(MENAFN) US President Donald Trump declared Sunday that the conflict in Gaza had officially ended as he departed for a diplomatic visit to Israel and Egypt ahead of an international peace conference focused on the ceasefire agreement. “The war is...
(MENAFN) Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has identified the unresolved issue of Palestinian statehood as the “main factor fueling extremism” in the Middle East. In an interview with a media outlet on Thursday, Lavrov expressed support for...
(MENAFN) Several Middle Eastern countries have urged Pakistan and Afghanistan to show restraint as tensions along their shared border escalated, leading to overnight clashes between the two forces. Saudi Arabia, which recently signed a mutual...
(MENAFN) Israeli troops fatally shot a Palestinian man Sunday in the southern Gaza Strip, according to local media reports. A Palestinian state news agency confirmed the incident, stating Israeli soldiers killed the man in Khan Younis’ Maen area...
(MENAFN) Turkish officials, including Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, Defense Minister Yasar Guler, and Intelligence Chief Ibrahim Kalin, met on Sunday in Ankara with their Syrian counterparts for high-level discussions. According to diplomatic...
(MENAFN) Israel's government has formally endorsed a ceasefire agreement aimed at ending hostilities in Gaza and securing the release of all hostages held by Hamas, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office confirmed on Friday. The Israeli...
(MENAFN) Iran has announced a suspension of its implementation of the Cairo agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), according to Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. Speaking to state television, he clarified that cooperation has...
(MENAFN) Iraq has sharply criticized fresh U.S. Treasury sanctions targeting Iraqi entities, calling the move a damaging and unilateral step that undermines the foundation of friendly relations between Washington and Baghdad. In an official...
(MENAFN) Iran has announced a suspension of the Cairo agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi revealed in a state television interview. While cooperation is not entirely severed, it has been...
(MENAFN) Early Saturday, a deadly series of Israeli airstrikes struck southern Lebanon, leaving one civilian dead and seven others wounded, according to Lebanese and Israeli officials. Lebanese media reported that at dawn, 10 airstrikes targeted...
In a critical day for the Middle East, Hamas released the 20 living Israeli hostages it still held and Israel released nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners under a breakthrough Gaza ceasefire deal. U.S. President Donald Trump, whose administration...
Tom BennettJerusalem ShareSave There have been celebrations across Israel and the Palestinian territories as a major hostage and prisoner exchange on Monday marked a significant step towards ending two years of war in Gaza. In a crucial first...
Abdel Fattah El-Sisi calls for two-state solution, saying Palestinians have right to an independent state Meeting in Sharm El-Sheikh aims to “usher in a new page of peace and regional stability” SHARM EL-SHEIKH: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah...
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As US president Donald Trump lands in Israel to address the Knesset, 20 Israeli hostages taken into Gaza during the 7 October attacks more than two years ago were handed back by Hamas as part of a prisoner exchange aimed at ending the war. The...
Fergal KeaneSpecial correspondent, Amman ShareSave King Abdullah II of Jordan has warned that the Middle East is doomed unless there is a peace process leading to a Palestinian state. The king was speaking in an exclusive interview for BBC...
In a critical day for the Middle East, Hamas released the 20 living Israeli hostages it still held and Israel released nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners under a breakthrough Gaza ceasefire deal. U.S. President Donald Trump, whose administration...
US President Donald Trump declared "a tremendous day for the Middle East" during the Gaza summit in Egypt, where international mediators signed a declaration guaranteeing an end to the war in the Palestinian territories. A few hours earlier in...
Hamas released all 20 remaining living hostages on Monday as part of a ceasefire pausing two years of war that pummeled the Gaza Strip, killing tens of thousands of Palestinians. The releases came as President Donald Trump addressed the Israeli...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is declaring Israel’s war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip over and has already barreled ahead toward far larger goals — arguing that the fragile ceasefire his administration helped broker is a chance to bring...
