Category: 3. Middle East

A British High Court ruling has triggered widespread condemnation after it upheld the legality of UK arms exports to Israel, even though ministers themselves have admitted these exports could be used in serious…

Tblisi court sentences opposition figure Nika Gvaramia to eight months and bans him from holding office for two years.

A court in Georgia has sentenced prominent opposition figure Nika Gvaramia to eight months in prison, amid a deepening crackdown…

The Israeli orientalist and Arab affairs specialist, Zvi Yehezkeli, has said that the current cold peace with Egypt should be replaced with a cold war, and that Egypt should be the next focus after Iran.

Speaking…

In 2001, a man was stabbed to death near a lakeside restaurant in Yekaterinburg, an urban centre in Russia’s Ural Mountains region.

With his dying breath, he whispered the names of his alleged killers to the police, local media claimed.

The man…

After nearly 14 years of war in Syria, the new government is resetting its regional relations, and a lot of focus is on what will happen with Israel.

There are reports of talks between Syria and Israel, with timelines even being floated for…

Senior Hamas official Osama Hamdan said on Monday that Israel has not made any progress in the negotiations for four weeks, while the United States has failed to take a clear position condemning Israeli Prime Minister…

Shanon Gray, a lawyer representing the family of one of the victims, says relatives are furious about the plea deal.

A man charged with the murder of four students in the northwestern US state of Idaho is set to plead guilty this week to avoid the…

An Israeli senior military official in the Southern Command has admitted that “uncontrolled” artillery fire was used against civilians in Gaza, leading to dozens of deaths and injuries among people waiting for…

Istanbul chief public prosecutor’s office announces investigation after charges of ‘openly insulting religious values’.

Police in Turkiye have detained four people over a cartoon published by the satirical magazine LeMan, which critics say…