The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) on Thursday announced a new political initiative to end the Palestinian division. The movement said it is ready to dissolve the administrative committee it formed in March, immediately after a [ More … ]
The Trump administration has decided to halt the CIA’s covert program to equip and train certain rebel groups fighting the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, two US officials said, a move sought by Assad [ More … ]
The Ugandan army Wednesday has announced the end of pursuit operations in the Central African Republic (CAR) for the rebel Lord Resistance Army (LRA) and its wanted leader Joseph Kony, saying it has achieved its [ More … ]
Mohammed Al-Ghasri, the spokesman of the defense ministry of the UN-proposed government, has revealed that the end of Khalifa Haftar is approaching and the current clashes in southern Libya has already kicked it off. The [ More … ]
Mohammed Abulahoum, chairman of Justice and Building Party in Yemen, explained his formula during a talk at Middle East Institute in Washington, D.C. One of Yemen’s leading politicians has called on all parties to put [ More … ]
A feud over Cyprus’ troubled history on Thursday led to the abrupt halt of reunification talks between the ethnically split island’s rival leaders, with confusion and finger-pointing over who walked out on whom. It’s unclear [ More … ]
Turkish Culture and Tourism Minister Nabi Avcı’s visit to Israel yesterday marked the first official visit from Ankara to Tel Aviv since the Mavi Marmara crisis seven years ago. The Turkish minister met with Israeli [ More … ]
No, it was not just “another Middle East peace conference,” as a columnist in Israeli Jerusalem Post attempted to depict the Paris Peace Conference held on Jan. 15, with top official representations from 70 countries [ More … ]
Egyptian political sources unveiled that Egypt has asked Bahrain and UAE to mediate with Saudi Arabia to end the differences between the two parties that led the Kingdom to halt the supply of oil products [ More … ]
Hamas Movement said in a statement issued this week that Jerusalem Intifada will never stop till the end of Israeli occupation of all Palestinian territories. The Hamas Movement has said it will remain committed to [ More … ]
Hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners Malik al-Qadi and brothers Muhammad and Mahmoud Balboul ended their hunger strikes on Wednesday, which they began in July in protest of being held by Israel without charge, following a decision by [ More … ]
Netanyahu seeks to end feud with transportation minister. Israeli PM’s chief of staff meets with Yisrael Katz, who is unlikely to be fired despite accusation he attempted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Transportation Minister [ More … ]
Prisoner Media Office in Gaza disclosed the articles of the agreement between Hamas’s prisoners and Israeli Prison Service (IPS) by which the hunger strike was halted. In a press statement on Saturday, the Office announced [ More … ]
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