Category: 3. Middle East

At least 1,000 trucks per day carrying various forms of aid have to enter the besieged Gaza Strip to meet people’s needs, a local official has said. 

A spokesperson for the Palestinian Civil Defence, Mahmoud Basal,…

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich asserted on Thursday that the occupied West Bank is inherently part of Israel, citing a “divine promise” as the basis for his claim.

In a news conference, Smotrich…

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s recent call to annex the occupied West Bank underscores that Tel Aviv lacks a genuine intention to engage in meaningful agreements with the Palestinians, Palestinian…

Washington, DC attorney general says in a new lawsuit that Trump is going far beyond his power under the law.

The United States capital, Washington, DC, has challenged President Donald Trump’s takeover of its police department in court, hours…

By Timour Azhari

(Reuters) -Foreign fighters and others who joined Syria’s civil war from abroad have petitioned the new Islamist-led government for citizenship, arguing they have earned it after sweeping to power with rebels who ousted former…

WASHINGTON – The Trump administration announced that it had notified Congress on Thursday of plans to sell Bahrain High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) worth $500 million.

Bahrain had requested four Lockheed-Martin-made M142 HIMARS…

Israel’s announcement that it will illegally build thousands of homes in a highly controversial development in the occupied West Bank – in a move Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich boasted “buries the idea of a Palestinian state” – has…

France on Friday condemned the Israel’s destruction of a school under construction in northern occupied West Bank, calling for accountability, Anadolu reports.

“France strongly condemns the destruction by Israeli…

United States President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin are set to meet in Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday in a bid to try and end Russia’s three-year assault on Ukraine.

In the run-up to the meeting, Trump said that he…

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