Middle East
Iraqi Islamic Council Sets Out Case for Fatwa Against Hamas
JNS.org - A clerical body in Iraq that recently issued a groundbreaking fatwa—a legal ruling on a point of Islamic law—against Hamas for oppressing...
Jerusalem Sending ‘Conciliatory Messages’ to Amman
JNS.org - Israel is increasing its diplomatic outreach to Jordan amid anger in Amman over a speech by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich dismissing Palestinian peoplehood and displaying a map of the Hashemite Kingdom within the Jewish...
Report: UAE Plans to Reduce Diplomatic Contact with Israel
i24 News - The United Arab Emirates is considering reducing the level of its diplomatic representation in Israel following Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich's remarks that "the Palestinian people do not exist," Arabic media reported. Emirati...
Archaeologists Discover Oldest Pearl City in the Gulf in the UAE
i24 News - Archaeologists on Monday claimed to have found the oldest pearl city in the Persian Gulf on an island off one of the northern Sheikhdoms of the United Arab Emirates. The artifacts found on...
450 Israeli Army Reservists Refuse to Serve in Protest Against Judicial Reform
i24 News - A group of Israeli reservists from military and intelligence units on Sunday...
Syria’s Assad Arrives in UAE to Meet MBZ
i24 News - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad arrived on Sunday in the United Arab Emirates...
Israeli Delegation Walks Out of Egypt Summit with PA After Huwara Attack
i24 News - A delegation of Israeli officials walked out of a summit with Palestinian...
Turkey’s Foreign Minister in Cairo for First Time Since Ties Cut a Decade Ago
Egypt and Turkey took another step towards mending relations on Saturday when Ankara's top diplomat...
Iran Court Sentences Two to Death Over Deadly Shrine Attack
An Iranian court has handed out death sentences to two men over an attack on...
Iraqi Islamic Council Sets Out Case for Fatwa Against Hamas
JNS.org - A clerical body in Iraq that recently issued a groundbreaking fatwa—a legal ruling on a point of Islamic law—against Hamas for oppressing the...
Jerusalem Sending ‘Conciliatory Messages’ to Amman
JNS.org - Israel is increasing its diplomatic outreach to Jordan amid anger in Amman over a speech by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich dismissing Palestinian peoplehood and...
Report: UAE Plans to Reduce Diplomatic Contact with Israel
i24 News - The United Arab Emirates is considering reducing the level of its diplomatic representation in Israel following Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich's remarks...
Archaeologists Discover Oldest Pearl City in the Gulf in the UAE
i24 News - Archaeologists on Monday claimed to have found the oldest pearl city in the Persian Gulf on an island off one of the...
450 Israeli Army Reservists Refuse to Serve in Protest Against Judicial Reform
i24 News - A group of Israeli reservists from military and intelligence units on Sunday published a letter saying they would not turn up for...
Syria’s Assad Arrives in UAE to Meet MBZ
i24 News - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad arrived on Sunday in the United Arab Emirates ahead of a meeting with Emirati President Sheikh Mohamed bin...
Israeli Delegation Walks Out of Egypt Summit with PA After Huwara Attack
i24 News - A delegation of Israeli officials walked out of a summit with Palestinian Authority (PA) counterparts following a terrorist attack in the Huwara...
Turkey’s Foreign Minister in Cairo for First Time Since Ties Cut a Decade Ago
Egypt and Turkey took another step towards mending relations on Saturday when Ankara's top diplomat visited Cairo for the first time since ties were ruptured...
Iran Court Sentences Two to Death Over Deadly Shrine Attack
An Iranian court has handed out death sentences to two men over an attack on a Shi'ite shrine in Iran that killed 15 people in...
UAE Allocates $3 Million to Rebuild West Bank’s Huwara Village
i24 News - The President of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, ordered the allocation of $3 million for the reconstruction of the...
Security Tensions Rise Ahead of Ramadan as Hamas Issues Threats
i24 News - As Israeli-Palestinian tensions remain high on the ground, the attempts to keep levels of violence down. Two-and-a-half weeks after the Aqaba summit in...
‘There Are Still Some People You Need to Burn’: UN Teachers in Gaza Praise Terrorists, Hitler on Social Media, New Report Says
Teachers and staff working at Palestinian schools funded by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) regularly incite antisemitism, terrorism, and hate on social...
Morocco Condemns Islamist Party’s Comments on Israel
JNS.org - Morocco’s royal court on Monday condemned comments by a leading Islamist opposition party that accused the authorities of defending Israel. “The general secretariat of...
Islamic Group Issues Fatwa Against Hamas for Oppressing Gazans
JNS.org - A major Islamic organization has issued a legal ruling against the Gaza-based terrorist group Hamas, saying that its treatment of the millions of...
