between the Middle Eastern rivals as it has...