Category: 3. Middle East

(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump’s lavish welcome of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to Washington this week, touted by many as rehabilitation of human rights record of Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, has been followed by the kingdom…

US President Donald Trump vowed Wednesday to end Sudan’s grinding civil war at the request of Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, condemning “tremendous atrocities” in a conflict he has previously overlooked.

Trump admitted that the devastating civil war…

US President Donald Trump vowed Wednesday to end Sudan’s grinding civil war at the request of Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, condemning “tremendous atrocities” in a conflict he has previously overlooked.

Trump admitted that the devastating war…

WASHINGTON — Saudi Arabia has lifted its travel ban on Saad Almadi, a US-Saudi citizen who was held over tweets that were critical of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, his family said in a statement.

Almadi’s release comes as the Saudi crown…

At least 25 Palestinians were killed and 77 others injured in Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, the Health Ministry said, marking a new violation of a fragile ceasefire deal in place since last month, Anadolu reports.

A ministry…

The UN humanitarian office on Wednesday warned that the situation in the Gaza Strip remains “extremely dire,” despite ongoing efforts by the UN and its partners to reach civilians across the territory where a…

Syria and Jordan denounced on Wednesday a field tour conducted by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the buffer zone in the country’s south, Anadolu reports.

On Wednesday, Netanyahu conducted a field visit…

The United States Department of Justice has acknowledged that the grand jury reviewing the case against James Comey, a former director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), did not receive a copy of the final indictment against him.

That…