Military officials from Lebanon, Israel and the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) met on Wednesday to discuss recent developments along Israeli-Lebanese border, according to Israeli media.   The meeting took place at the UN headquarters in Ras an-Nakura area on the...

Israeli forces rounded up 21 Palestinians in overnight raids carried out across the occupied West Bank, according to the Israeli military on Wednesday. The individuals were arrested for “suspected involvement in popular terrorist activities”, the army said in a statement, without...

 Iraq's parliament is set to vote on the remaining candidates for Cabinet seats amid deep divisions over the portfolios for the defense and interior ministries. The parliament's deputy speaker, Hassan al-Kaabi, says Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi submitted overnight the names of...

The United States will not be able to stop Iran exporting its oil and any move to prevent Iranian crude shipments passing through the Gulf would lead to all oil exports through the waterway being blocked, Iran's president said on Tuesday. The United States has imposed sanctions on Iran...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Brussels on Monday to discuss Iran and other regional issues. Pompeo, like Netanyahu, is an outspoken critic of Iran’s nuclear program and he condemned on Saturday the latest missile test by the Islamic...

An Egyptian criminal court has ordered the conditional release of prominent blogger and journalist Wael Abbas, a judicial source said Monday, rejecting an appeal by state security prosecutors to keep him in detention. Abbas, an award-winning journalist and rights activist, was arrested in...

Jordan will organize an international conference in support of East Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al Aqsa mosque compound on Dec. 20, according to the country’s Islamic affairs minister.  “The Aqsa mosque is facing grave and daily violations and incursions that provoke the sentiments of...

Israeli forces rounded up 13 Palestinians in overnight raids across the occupied West Bank, according to the Israeli military on Monday.  The individuals were arrested for “suspected involvement in popular terrorist activities”, the army said in a statement, without elaborating on...

The Israeli police have said their investigation has found sufficient evidence for bribery and fraud charges to be brought against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, in a third corruption case against the leader. Authorities on Sunday alleged Netanyahu awarded regulatory...

Iran said Sunday its missile program is defensive and not in breach of U.N. resolutions, the state news agency IRNA reported, without confirming a U.S. allegation Tehran had carried out a new missile test. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Saturday condemned what he described as...

Palestinians have aborted U.S. attempts to exclude Palestine from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), the foreign minister said Saturday.  Riyad al-Malki said the Palestinian delegation to the OPCW’s Fourth Review Conference has rejected “U.S. attempts...

President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital has set off an increasingly visible battle in the city's eastern sector - with an emboldened Israel seeking to cement its control over the contested area and Palestinians pushing back to maintain their limited foothold. In...

Iran says it has launched a domestically built destroyer in the Arab Gulf capable of traveling some five months without refueling. State TV reported Saturday that it had taken six years to build the 1,300-ton vessel, named Sahand after a mountain in northern Iran. The Sahand has...

A Turkish court has ruled that the former leader of Turkey's pro-Kurdish opposition remain in prison, his lawyer said on Twitter Friday, after top EU officials last week called for the politician's swift release. Ten days ago the European Court of Human Rights urged Turkey to swiftly...

Iran said Friday the European Union must be given more time to set up a trade mechanism meant to circumvent reimposed U.S. sanctions on Tehran, but warned it could not "wait forever". Brussels is working on a payment system to continue trade and business ties with Iran after the U.S....

A leader of Palestine’s Fatah movement on Friday called on UN member states to reject a U.S.-sponsored draft resolution condemning rival Palestinian faction Hamas. In a statement, Fatah Central Committee member Hussein al-Sheikh slammed the draft, which the U.S. has already reportedly...

On many days, Hamza Abu Shalhoub is the only person sitting inside the derelict VIP lounge of what used to be Gaza International Airport. Hemmed in by Egyptian border posts to the south and Israeli watchtowers to the east, he makes a living by trying to trap and sell songbirds, using other...

The U.S. will not hesitate to use military force against Iran, a State Department official said Thursday, displaying weaponry he said Tehran sent to different proxies. The agency’s representative for Iran, Brian Hook, briefed reporters at a military base in Washington regarding Iran's...

The Israeli army on Thursday wrapped up a two-month-long military exercise simulating conflict with the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, according to Israeli media reports. The Jerusalem Post quoted a military official as saying that the Israeli army’s Kfir Brigade had conducted the drills, which...

While the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi goes against American values, Saudi Arabia is a force of stability in the Middle East, according to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. In an opinion piece for The Wall Street Journal, Pompeo defended the U.S.-Saudi relationship by stressing...