Arab and International

The member of the Supreme Political Council ,Mohammed al-Houthi, mocked the UAE’s announcement of reunion a Jewish family. “The UAE’s bringing Jews to the UAE for the synagogue they are building in the UAE is to decorate its image the…

China imposed sanctions on 11 U.S. citizens including legislators on Monday in response to the U.S. imposition of sanctions on 11 Hong Kong and Chinese officials accused of curtailing political freedoms in the former British colony.…

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) has been issued a summons by a US court for a lawsuit by a former top Saudi intelligence agent who was reportedly targeted in a foiled assassination attempt. The US District Court for the…

More than 60 people are still missing four days after a massive explosion in Beirut on Tuesday, a Lebanese health ministry official says. “The number of dead is 154, including 25 who have not yet been identified,” the official…

The United States has registered over five million cases in the coronavirus pandemic, Johns Hopkins University's real-time tally showed Sunday, as well as over 162,000 deaths as the country struggles to control the disease. The US…

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, whose ailing 84-year-old father King Salman was hospitalized on Monday, will likely take control of the kingdom before US elections this November, experts told Asia Times. “He is expected to ascend…

Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Saturday that the United States will go down to below 5,000 troops in Afghanistan by the end of November. “We are going down to a number less than 5,000 before the end of November,” Esper said in an…

A few thousand “Israeli” settlers gathered in front of the headquarters of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday in West al-Quds (Jerusalem), protesting against his economic policies and his handling of the Corona pandemic. The…

The police are forced to intervene after around 7,000 take to streets in Beirut to protest the government’s handling of the aftermath of a recent huge deadly explosion in the Lebanese capital that sent the country’s main grain silo up in…

Almost immediately after the devastating Tuesday explosion that nearly destroyed Beirut and killed at least 137 people, a number of verified Twitter accounts linked to Saudi Arabia started firing off tweets blaming Hezbollah. Within 24…

The US administration has imposed sanctions on Hong Kong’s leader and a number of other key officials over a security law that China enacted for the semi-autonomous region in late June. The Treasury Department announced on Friday that…

US President Donald Trump said Friday he will make a deal with North Korea and Iran “very quickly” if he is reelected in November. In a press conference in Bedminster, New Jersey, Trump said that “if and when we win,” referring to the…

Secretary General of Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has urged an impartial investigation into the blast that rocked Beirut on Tuesday. Speaking in a televised speech on Friday, Nasrallah said those…

On Saturday, Zionist enemy forces stormed and searched a number of houses in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron and prevented farmers from accessing their land. “The Israeli occupation forces searched a number of houses in the city,…

The US Press Freedom Tracker has warned of increasing cases of violence and aggression against American journalists, saying 2020 has been a uniquely dangerous year for reporters in terms of heavy-handed police tactics during…

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday continued to suggest that the massive explosion that killed at least 135 people in Lebanon might have been a deliberate attack, even as officials in Lebanon and his own defense chief said…

The Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement has called for unity to overcome what it describes as “national tragedy” following a deadly blast in Beirut. In a statement released few hours after the massive explosion at Beirut…

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has criticized Google for mistranslating “condolences” to “congratulations” when Persian speakers want to translate their expressions of sympathy with the Lebanese people over a devastating…

The Lebanese Army on Wednesday issued its first statement after the government declared a two-week state of emergency in Beirut. The army command called on citizens to evacuate the Beirut port area in order to facilitate rescue operations…

China said Wednesday a visit by a top US cabinet member to Taiwan was endangering peace and stability in the region, with relations between the two powers at historic lows. Washington’s de facto embassy in Taipei said US…

Three US Defense Department officials tell CNN that as of Tuesday night there is no indication they have seen that the massive explosions that rocked the Lebanese capital of Beirut on Tuesday was an attack, as President Trump…

Lebanon is in mourning as the death toll of the huge blasts which took place in Beirut Port on Tuesday hit 100, with thousands others have been injured and many others are still missing. ” Until now over 4,000 people have been injured…

Two massive explosions rocked the Lebanese capital Beirut on Tuesday, killing or wounding countless number  of people. The blasts shook buildings and sent huge plumes of smoke billowing into the sky. Lebanese media carried…

The Head of Economic and Social Justice at Amnesty International, Stephen Cockburn, has commented in an article in the British newspaper “The Guardian” on the failure of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s attempt to take…

State Department officials voiced concern over risks to civilians before Secretary of State Mike Pompeo rammed through $8.1 billion in arms sales to Saudi Arabia and other Arab allies, a former aide was quoted Monday as telling…

Syrian air defenses have intercepted an Israeli missile aggression that targeted a Syrian military base on the southwestern countryside of Damascus, Syria’s official news agency SANA reported. A military source announced that…

Foreign Affairs Minister, Hisham Sharaf, on Monday condemned the continued US hostile approach against Syria through supporting the illegal groups and the Collaboration in looting the Syrian oil. In a statement to SABA News…

An accident during a military training has left eight US service members presumably dead, according to the Marine Corpse. In an announcement on Sunday, the Marine Corps said the incident happened after an amphibious assault…

The World Health Organization has warned that, despite strong hopes for a vaccine, there might never be a “silver bullet” for COVID-19, and the road to normality would be long. More than 18.14 million people around the world…

Kenneth Roth, the executive director of Human Rights Watch, on Friday, criticized the Saudi crown prince's arrest of women activists who demanded reform. “A reminder that the Saudi crown prince has let women drive while detaining the women…