US move to designate Houthis as terrorists ‘will cost lives in Yemen’Aid agencies criticise Trump administration’s move in country ravaged by war and famineTue Nov 24 2020 - 10:01
G20 summit to be hosted by Saudi Arabia amid rights groups’ criticismVirtual event to focus on pandemic concerns as critics call for boycott of Riyadh for abusesFri Nov 20 2020 - 21:24
Palestinian Authority resumes relations with Israel after six-month boycottFinance likely motivator of return to security collaboration and intelligence sharingThu Nov 19 2020 - 17:31
Lebanon enters two-week Covid-19 lockdown amid political, economic crisesCases of coronavirus top 100,000 as police patrol streets to ensure complianceMon Nov 16 2020 - 16:02
UN agency for Palestinian refugees makes ‘urgent’ appeal for fundingUnrwa says staff face pay deferrals unless it can raise €60m in coming weeksWed Nov 11 2020 - 16:30
Trump plans weekly rounds of sanctions on IranBiden administration likely to re-engage with Tehran rather than punish itTue Nov 10 2020 - 15:46
Biden presidency will be a great relief for many Arab leadersAutocrats will mourn Trump’s loss, but most will not miss his destabilising effectSun Nov 08 2020 - 15:29
Arab world strongly supports Joe Biden for US presidentSurvey finds 39% back Democratic candidate while only 12% support Donald TrumpSun Nov 01 2020 - 17:22
Nice attacker does not represent Islam, says Arab and Muslim leadersBrahim Aouissaoui one of thousands of young Tunisian men radicalised by Islamic State, al-QaedaFri Oct 30 2020 - 17:54
Trump’s Sudan-Israel ‘normalisation’ deal still faces obstaclesDiscussions to be held in coming weeks amid division between proponents and opponentsMon Oct 26 2020 - 18:34
Yemen facing major famine as lack of funds forces aid cutsSaudi Arabia has halved its pledge to $500m while Emirates have given nothing this yearFri Oct 23 2020 - 16:33
Hariri returns as Lebanon’s prime minister as political instability continuesClashes erupt in Beirut after president’s nominee secures narrow backing of parliamentThu Oct 22 2020 - 18:30
Erdogan ally’s win in Turkish Cypriot election a blow for reunificationSurprise victory by nationalist Ersin Tatar could torpedo UN efforts to restart talksMon Oct 19 2020 - 17:15
Saudi Arabia’s failure to win human rights seat a rebuke to crown princeKingdom was only candidate not to secure a seat on the 47-member UN human rights councilSun Oct 18 2020 - 20:05
A year of crisis: How Lebanon’s ‘revolution’ turned to disasterGood-humoured protests a year ago soon turned fractious – and then tragedy struckFri Oct 16 2020 - 15:35
Erdogan reviving Ottoman role of regional power and defender of faithfulTurkey’s involvement in Nagorno-Karabakh most recent in series of opportunistic movesThu Oct 15 2020 - 00:22
Turkish Cypriots back at polls as reunification talks hang in balanceRe-election of Akinci would reboot UN-brokered talks on bi-zonal bi-communalityMon Oct 12 2020 - 20:15
Iran’s bank sector targeted by new round of US sanctionsTrump move puts Iranians at risk of hunger and illness in context of Covid-19 pandemicFri Oct 09 2020 - 16:39
Turkish-Cypriot move to reopen beach condemned as ‘serious violation’Cyrus’s president Nicos Anastasiades calls move ‘exceptionally unacceptable’Wed Oct 07 2020 - 17:48
Kurds planning to release relatives of Islamic State fighters from campThousands to be allowed leave squalid camp in Syria after outbreaks of Covid-19Tue Oct 06 2020 - 20:59
US decision to adopt tough measures against Baghdad is ‘wrong one’Pompeo pressure to disarm pro-Iran militias comes as ‘October surprise’ strikes fearedThu Oct 01 2020 - 20:25
Macron chides Lebanon over government formation failureIn wake of Mustapha Adib resigning, French president condemns ‘collective betrayal’Mon Sept 28 2020 - 19:06
Palestine quits rotating presidency of Arab League over refusal to condemn Israeli dealsBlockade of Gaza described as ‘almost a death sentence during the pandemic’Thu Sept 24 2020 - 16:42
UAE-Bahrain peace deal with Israel highlights split in Arab worldNormalisation without peace is seen by most Arabs as breaking Arab ranksWed Sept 16 2020 - 18:08
Lebanon fails to meet emergency cabinet creation deadlineNo ministers named in Beirut amid calls for reform and access to $21bn in pledged fundsMon Sept 14 2020 - 18:35
