Category: 2. Middle East

By Samia Nakhoul

DOHA, Dec 6 (Reuters) – Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan told Reuters on Saturday that a credible Palestinian civil administration and a vetted, trained police force should be in place to allow Hamas to disarm, saying the…

Germany’s opposition Green party on Saturday called on Chancellor Friedrich Merz to increase his pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over his highly controversial settlement policy, Anadolu…

Qatar and Egypt, guarantors of the Gaza ceasefire, on Saturday called for the withdrawal of Israeli troops and the deployment of an international stabilisation force as the necessary next steps in fully implementing the fragile agreement.

The…

Turkiye is ready to “do whatever it takes” to contribute to the ongoing peace efforts regarding Gaza, the foreign minister said on Saturday, Anadolu reports.

Hakan Fidan’s remarks came during the 23rd edition of…

By Samia Nakhoul

DOHA, Dec 6 (Reuters) – Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan told Reuters on Saturday that he believed Turkey and the United States would find a way to remove U.S. CAATSA sanctions “very soon”, and added the NATO allies had…

An Israeli drone strike killed two Palestinians and wounded two others on Saturday morning in the Al-Atatra area of Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza despite a ceasefire reached nearly two months, medical sources told…

It took Egyptian actor Mona Zaki more than a year’s preparation to take on the hardest role of her career — the iconic singer Umm Kulthum, a legend in the Arab world.

Marwan Hamed’s “El Sett” (“The Lady”) premiered this week at the Marrakech…

The Sudanese Foreign Ministry accused the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on Friday of killing 79 civilians, including 43 children, in “a massacre” in the city of Kalogi in South Kordofan state, Anadolu reports.

A ministry statement…

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz heads to Israel on Saturday for his first visit since taking office, aiming to reaffirm traditionally solid ties that were shaken during the Gaza war.

Merz, after stopping in Jordan for talks with King Abdullah II,…

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz flew into Israel Saturday for his first visit since taking office, and reaffirmed Berlin’s support after traditionally solid ties between the countries were shaken by the Gaza war.

Merz landed at Tel Aviv’s Ben…