Category: 2. Middle East

Israeli settlers targeted a privately-owned Palestinian car repair shop this morning near the village of Umm Safa, located northwest of Ramallah, vandalising the premises and stealing its contents.

According to Marwan Sabah, head of the Umm Safa Village Council, the Israeli settlers broke into the garage, situated on the village’s western outskirts, by smashing one of its windows. Once inside, they destroyed the shop’s interior and stole all the…

The Syrian Ministry of Foreign and Expatriate Affairs issued a statement inviting diplomats who defected from the former regime to fill out a specially prepared form aimed at collecting and updating their data.

The ministry said in its statement: “Believing in the great national role you played by defecting from the defunct regime and standing with your people and their just cause, and out of our keenness to preserve and document this honourable history — and…

In the bustling Gold Souk in Dubai, dubbed the “City of Gold”, 22-karat gold jewellery is a traditional favourite for weddings, religious celebrations and as a family investment, Reuters reports.

Yet, with bullion prices hitting record highs above $3,400 an ounce, there are signs of change, as buyers look to diamonds and lighter gold jewellery, instead.

While US tariffs and other factors have added fire to already hot demand for gold as an investment, the…

A leader from Hamas-aligned Lebanese Islamist group Jamaa Islamiya was among two people killed in Israeli strikes in Lebanon on Tuesday, the group and Israel’s military said.

Israel has continued to carry out regular strikes on Lebanon despite a November truce with militant group Hezbollah that sought to halt more than a year of hostilities between the foes including two months of all-out war.

Lebanon’s civil defence said “an Israeli drone targeted a car” near the coastal town of Damour, about…

A new round of negotiations is expected within two days to reach a ceasefire and prisoner exchange deal between Hamas and Israel. A Hamas delegation is due in Cairo for the talks.

Meanwhile, Al-Araby Al-Jadeed reported that an Israeli delegation has already arrived in Cairo to continue the talks with Hamas.

A source stated that the Israeli team landed in Cairo, likely under US pressure.

“The American pressure coincides with the military pressure the Israeli…

The Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement announced the success of its campaign to push for a boycott of the film Snow White in the Arab region because one of the lead roles is played by an Israeli actress who previously served in the occupation army.

In a statement issued yesterday, the movement confirmed that the film had been pulled from cinemas in Kuwait, Lebanon and Oman. Disney stated that it would halt the production of similar films in the…

Iraq’s top Shia cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani, has offered heartfelt condolences following the death of Pope Francis, praising the late pontiff’s commitment to peace, interfaith dialogue and solidarity with the oppressed.

In a statement released yesterday, the 94-year-old religious authority described the pope as enjoying “a high spiritual standing among many peoples of the world” and lauded his “distinguished role in serving the causes of…

Israeli intelligence agencies have sent messages to Palestinians in Gaza urging them to contact regional officers to arrange what the messages described as “travel abroad”, the Palestinian Information Centre (PIC) reported yesterday.

“These intelligence messages are part of a psychological warfare campaign and an attempt to pressure the internal front, to turn the people against the resistance,” PIC explained.

The Palestinian resistance’s security…