Defense official: Mortal fire on Israel stopped by extensive IDF strikes
The rocket and mortar fire from Gaza has ceased because of significant strikes that the IDF carried out overnight in Gaza, a senior source in the…
US denies Palestinians need international protection
The U.S. on Wednesday sought to push back on an upcoming vote that would establish an international protection force for Palestinians. “The people of Gaza…
Final list of Turkish candidate MPs announced
The final list of Turkish political parties’ candidate MPs that will run in parliamentary elections on June 24 was published early Thursday in the official…
Lebanon PM in second trip to Saudi since surprise resignation
Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad Hariri headed to Saudi Arabia on Tuesday for the second time since his shock resignation in the kingdom last year. On…
Mattis says rocket used in Houthi attack on Saudi tanker was delivered by Iran
US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Tuesday that a rocket used by Yemen’s Houthis in an unsuccessful attack on a Saudi commercial ship in April was…
Israel and Palestinians trade fire on Gaza border amid cease-fire talk
Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip fired more rockets and mortars into Israel Wednesday morning, and Israeli jets retaliated by striking some 25 targets belonging…
Iran’s exit from nuclear weapons treaty would pour ‘rocket fuel’ on oil market, says analyst
The U.S. exit from the Iran nuclear deal creates the risk that Iran will drop out of a separate 50-year-old United Nations treaty meant to stop the spread of…
Azerbaijan inaugurates $40 bn European gas pipeline
Inaugurated part of an ambitious $40-billion pipeline complex that will create the first direct route to transport gas from one of the world’s largest fields…
Russia and Israel ‘reach a deal’ with Assad on Syrian territory
Beirut: Russia and Israel have reportedly reached a deal that would allow Syrian forces to take rebel territory in southern Syria, as long as Iranian troops…
Saudi Crown Prince chairs meeting on economy and development
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman chaired a meeting of the Council of Economic and Development Affairs in Jeddah on Tuesday. During the meeting, the…