Saudi Arabia: UN Aramco attacks report ‘leaves no doubt’ over Iran’s...
LONDON: Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs welcomed Tuesday a UN report confirming Iranian involvement in attacks on Saudi Aramco facilities in September 2019....
Middle East at ‘critical threshold’ of coronavirus crisis: WHO
More than 80 percent of all deaths in the region were in five countries: Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.
The Middle East faces...
Palestinian civil society rejects EU’s conditional funding
EU’s anti-terror clause in its grant proposals is political and ‘criminalises’ Palestinian resistance, civil groups say.
Palestinian civil society organisations have formed a national campaign...
Iran’s Zarif says ending arms ban ‘inseparable’ from nuclear deal
As the US tries to rally support to extend UN arms embargo on Iran it faces scepticism from UNSC members.
Iran has said the preservation...
Meeting Abbas, Jordan foreign minister warns against annexation
Ayman Safadi visits Ramallah to coordinate moves against Israel’s annexation plans in occupied West Bank, Jordan Valley. Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi has warned...
Saudi Arabia missed its FDI target by more than half last...
Coronavirus and fallout of oil price war could further jeopardise MBS’s blueprint for economic transformation. Saudi Arabia missed its $10 billion target for foreign...
Turkey, Russia continue to work together for Libya ceasefire
Turkish FM says no technical disagreements despite the postponement of talks that were scheduled for Sunday.
Turkey will continue talks with Russia overreaching a lasting...
Palestinians mourn death of a Bangladeshi war hero
During the 1967 Six-Day War, Saiful Azam became the only fighter pilot to have downed four Israeli aircraft.
Palestinian activists are mourning the loss of...
How the US and Afghanistan can jump-start talks with the Taliban...
Reduction in violence is a key prerequisite for the Afghan government and the Taliban to sit at the negotiating table.
By: Michael Kugelman
On May 23,...
Analysis: How Saudi Arabia and Iran became rivals
The Cold War moved to the Middle East, where the front-line states are led not by political stances but religious ones.
by: Imran Khan
I landed...
Iraq: Rocket lands near US embassy inside Baghdad’s Green Zone
No reports of casualties in attack; Iraqi military says rocket launched from an eastern district of Baghdad.
A rocket has hit an empty house in...
Mustafa al-Kadhimi ends Iraq deadlock but new PM faces hurdles
Former intelligence chief’s appointment comes amid major crises: mass protests, coronavirus and plunging oil prices.
As the Iraqi parliament approved the majority of former intelligence...
Which Middle East states hWhich Middle East states have begun easing...
UAE, Jordan and Iran among countries in Middle East that have partially lifted
coronavirus lockdown restrictions.
Many countries have started easing lockdown restrictions that were put...
Saudi Arabia dollar bonds pressured after Moody’s downgrade
Saudi Arabia dollar bonds pressured after Moody’s downgrade
Saudi Arabian government dollar bonds posted losses on Monday after the finance minister said Riyadh would have...
Who is Mustafa al-Kadhimi, Iraq’s new prime minister?
Al-Kadhimi is viewed as pragmatic as well as having good relations with main players across Iraqi political spectrum.
Iraq’s new Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi took...
Coronavirus: Iran set to reopen mosques in low-risk areas
President says restrictions to be lifted ‘calmly, gradually’ but warns Iranians should also prepare for ‘bad scenarios’.
Iran will reopen mosques in areas consistently free...
Israel plans thousands of new settlement homes
Israeli defence minister says construction approved in settlement of Efrat could accommodate 7,000 housing units.
Israel has announced a plan for thousands of new Jewish...
Turkey warns Syria of ‘very heavy losses’ if truce violated
President Erdogan says Turkey will protect March 5 ceasefire pact with Russia and will not allow ‘aggression’ by Syria.
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has...
Domestic abuse against Palestinian women soars
Since start of coronavirus lockdown, at least five women have been killed at the hands of their abusers, activists say.
Banging pots and pans and...
Amnesty: Saudi Arabia executed record number of people in 2019
Saudi Arabia executed a record 184 people last year, according to Amnesty International, which said it was the highest number the rights organisation has...
