Anger in Lebanon as Hariri resignation deepens crisisUS and France plan conference to support stricken Beirut on anniversary of port blastFri Jul 16 2021 - 15:44
Jordanians welcome jailing of king’s aide despite questions over legitimacy of trialBassem Awadallah and businessman Sharif Hassan bin Zaid jailed for 15 years for seditionWed Jul 14 2021 - 19:46
Saudi Arabia accused of torture of high-profile political detaineesHuman Rights Watch report cites prison guards who described ‘harrowing scenes’Tue Jul 13 2021 - 16:55
Emirati and Saudi disagreements over oil production see them move further apartThe Emirati broke with the Saudis by establishing relations with Israel, while Riyadh has challenged the Emirates as a commercial hubFri Jul 09 2021 - 17:27
More than 90% of Gaza’s children suffering from trauma, report findsHuman rights body says Israel, in May, carried out disproportionate attacks in areas where 75% of the inhabitants were children and womenTue Jul 06 2021 - 15:40
Lebanon’s children bearing brunt of country’s crises – UnicefRecession, political deadlock and Covid-19 have left families in ‘dire situation’Fri Jul 02 2021 - 17:04
Iraqi militias seek truce with US, report claimsCommanders of Iran-sponsored fighters strike accord after fatalities inflicted by USWed Jun 30 2021 - 16:31
Amnesty accuses Israeli police of torturing and abusing Palestinian detaineesEvidence ‘paints a damning picture of discrimination’, says human rights groupMon Jun 28 2021 - 18:08
Saudi Arabia and Houthis close in on terms for a ceasefire in YemenHouthis seek lifting of blockades on ports, airport in exchange for talks on nationwide truceTue Jun 22 2021 - 18:57
Raisi victory puts levers of power in hands of Iran’s clerical regimeFormer ultra-conservative chief justice is a protege of supreme leader Ayatollah KhameiniSun Jun 20 2021 - 18:26
Hardline cleric leads field as Iran set to vote in presidential electionRegime presses case of Ebrahim Raisi as voters expected to shun poll seen as illegitimateThu Jun 17 2021 - 13:16
Human rights groups call on UN to investigate massive Beirut port explosionAmnesty says Lebanese authorities have ‘obstructed, evaded and delayed ongoing domestic investigation’Wed Jun 16 2021 - 17:55
Suspects in alleged plot to destabilise Jordan set to face trialCharges for ex-finance minister and minor ruling family member include inciting seditionMon Jun 14 2021 - 19:24
Saudi Arabia suspends air attacks in Yemen as ceasefire sought to resume talksDe-escalation to prepare ‘political ground for a peace process’, says Saudi spokesmanFri Jun 11 2021 - 15:44
Israel’s AG declines to intervene in flashpoint Sheikh Jarrah land disputeDecision due on evictions as Israeli far-right march in Jerusalem’s Old City is cancelledMon Jun 07 2021 - 17:33
‘No fundamental difference’: Palestinians pessimistic about Netanyahu’s exitLeaders of five parties in new Israeli coalition have served in Netanyahu cabinetsFri Jun 04 2021 - 16:08
Lebanon in one of worst global crises since 1850, says World BankBank says country ‘faces a dangerous depletion of resources, including human capital’Wed Jun 02 2021 - 15:58
Cypriot president’s party fares badly in parliamentary electionsMain Greek Cypriot parties lose out to ultra-nationalists, socialists, centrists, GreensMon May 31 2021 - 20:00
Hamas says it will not touch ‘a single cent’ of international aid to GazaUS pledges $75m in relief following 11-day bombardment, while Ireland offers €1.5mThu May 27 2021 - 18:19
Iran nuclear deal talks enter latest roundLifting of US sanctions key to progress amid eagerness to restart accord Trump cancelledMon May 24 2021 - 18:57
Gazans inspect damage after 200 hours of air strikesBuildings and vital infrastructure have been reduced to rubble by the recent fightingSat May 22 2021 - 07:52
Ongoing turmoil undermines Trump-era policies which benefited NetanyahuTwo-state solution now firmly back on the agenda of the international communityThu May 20 2021 - 17:45
Arab governments under pressure as popular anger at Israel growsDevastation in Gaza revives Arab empathy with Palestinians, forcing their rulers to actMon May 17 2021 - 15:58
Latest conflict exposes impotence of Fatah-dominated Palestinian AuthorityBy launching rockets into Israel, Hamas has laid claim to the ‘street’ in East Jerusalem, the West Bank and GazaFri May 14 2021 - 17:58
