Category: 3. Middle East

The Head of Hamas Abroad, Khaled Meshaal, is trying to convince the United States administration to follow the Palestinian group’s own “vision” on how to deal with disarmament and its military arsenal – a major sticking point in the…

By Haseeb Alwazeer

GAZA, Dec 11 (Reuters) – As winter bites in Gaza, displaced Palestinians set out every day to homes destroyed ​by Israel. There they rip out iron rods from the ​walls and use them to prop up their flimsy tents or sell to…

The civil defence service in Gaza said on Wednesday that more than 250,000 families living in displacement camps across the Strip are facing harsh conditions as cold weather sets in and heavy rain continues.

The…

Crowds celebrated in the Syrian city of Latakia after the US House of Representatives approved a bill that will lift sanctions imposed on Syria six years ago. The legislation will now go to the US Senate where it’s expected to pass.

Israeli occupation forces stormed a mosque in the town of Deir Ibzi’ west of Ramallah on Wednesday evening, detaining worshippers and interrogating them on-site.  

Local sources reported that the forces raided a…

Chris McIntosh, a humanitarian response adviser with OXFAM, explains how severe storms sweeping across Gaza are making…

Khaled Meshaal, head of Hamas abroad, said on Wednesday that the comment made by Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty about the role of an international force in Gaza was “appropriate” and reflects a general…

India is hedging between energy security and strategic partnerships.

Despite pressure from the United States, it has continued buying cheap Russian oil and has…

A video released by US Attorney General Pam Bondi shows American forces seizing an oil tanker which she said was sailing near Venezuela and carrying Venezuelan oil. The US has been threatening military action against Venezuela for several…

Ghana has deported three Israeli citizens who arrived in the country, after Israeli authorities allegedly mistreated three Ghanaian travellers at Ben Gurion Airport and removed them without justification cause.

The…