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'On one side there is famine, on the other, investments in AI,' Nadim Koteich told viewers, as he contrasted Gaza turmoil with prosperity of Saudi...

Israel's prime minister says 'there will not be a Palestinian state' while greenlighting over 3,400 new settler units that would split the...

Avner Segal, also known as Avner Netanyahu, reduced the asking price for his three-bedroom property by 20 percent, nine months after listing it on the market

Cairo has effectively placed the keys to Egypt's industrial output in the hands of a historically adversarial state

Thirty-year Syrian port agreement begins operations months after deal with Russian firm annulled over failed promises

Government bans a raft of aid organisations from Gaza for failing to meet new security requirements

Dec 11, 2024 - The umbrella group - closely tied with Ankara and accused of abuses against Kurds - has played a pivotal role in the rebel offensive

US and Israeli sources describe a pattern of obstruction by Israeli leadership, even as Hamas accepted key terms

Expanded list targets Arab and African countries, including Syria and holders of Palestinian Authority travel documents

The HR platform is also set to become the football club's new shirt sleeve sponsor

With few work opportunities at home, many Bangladeshis look to escape poverty by undertaking a long and dangerous journey in the hands of traffickers

With concern in Washington and anxiety in Riyadh, Hemeti's main backer, the UAE, might embark on another prudent retreat from military adventures abroad

The 56-year-old Palestinian playwright escaped via the Rafah crossing and now lives near Cairo with his wife and daughter

Assault on North Darfur city begins hours after ceasefire talks in Washington collapse, with Emiratis refusing to address situation in el-Fasher

The military-grade steel cargo on board the Ever Golden was set to be transferred to a ship owned by the Saudi sovereign wealth fund before being taken to...

Fighters say government operated 'open door' policy allowing them to join rebels, as authorities investigate background of Manchester bomber

The war has destroyed countless Palestinian archival and identity documents, from paper envelopes to computer hard drives

Palestinian citizens of Israel are exposed to levels of violence that have long been familiar to those in occupied territories

The feminist and LGBTQI+ bookshop in Paris displaying the children's book about Palestinian history was also vandalised and threatened

The energy ministry in Ankara says it will deploy a technical team to Syria to evaluate energy lines and ensure stable supply

Hamas is negotiating with Israel, through Egyptian brokerage, for a truce aimed at ending violence and easing the Gaza blockade. The only party that seems...

Lammy said the 'recognition movement' has only 'led to further annexation' - as Macron urged Britain to recognise a Palestinian state

Local villagers exchange fire with Israeli troops after a raid on a village south of Damascus, leaving six soldiers wounded

As friends and colleagues in Gaza tell me about the horrors they endure, the Israelis around me chat about a play they saw or who will host dinner

Riyadh breaks its own record for death sentences carried out annually, with 340 executions, according to AFP tally

Massacres in the Alawi and Druze heartlands have rocked the country's transition, but Ahmad al-Sharaa has made huge progress on the diplomatic front

Competition host Austria also says it won't ban audiences from waving Palestinian flags

Asaad al-Shaibani compares Syria to patient in 'intensive care' as he promises pluralism and elections

A sinister effort is underway to paint independent Muslim MPs as sectarian and illegitimate. Middle East Eye analyses this new and bigoted discourse

The PLO leader has had limited success internationally but failed to heal the split with Hamas, make progress with Israel or appoint a successor

As he lay dying, Rifaat Radwan recorded the slaughter of his colleagues, debunking the army's version of events

The sanctions come just days after Middle East Eye revealed that arrest warrant applications were ready for Israeli ministers Itamar Ben Gvir and Bezalel...

Discussions about monetising Gaza's gas to contribute to reconstruction have taken place in recent weeks, as Gulf states balk at funding

Middle East Eye breaks down how economic hardships sparked biggest nationwide protests since 2022

Car ramming on New Years Day killed at least 10 people, and injured dozens more

Ankara's energy minister says government plans to conduct seismic research to evaluate area off Syrian coast for energy resources

Critics say the lack of formal consequences underscores how deeply Islamophobia has been normalised in US politics

President Joseph Aoun grants 'symbolic gesture' to Infantino, whose wife is Lebanese, appearing to bypass century-old law that prevents women passing...

Washington also called for end to Afghanistan investigation and change to Rome Statute in return for lifting sanctions

Sudan's army-aligned government tells MEE that presence of Rapid Support Forces patron will 'render the conference little more than a public...

