Middle East
Saudi Arabia Reportedly Shoots Down Missile Fired From Yemen
A ballistic missile fired by Yemen’s armed Houthi group toward Saudi Arabia's southern Jizan region was shot down by Saudi forces on Tuesday, Saudi...
Iran Says Planned US-Backed Force Inside Syria Would Fan War
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday a new US-backed, 30,000-strong force inside Syria constituted a breach of international law and Syrian sovereignty, joining Syria, Turkey and Russia in a vehement rebuke of the plan. On...
Pakistan Clerics Issue Fatwa Against Suicide Bombings
More than 1,800 Pakistani Muslim clerics have issued an Islamic directive, or fatwa, forbidding suicide bombings, in a book unveiled by the government on Tuesday. For years, the South Asian nation has been plagued by violence...
Lebanon Bans Steven Spielberg’s ‘The Post’ Over Famed Director’s Ties With Israel
JNS.org - Steven Spielberg’s latest film, “The Post,” has been banned in Lebanon due to the famed Jewish-American director’s purported ties with Israel. A source involved with the international rollout of “The Post” said the movie “was...
Palestinians in Gaza See Reconciliation Dividend Pass Them by
Life began to look up for Gaza's Palestinians when reconciliation between its Hamas Islamist rulers...
Tunisian Police Arrest Five Suspects Tied to Synagogue Firebombing
JNS.org - Tunisian authorities arrested five suspects for last week’s firebombing of the historic Ghriba Synagogue on the...
Russian, Iranian Foreign Ministers Discuss Syria War and Iran Nuclear Deal
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif discussed the conflict...
Palestinian Leader Abbas’ Attack on Zionism Cites Late Egyptian Intellectual’s Denial of Jewish Peoplehood
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas's angry speech on Sunday castigating the US and Israel drew on the...
Iran Frees 440 People Arrested During Recent Anti-Regime Protests
Iran has freed 440 people arrested in Tehran during anti-government protests, a judiciary official said,...
Saudi Arabia Reportedly Shoots Down Missile Fired From Yemen
A ballistic missile fired by Yemen’s armed Houthi group toward Saudi Arabia's southern Jizan region was shot down by Saudi forces on Tuesday, Saudi state...
Iran Says Planned US-Backed Force Inside Syria Would Fan War
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday a new US-backed, 30,000-strong force inside Syria constituted a breach of international law and Syrian sovereignty, joining Syria,...
Pakistan Clerics Issue Fatwa Against Suicide Bombings
More than 1,800 Pakistani Muslim clerics have issued an Islamic directive, or fatwa, forbidding suicide bombings, in a book unveiled by the government on Tuesday. For...
Lebanon Bans Steven Spielberg’s ‘The Post’ Over Famed Director’s Ties With Israel
JNS.org - Steven Spielberg’s latest film, “The Post,” has been banned in Lebanon due to the famed Jewish-American director’s purported ties with Israel. A source involved with...
Palestinians in Gaza See Reconciliation Dividend Pass Them by
Life began to look up for Gaza's Palestinians when reconciliation between its Hamas Islamist rulers and the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority in October brought a...
Tunisian Police Arrest Five Suspects Tied to Synagogue Firebombing
JNS.org - Tunisian authorities arrested five suspects for last week’s firebombing of the historic Ghriba Synagogue on the island of Djerba. According to Tunisian news reports, four men, ages 19-20,...
Russian, Iranian Foreign Ministers Discuss Syria War and Iran Nuclear Deal
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif discussed the conflict in Syria and the Iran nuclear deal in a phone...
Palestinian Leader Abbas’ Attack on Zionism Cites Late Egyptian Intellectual’s Denial of Jewish Peoplehood
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas's angry speech on Sunday castigating the US and Israel drew on the work of an Egyptian academic who dedicated his career to...
Iran Frees 440 People Arrested During Recent Anti-Regime Protests
Iran has freed 440 people arrested in Tehran during anti-government protests, a judiciary official said, amid continuing uncertainty over how many were detained around the...
Twin Suicide Bombing in Baghdad Kills at Least 27 People
At least 27 people were killed and 64 wounded in a twin suicide bombing in central Baghdad on Monday, the deadliest attack so far this...
In Scathing Speech, Abbas Slams Trump, Says Palestinians Won’t Accept US as Peace Mediator
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said on Sunday he would only accept a broad, internationally-backed panel to broker any peace talks with Israel, but did...
Israel Blamed After Car Bomb Wounds Hamas Member in Lebanon
A bomb blast wounded a member of the Palestinian terror group Hamas in the Lebanese city of Sidon on Sunday, destroying his car as he...
Erdogan Says Turkey Will Crush Kurdish Militia in Afrin
President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that Turkey's military incursion in northern Syria's Idlib province would crush Kurdish militia forces that control the neighboring region...
Egyptian Navy Fire Kills Palestinian at Sea: Gaza Authorities Say
The Egyptian navy opened fire on a Palestinian fisherman at sea and killed him, the Gaza Health Ministry said on Saturday. Egyptian officials had no immediate...
