Israeli missiles hit arms depot

An Israeli missile strike destroyed a suspected arms depot used by Iran-backed militias at Syria’s Aleppo airport yesterday, a war monitor said, with authorities saying the strike put the airport out of service. It was the second such attack in a month on the
22 March 2023, 18:00 PM

Israel court extends house arrest of Palestinian journo

An Israeli court yesterday extended the months-long house arrest of a Palestinian journalist from annexed east Jerusalem, who stands accused of incitement over her Facebook posts, her lawyer said.
21 March 2023, 18:00 PM

Iran-Saudi Arabia Rapprochement Deal: Tehran proposes locations to Riyadh for ministerial talks

The Iranian government has proposed to Saudi Arabia three locations for a meeting at foreign minister level, Iran’s foreign minister said yesterday, citing the latest messages with Riyadh since the countries agreed to re-establish ties.
19 March 2023, 18:00 PM

One man wounded in ‘shooting incident’ in West Bank flashpoint

Israel’s ambulance service said one man had been seriously wounded when his vehicle came under fire in a flashpoint town in the Israeli-occupied West Bank yesterday, without giving details on the identities of those involved.
19 March 2023, 18:00 PM

Iraq, Iran sign deal to tighten border security

Iraq and Iran signed a border security agreement yesterday, a move Iraqi officials said aimed primarily at tightening the frontier with Iraq’s Kurdish region, where Tehran says armed Kurdish dissidents pose a threat to its security.
19 March 2023, 18:00 PM

Palestinian, Israeli officials meet in Egypt

Israeli and Palestinian officials were meeting in Egypt yesterday for talks aimed at calming surging violence that has stoked fears of further escalation once the Muslim holy month of Ramadan begins later this week.
19 March 2023, 18:00 PM

Kuwait court nullifies 2022 parliamentary vote: state media

Kuwait's constitutional court on Sunday nullified last year's legislative elections and ruled in favour of reinstating the previous parliament disbanded in June, state media said
19 March 2023, 09:50 AM

100 killed this year

Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian Friday in what the army described as an attempted “stabbing attack”, bringing the number of people killed in the conflict this year to 100.
18 March 2023, 18:00 PM

Israeli raid in West Bank kills three

Israeli forces killed three Palestinians in a raid in Jenin in the occupied West Bank yesterday, the Palestinian health ministry said.
16 March 2023, 18:00 PM

Won’t meet Erdogan

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said he will only meet President Recep Tayyip Erdogan if Turkey withdraws troops from northern Syria, according to a Russian media interview published yesterday.
16 March 2023, 18:00 PM

Flash floods kill at least 13 in Turkish quake zone

Flash floods killed at least 13 people living in tents and container housing set up across Turkey’s quake-hit region yesterday, piling more pressure on President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ahead of crunch elections.
15 March 2023, 18:00 PM

Hunger rising sharply in Syria: WFP

Hunger and malnutrition are rising sharply in Syria and more than half its population is short of food after 12 years of war, economic pressures and last month’s earthquake, the World Food Program said yesterday.
15 March 2023, 18:00 PM

KSA could invest in Iran ‘very quickly’

Saudi Arabia could start making investments in Iran “very quickly” after they agreed to restore diplomatic ties, the Saudi Finance Minister Mohammed Al-Jadaan said yesterday, despite sweeping US sanctions against the Islamic republic.
15 March 2023, 18:00 PM

Iran’s behaviour to be under microscope

Saudi Arabia will watch Iran’s behaviour during the two-month window agreed upon to restore relations, Saudi columnists said yesterday, reflecting continued wariness in the longtime rivalry between the region’s Sunni Muslim and Shia powers.
12 March 2023, 18:00 PM

West Bank: Israeli troops kill three Palestinian gunmen

Israeli soldiers shot dead three Palestinian gunmen in a pre-dawn firefight in the occupied West Bank, Israeli and Palestinian sources said yesterday, amid a surge in violence in the region.
12 March 2023, 18:00 PM

Broader signs of a changing global order

Iran and Saudi Arabia have agreed to re-establish diplomatic relations in a China-brokered deal that could have wide-ranging consequences but building on it, analysts say, will prove the main challenge.
12 March 2023, 18:00 PM

2 Palestinians shot dead in West Bank

Three Palestinian were shot dead after they fired at Israeli soldiers in the northern West Bank near Nablus, the Israeli army said on Sunday, as violence in the region continued
12 March 2023, 06:40 AM

Iran says deal reached to buy Russian fighter jets

Iran has finalised a deal to buy Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jets from Russia, state media reported, as defence cooperation between the two countries deepens.
11 March 2023, 18:00 PM

Israeli settler kills suspected attacker in West Bank

A settler killed an alleged assailant in the occupied West Bank yesterday after a gunman wounded three people in Tel Aviv, in a surge of Israeli-Palestinian violence that shows no sign of abating.
10 March 2023, 18:00 PM

Iran, KSA agree to restore ties

Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed to restore ties and to reopen respective diplomatic missions after talks in China, state media in both countries reported yesterday, seven years after relations were severed.
10 March 2023, 18:00 PM