Former rebel leader tells MEE that several of his relatives were 'eliminated' when the UAE-backed paramilitaries overran the city

Hundreds gather in Belgrave Square as British-Syrians celebrate a new chapter in their countries' history

A year after the collapse of the Assad regime, Tel Aviv's increasingly aggressive regional strategy has left it mired in conflict on several fronts

While residents of the two governorates say they are open to outsiders, they are wary of invading fighters with political agendas

The US president reportedly said he will slap further sanctions on ICC staff and potentially escalate to sanction the court itself

Moscow is striking a series of deals with the Sudanese Armed Forces while the Wagner Group continues to support the Rapid Support Forces

The recognition came as the US capital played host to the 2026 World Cup draw

In decades past, lavish parties have been used to prop up regional regimes - shortly before their downfall

Sharaa's pragmatism and close relationship with Turkey helped open doors, leading to his transformation from jihadist leader to rebel statesman and...

Sixteen foreign ministers, including from Brazil and Bangladesh, say there will be accountability for any assault

US attempts to promote the Abraham Accords with Saudi Arabia and others have been poleaxed by Israel’s genocide in Gaza

Amid Israel's war on Gaza, PM Keir Starmer has promised to recognise the Palestinian state in September - but with conditions attached

'The crime of all crimes' has been committed in Rwanda, the Ottoman Empire, and Cambodia among others. Is it now happening in Palestine?

The film by Palestinian filmmaker Annemarie Jacir is a sophisticated and devastating period piece set during the British Mandate

Pictures of menorahs being lit up by soldiers in Mount Hermon, Tulkarm refugee camp and Gaza draw criticism

How an uneasy alliance between Hemeti and Sudan's de facto leader General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan descended into deadly violence

What if thousands set sail, from every Mediterranean port? What if fishers, sailors, students and parents rose to say: not in our name?

After police detained his son and brother in sweeping raids, Bilal Ahmed Wani set himself alight, exposing the fear, impunity and deepening suffocation imposed...

Israel's Palestinian minority is an often misunderstood community

Qatar's emergency gathering projected rare anger after Israel's strike last week, but deep divisions among states blocked a unified path forward

In their first ever meeting, Sharaa tried to woo Aliyev to invest in his country while keeping in mind his close ties to Israel

Caracas says US attack aimed at seizing country’s oil reserves

The UK's Labour Party is continuing the Conservative Party's policies in the Middle East, particularly when it comes to Israel and Gaza, says Joe Gill

Victims, witnesses and aid workers tell MEE that Rapid Support Forces fighters have forcibly extracted blood from displaced Sudanese

Berlin deepens military ties with Israel even as legal risks mount over Gaza

The home secretary's approach is designed to defang Reform UK but critics argue it is inhumane

Newly built runways and ports offer snapshot of Abu Dhabi's regional ambitions and deepening strategic ties with Israel

Artists and directors produce guidelines for cultural institutions, stating that Palestinian symbols and criticisms of Zionism are not antisemitic

Israel's opposition to Turkish deployment is causing potential partners such as Pakistan and Azerbaijan to hesitate, putting the US scheme at risk

Lieutenant General Faiz Hameed was handed the sentence 15 months after being court-martialled, in what his lawyer calls a 'sham' trial

Controp Precision Technologies, which develops cameras for drones, helicopters and vehicles, launches subsidiary in Abu Dhabi

Latin America’s growing support for Palestine was voiced at an international conference last weekend

Washington says Abu Dhabi's support for group accused of atrocities in Darfur must stop. But US forces are quietly using Emirati military facilities in...

After siding against their homeland in the face of a brutal assault, these corrupt cowards have forever lost any shred of legitimacy

Experts say the move could ignite domestic strife, further militarise the Horn of Africa and spur insurgencies in neighbouring countries

A court order obtained by Turkish gendarmarie triggered the removal of Hornet from Apple store amid increasing government crackdown against LGBTQ rights

Israeli players face fury for pro-genocide social media posts, while officials fear Fifa or Uefa sanctions

Amid the Islamic Republic's ongoing protests, Iranian Americans are choosing not to root for Team Melli

IPC confirms famine taking place in Gaza City, which UN rights chief says is ‘direct result’ of Israeli government

Delcy Rodriguez says those who 'promoted armed aggression' against Venezuela will pay

X and Facebook accounts of political figures connected to paramilitary are run out of the Emirates

Edited by Erwin van Veen, a new collection of essays gives a plain English guide to future scenarios in Israel and Palestine

Turkish defence company is working on a modular prototype, Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar says

In The World After Gaza, the acclaimed writer unpicks the 'savagery aided by the world's richest and most powerful democracies'

Adalah's director Hassan Jabareen discussed with B'Tselem's chair Orly Noy the 'multi-dimensional campaign' waged by Israel against...