Saudi Arabia won’t back out on Palestine: King Salman tells Arab allies
News Analysis | Saudi monarch King Salman has reassured to all Arab allies in general, and Palestinian President Mahmood Abbas in particular, that Saudi Arabia...
Lack of global leadership spurs instability in the Middle East
James M. Dorsey | With multiple Middle Eastern disputes threatening to spill out of control, United Arab Emirates minister of state for foreign affairs Anwar...
Ahed Tamimi, symbol of Mid East conflict, prepares for freedom
AFP | A Palestinian teenager jailed by Israel for slapping and kicking Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank is to go free on Sunday...
U.S. illegal presence in Syria
News Desk | The devastating seven-year Syrian civil war is moving swiftly to a logical conclusion, and it’s hard not to agree with this statement....
Saudi-UK media tie-up: Targeting the non-Arabic speaking Middle East
James M Dorsey | Long satisfied to attempt to dominate pan-Arab media and battle it out with Qatar’s state-owned Al Jazeera television network, Saudi Arabia...
Israel evacuates “White Helmets” from Syria as government forces continue to take territory
News Analysis | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has stated that Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) have carried out the evacuation of more than 400 “White...
One dead as new protests shake south Iraq, reach Baghdad
AFP | A man was killed Friday in a new day of protests in Iraq, a medical source said, as authorities struggle to contain social...
China and UAE sign deals as president visits Abu Dhabi
AFP | China and the United Arab Emirates signed a raft of economic agreements Friday as President Xi Jinping held "extensive talks" in Abu Dhabi...
Israel adopts controversial Jewish nation-state law
AFP | Israel's parliament on Thursday adopted a law defining the country as the nation-state of the Jewish people, provoking fears it could lead to...
Syria rebels agree to surrender zone bordering Golan
AFP | Syrian rebels have agreed to surrender a sensitive area bordering the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights, a monitor and opposition source said Thursday, the latest...
Evacuations begin from besieged pro-regime Syria towns
AFP | Buses began evacuating fighters and civilians from two besieged pro-regime towns in Syria early on Thursday morning under a deal that will allow...
Israel tightens Gaza blockade as arson kites raise fears of war
AFP | Days after the heaviest exchange of fire between Israel and Palestinian freedom fighter in Gaza since a 2014 conflict, Israel said it was...