US wars since 9/11 have displaced at least 37 million people, study findsBrown University Costs of War project examined eight countries in the Middle EastThu Sept 10 2020 - 20:22
Saudi king Salman tells Trump Palestinian statehood is essentialSaudi Arabia unwilling to normalise relations with Israel until it withdraws from conquered Arab territoryMon Sept 07 2020 - 17:20
Palestinians launch effort to heal divisions and unite their ranksConcern rising over stark implications of deal between UAE and IsraelSun Sept 06 2020 - 15:35
Lebanese philanthropist Lady Cochrane (98) dies of blast injuriesMarried in 1946 to Ireland’s honorary consul, she was both grande dame and caretakerTue Sept 01 2020 - 18:16
Lebanon’s new PM faces raft of competing prioritiesMustapha Adib must satisfy international donors and also deal with warring campsMon Aug 31 2020 - 16:33
US appeal to Arab nations on Israel falls on deaf earsMike Pompeo’s tour of the Middle East failed to gain support for normalising ties with IsraelFri Aug 28 2020 - 13:46
Hizbullah losing friends but gaining influence in crisis-hit LebanonOne-time revolutionary Shia movement now a status quo party opposing popular protestsWed Aug 26 2020 - 14:54
No relations with Israel until Palestinian peace deal reached, says Saudi ArabiaSaudi minister says ‘peace must be achieved’ on the basis of international agreementsThu Aug 20 2020 - 17:37
Lebanon tribunal’s verdict will intensify Hizbullah-focused blame gameCourt rules there is no proof Syria was involved in Hariri’s assassinationTue Aug 18 2020 - 18:23
UAE-Israel deal likely to deepen regional divisionsThursday’s announcement underlines split in Arab world on Palestinian questionFri Aug 14 2020 - 18:40
Politicking by Lebanon’s gilded elite unlikely to redeem ruling classWith 200 dead, 6,000 injured and 300,000 destitute, the mood in Beirut is unbendingWed Aug 12 2020 - 17:40
Lebanon needs billions, but donors will shun its broken institutionsResignation of government could enable international donors to sideline corrupt administrationMon Aug 10 2020 - 15:17
Lebanese protesters demand overthrow of broken systemBeirut blasts convince more and more that they live in a failed stateFri Aug 07 2020 - 17:14
Beirut explosion drives stake into heart of city already on the brinkDevastating blast will widen political divisions and send many more into povertyWed Aug 05 2020 - 17:31
Yazidi children still traumatised by ordeal at hands of IsisSurvivors of horrific crimes face a legacy of terror, says Amnesty InternationalTue Aug 04 2020 - 18:44
Yemen’s separatists agree deal with Saudi-sponsored governmentAgreement also reached to join forces with the military in conflict with Houthi rebelsFri Jul 31 2020 - 14:23
Trump’s sanctions push Iran and Syria closer to ChinaGrouping of countries looking east called ‘axis of the sanctioned’Wed Jul 29 2020 - 16:12
Jordan feels in strong position over prospect of Israeli annexationKing Abdullah warns move could destabilise not only the kingdom but the entire regionThu Jul 23 2020 - 17:24
Lebanon in deep crisis as Covid-19 contagion exacerbates economic woesRampant inflation and 30 per cent unemployment places huge strain on societyTue Jul 21 2020 - 18:53
UAE’s mission to Mars likely to launch next week as weather clearsEndeavour intended to stoke Arab and Muslim pride over rich heritage of discoveryThu Jul 16 2020 - 17:41
Fears rise of Covid-19 outbreak among displaced in IdlibCases confirmed in doctors and nurse with concern virus will move fast through campsTue Jul 14 2020 - 18:42
Iran signs accord with Syria to fight ‘terrorism’Bilateral military deal driven by Tehran fury at bombs and arson blamed on US and IsraelThu Jul 09 2020 - 19:02
The music from the temple was ‘Lebanon does not want to die’The country is on its knees with unemployment at 30%, power cuts lasting 16 hours a day, and hunger driving many to revoltTue Jul 07 2020 - 16:26
Fatah and Hamas announce deal to oppose annexation jointlyIsrael’s move on West Bank and Trump peace plan blocked by Palestinian rivalsFri Jul 03 2020 - 16:33
Syria’s dire food shortages leave millions ‘on brink of starvation’Some 9.3m Syrians are now food insecure, an increase of 1.4m in past six monthsMon Jun 29 2020 - 19:14
