Arab League secretary-general Ahmed Aboul Gheit arrived in Baghdad on Saturday for an official visit. Upon his arrival in the Iraqi capital, Aboul Gheit held talks with the country's foreign minister, Fuad Mohammed Hussein. They were set to discuss regional issues and bilateral...

Iran said Saturday it has begun mechanical tests on its newest advanced nuclear centrifuge, even as the five world powers that remain in a foundering 2015 nuclear deal with Iran attempt to bring the U.S. back into the agreement. Iran's IR-9 centrifuge, when operational, would have the...

 A European human rights monitor has expressed "grave concern" over Denmark's recent decision to strip 94 Syrian refugees of their residency permits and declare the Syrian capital Damascus and the governorate surrounding it to be "no longer dangerous". The Euro-Mediterranean Human...

The Action Group for Palestinians said Thursday that COVID-19 pandemic has increased the suffering of Palestinians living in Syria. The Britain-based monitoring group shed the light on the deteriorating living conditions in the Palestinian camps which already in dire need...

  Three intelligence officers were killed Friday in an ambush set up by unknown assailants in southern Daraa province, local observatory said. The ambush targeted officers in the Political Security near Ghabageb town in the northern countryside of Daraa, said Ahrar Horan...

By  Talmiz Ahmad The 10-year commemoration of Syria’s bloody civil conflict in March has evoked expressions of anguish and some new diplomatic initiatives. Nearly half-a-million people have been killed and several million more displaced since the conflict started on March...

The man who has led Daesh/ISIS following the 2019 death of its founder is a former prisoner who helped the US eliminate his rivals in the terror group's previous organization, according to a report published on Thursday. Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, the man identified as the new...

The Israeli government has refrained from responding to a Palestinian request to hold legislative elections in East Jerusalem slated for May 22. The Palestinians have warned against canceling or postponing the entire electoral process in case Israel obstructs holding the polls in...

The German government on Friday expressed deep concern over the ongoing humanitarian situation in Yemen ahead of next week’s high-profile international meeting in Berlin aimed at restoring a comprehensive cease-fire in the war-torn country. Speaking at a news conference in the German...

JERUSALEM (AP) — A video circulating online shows Israeli police punching a member of parliament and wrestling him to the ground at a protest against planned evictions in east Jerusalem on Friday. The video shows a scuffle between Israeli police and Ofer Cassif, the only Jewish member...

BEIJING (AP) — China accused the U.S. of causing humanitarian disasters through foreign military interventions in a report Friday that was the latest broadside by Beijing in increasingly contentious relations with the Biden administration. The report from the government-backed China...

LONDON (AP) — Britain mourned the death of Prince Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II, on Friday as the BBC interrupted scheduled programming to broadcast the national anthem, “God Save the Queen.” The flag at Buckingham Palace, the queen’s residence in London, was lowered to...

 Syrian authorities are unlawfully confiscating the homes and lands of Syrians who fled Syrian-Russian military attacks in Idlib and Hama governorates, Human Rights Watch said today. A pro-government militia and the government-controlled “Peasants’ Unions” were involved in seizing...

Egypt is believed to be working towards reactivating its mediation between the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, and Israel for a new prisoner exchange deal, Al Quds Al Arabi has reported. An Egyptian security delegation apparently visited the Gaza Strip and Israel earlier...

Kuwait's State Security Agency has referred a large company for investigation into alleged money laundering after it was found to have had financial ties with the so-called Iranian Fouad Network, local media have reported. According to Al-Qabas, a security source said that suspicious...

A top Russian official has warned that Moscow could intervene to help Russian-speaking residents in eastern Ukraine if Ukraine launches an all-out assault on separatists there. Russian-backed separatist rebels and Ukrainian troops have been clashing in the east of the country. Russia...

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has informed the Security Council that he couldn’t provide options to reduce and terminate the nearly 3,700-strong peacekeeping force in the disputed Abyei region on the Sudan-South Sudan border because of differences between the two countries. The...

Iran and the five world powers that remain in a foundering 2015 nuclear deal, were holding their second formal meeting on Friday to take stock of efforts to build a foundation to bring the United States back on board. The delicate diplomatic dance that began in Vienna on Tuesday needs to...

A military plane crashed into the sea during a training flight, Turkey’s defense ministry said Friday, adding that its two pilots were rescued. The KT-1 type plane crashed off the Aegean coastal town of Foca, in the western Izmir province, the ministry said. HaberTurk television and...

Iraq's Health Ministry has warned of “dire consequences” ahead because citizens are not heeding coronavirus prevention measures, after the country reached a new high in daily infection rates. Iraq recorded 8,331 new virus cases within a 24-hour period on Wednesday, the highest figure...