Former prime minister’s son says ‘Israel was born in sin’

Yaakov Sharett, a former intelligence officer and the son of the former prime minister of Israel, has predicted a dark future for the country.

Israeli army nabs last two of six Gilboa prison escapees

The Israeli army says it nabbed the last two of six Palestinian fugitives involved in a spectacular jail break earlier this month.

Yemen's Houthis execute nine men for involvement in Samad death

Samad was killed in April 2018 by a Saudi-led coalition air strike in the port city of Hudaida on Yemen's west coast.

Lebanon PM: Hezbollah's import of Iran fuel violates country's sovereignty

Najib Mikati says he is not worried about possible US sanctions "because the operation was carried out without the involvement of the Lebanese government."

US urges more countries to enter Arab-Israel normalisation deal

Top US diplomat Antony Blinken promises to encourage more Arab countries to recognise Israel as he meets with diplomats from Israel and from three Arab countries, a year after they began formal ties with Tel Aviv.

Palestinians have a new symbol of resistance — the spoon

Artists from around the region honour Palestinian prisoners who used spoons to dig their way to freedom from an Israeli maximum security prison.

Hezbollah brings Iranian fuel into crisis-hit Lebanon

Convoy of tanker trucks carrying Iranian fuel crosses border from Syria into Lebanon, a delivery organised by Hezbollah group to ease crippling fuel shortages in the Arab country.

Israel’s trade with UAE and other Arab states surged by 234 percent in 2021

Data shows trading volumes between the UAE and Israel jumped from $51 million in the first seven months of 2020 to $614 million over the same period in 2021.

Iranian security guards accused of sexually harassing IAEA inspectors

The UN nuclear watchdog (IAEA) describes the incident as 'unacceptable' while the US slams Iran, calling it harassment.

Hundreds of Palestinians in Israeli jails set to hold hunger strike

Qadri Abu Bakr, head of the Palestinian Authority's commission for prisoners, said 1,380 prisoners were to start the strike on Friday in protest of their detention conditions.

Putin hosts Assad as the two sides eye Syria’s consolidation

Despite international sanctions and condemnation, the Russia-backed Assad regime is exploring ways to take back opposition and rebel-held territory where millions of displaced Syrians reside.

Bennett meets Sisi on first Egypt visit by Israeli PM in decade

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el Sisi discussed among other issues "efforts to revive the peace process" between Israel and Palestine.