Middle East
Palestinians Banned from Entering Al-Aqsa Perform Friday Prayer at Mosque’s Gate
ERUSALEM (Ma’an) — A group of Palestinian worshipers performed Friday prayers at the Lion’s Gate outside the walls to the Old City in occupied...
EU Ambassador Denounces Israel’s West Bank Demolitions Policy
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The practice of enforcement measures such as forced transfers, evictions, demolitions and confiscations of homes and humanitarian assets (including EU-funded) and the obstruction of...
Israel Denies Gaza Access To Rights Workers: HRW
In 2014, Israel launched a military onslaught on Gaza in which more than 2,300 Palestinians were killed
CAIRO (AA) — Human Rights Watch (HRW) has...
UN, US Caution Israel On New Settlement Building In West Bank
The Palestinians reacted angrily as what is widely seen as the most right-wing government in Israeli history presses ahead with settlement expansion in defiance...
Number of Syrian Refugees in Middle East Crosses 5-Million Mark
GENEVA (Reuters) The number of people fleeing Syria’s civil war into neighboring states and Egypt has passed the 5-million mark, data from the UN...