Israeli actions compound with Palestinian resentments into violenceAnalysis: Provocative Israeli moves spark most dangerous outbreak of warfare since 2014Wed May 12 2021 - 23:25
Saudi-Syrian meeting may help end decade of estrangementRiyadh no longer enjoys the unequivocal backing of the US administrationThu May 06 2021 - 19:54
French minister to visit Lebanon and press for end to political deadlockParis curbing access to its territory for officials implicated in blockage or corruptionTue May 04 2021 - 21:12
UN-brokered Cyprus talks fail to find ‘common ground’Informal meeting of divided island’s leaders aimed at resuming reunification effortsFri Apr 30 2021 - 11:06
Talks on reviving Iran nuclear deal to resume in ViennaMid-May deadline set for achieving roadmap as presidential elections take place in JuneWed Apr 28 2021 - 18:32
UN-led talks open in Geneva on the future of divided CyprusGreek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots to discuss the decades-old division of the islandMon Apr 26 2021 - 18:40
Abbas under pressure to postpone first Palestinian elections in 15 yearsHamas has warned that delay would harm efforts to achieve Palestinian unityFri Apr 23 2021 - 17:37
Iran-Saudi talks could change Middle East dynamics for the betterReported meeting points to desire for better relations that could help rescue nuclear dealWed Apr 21 2021 - 12:00
Iran signals progress in talks on United States’ return to nuclear dealAccord of 2015 was abandoned by the Trump administration three years laterMon Apr 19 2021 - 18:40
Troop withdrawal from Afghanistan may spark civil warTaliban’s 85,000 fighters poised to battle way back to power after US and Nato forces leaveThu Apr 15 2021 - 21:37
Jordan’s Prince Hamzah to escape prosecution for involvement in alleged conspiracyPrince to be ‘dealt with withing the framework of the royal family’Tue Apr 13 2021 - 16:49
Biden restores $250m in aid to Palestine cut under Trump administrationHumanitarian aid signals re-engagement but at a fraction of previous levels of fundingThu Apr 08 2021 - 20:08
Talks in Vienna on restoring 2015 Iranian nuclear deal said to be constructiveWorking groups to identify limitations on Iran’s nuclear programme and sanctions that US must liftWed Apr 07 2021 - 18:12
Lebanon on the brink: ‘It has never been as bad as now’Pandemic kills tourism, war in Syria halts trade, while US sanctions pummel bankingTue Apr 06 2021 - 01:00
Jordanian authorities risk royal rift with Prince Hamzah’s house arrestPrince denies taking part in a conspiracy or planning to destabilise the kingdomMon Apr 05 2021 - 20:24
Syria donations shortfall could cost lives, UN and aid agencies sayEU-sponsored donors’ conference raises $6.4bn rather than the target of $10bnWed Mar 31 2021 - 18:10
Kurdish forces capture Isis radicals at Syrian detention campBoth Syrians and foreigners suspected of supporting terror group caught in sweepMon Mar 29 2021 - 17:25
Experts fear it could take weeks to dislodge huge ship blocking Suez CanalEgyptian president eager to limit disruptive debacle as flow of goods totally haltedFri Mar 26 2021 - 17:10
Fatah and Hamas to fall short of majority in Palestinian elections, poll showsParties could be forced into uneasy coalition, with Fatah fractured by two defectorsThu Mar 25 2021 - 17:14
Houthi rebels dismiss Saudi ceasefire proposal in YemenHouthi spokesman calls for complete lifting of Saudi air and naval blockadesTue Mar 23 2021 - 19:01
Row over mosque visit brings Jordanian-Israeli relations to low ebbPrince Hussein cancels trip to Jerusalem compound over security arrangementsWed Mar 17 2021 - 17:34
Yemen’s Houthis step up offensives as they reject US ceasefire planRebels view proposal as Saudi-authored and seek to take Marib city and avenge bombingsMon Mar 15 2021 - 17:34
Syria a ‘living nightmare’ 10 years after war startedCountry destroyed by decade of conflict following unfulfilled promise of Arab SpringSun Mar 14 2021 - 15:40
US sanctions blocking Syria reconstruction, says Emirati ministerForeign minister calls for end to Syria’s suspension from Arab League membershipWed Mar 10 2021 - 17:14
Senior Iranian calls for talks with US on nuclear deal if sanctions gradually liftedMohsen Rezaei says sanctions would have to be lifted monthly during talks on a renewal of the 2015 dealMon Mar 08 2021 - 16:47
Protests increase in Lebanon as economic and political crisis deepensSteep fall in the value of the Lebanese lira as families struggle to afford essential foodstuffsFri Mar 05 2021 - 14:59
