Sisi has recently allocated 36 Nile islands and one marine island to the Egyptian armed forces Egypt’s Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has signed a decree handing over ownership of 37 islands to the military, overriding a [ More … ]
Al-Qaeda chief says embassy move is evidence negotiations and ‘appeasement’ have failed Palestinians Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri on Sunday said America’s decision to shift its Israeli embassy to Jerusalem was evidence that negotiations and “appeasement” [ More … ]
US president to keep American embassy in Tel Aviv despite earlier hints he would relocate it to Jerusalem The Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority (PA) has welcomed a decision by U.S. President Donald Trump to keep the [ More … ]
As some 1,500 Palestinian prisoners entered the 11th day of the mass “Freedom and Dignity” hunger strike, Israeli Prison Service (IPS) forces on Thursday attacked two hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners being held in southern Israel’s Ashkelon [ More … ]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reaffirmed on Sunday his support for the US embassy to Israel moving from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, further adding that “all embassies should come here.” In a statement during the [ More … ]
US President Donald Trump Sunday invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to visit him in Washington in February, the premier’s office said, quoting their first conversation since Trump took office. “President Trump invited Prime Minister [ More … ]
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met with Jordanian King Abdullah II on Sunday to discuss potential steps to be taken should newly instated US President Donald Trump carry out his plan to move the American embassy [ More … ]
The statement didn’t mention the United States or Trump by name Foreign ministers from the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Thursday indirectly condemned plans by US President-elect Donald Trump to move the US Embassy [ More … ]
Egypt’s High Administrative Court has upheld a ruling halting a plan to transfer the two Red Sea islands of Tiran and Sanafir to Saudi Arabia. The Egyptian High Administrative Court rejected an appeal by the [ More … ]
Palestinians on Friday stepped up their campaign to prevent President-elect Donald Trump from carrying out his pledge to move the US Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas asked his [ More … ]
Abbas’ statement came following the introduction of a bill to Congress on Wednesday, spearheaded by three US senators — Republicans Ted Cruz (Texas), Dean Heller (Nevada), and Marco Rubio (Florida) — that would recognize Jerusalem [ More … ]
Exclusive to Middle East Observer, Six Huge Tunnels near Sinai Borders Middle East Observer (MEO) was able to get exclusive photos from the site of building 6 news tunnels in Sinai . The Egyptian government has [ More … ]
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