Turkey not yet ready to give up on Muslim Brotherhood
Turkey has shown a willingness to repair relations with Israel, Egypt, and other countries in the Middle East. But Ankara’s relations with the Muslim Brotherhood, a sticking point for almost […]
Archaeologists stunned by worship of female god in Petra ‘long before Islam’
ARCHAEOLOGISTS were stunned by evidence for the worship of female deities in the ancient city of Petra, long before the introduction of Islam. By JOEL DAY09:05, Sun, Dec 12, 2021 Petra: […]
The trip could have killed them. But people fleeing economic wreckage in the Middle East say they’d do it 100 times over
By Tamara Qiblawi, CNN Updated 0808 GMT (1608 HKT) December 12, 2021 (CNN)Four-year-old Azhi hobbles across a makeshift migrant center on the Polish-Belarusian border. Grabbing his mother’s hand for support, he carefully […]
‘I am dead here’: Lebanese join Mideast migrants to Europe
AP , Friday 10 Dec 2021 Ziad Hilweh knew his family might die on the way. But the risk was worth it, he said, to reach the shores of Europe for […]
Palestinian holy places in the eye of the storm
BY NAJLA M. SHAHWAN DEC 10, 2021 – 12:05 AM GMT+3A general view from the Mount of Olives shows Jerusalem’s Old City with the Dome of the Rock in the […]
Jerusalem is common cause of entire Islamic world: Erdoğan
BY DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL DEC 10, 2021 – 11:19 AM GMT+3A Palestinian man holding his national flag is stopped by Israeli security forces after Jewish settlers blocked Palestinian children from entering […]
Lebanese rulers’ desperate positive spin on country’s crisis
MOHAMED CHEBARO December 09, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/mauv2 The dust has now settled on last month’s COP26 climate change summit in Glasgow, with the result being a clearly limited, cosmetic […]
Israel stops plan for contentious east Jerusalem settlement
The main building of the former Atarot airport, closed in 2000, near the Palestinian village of Qalandia in occupied east Jerusalem, Nov. 25, 2021 (AFP) Short Url https://arab.news/nk83g Updated 07 […]
Israeli racism and violence are symptoms of a ‘sick’ society
RAMZY BAROUD December 06, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/g6kxh For whatever reason, some mistakenly perceive the Israeli newspaper Haaretz as liberal, progressive and even “pro-Palestinian.” Of course, none of this is […]
Why world should be wary as Israel-Iran conflict moves into cyberspace
MARIA MAALOUF December 05, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/bdnzk The shadow war between Israel and Iran is increasingly being fought in cyberspace and, according to some reports, civilians are the latest […]
Wahhabism confronted: Origins, corollaries of ideology
BY MEHMET HASAN BULUT DEC 03, 2021 – Though regarded as the Protestantism of Islam with its purified approach to religion, Wahhabism includes extreme interpretations that differ from Sunni Islam. […]
Lebanon’s information minister quits to ease Saudi dispute
Middle East Reuters 1/3 Lebanese Information Minister George Kordahi gestures during a news conference to announce his resignation in Beirut, Lebanon December 3, 2021. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir BEIRUT, Dec 3 (Reuters) […]
Plight of Palestinians still a key focus of Saudi foreign policy, says envoy
Abdallah Al-Mouallimi reiterated, to the UN General Assembly, Riyadh’s rejection and denunciation of the continuing confiscation of Palestinian homes and land by Israel. (AP Photo) Short Url https://arab.news/rtd2m EPHREM KOSSAIFY […]
World repeating its mistakes on omicron variant
FRANK KANE December 01, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/96cch Is the cure to omicron, the new COVID-19 variant currently spooking the world, going to be worse than the disease? This question […]
Mud mosque dating back to the Umayyad era discovered in Iraq
News The site dates back about 1,300 years and represents a rare find in an archeologically rich region of Iraq. Published On 26 Nov 2021 Baghdad, Iraq – A British Museum excavation […]
How olive trees came to symbolize Palestinian national identity
1 / 7Olive trees have for centuries provided a steady source of income from the sale of their fruit and the silky, golden oil derived from it – and encapsulate the […]
Four reasons US pivot from Middle East will be a slow one
YASAR YAKIS November 14, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/8m83b A shift toward the Pacific Rim has been on Washington’s agenda for almost four decades. China’s gigantic economic achievements have forced the […]
Service launched for overseas pilgrims via govt apps
Worshippers perform the farewell tawaf (circumambulation) around the Kaaba, Islam’s holiest shrine, at the Grand mosque in the holy Saudi city of Makkah. (AFP) Short Url https://arab.news/wpyd4 Updated 13 sec […]
Saudi-ledcoalition refutes claims of withdrawal from Yemen as ‘baseless and unfounded’
‘MENA The New Arab Staff & Agencies 11 November, 2021 The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said its troops were being redeployed not withdrawn following reports that the Saudi military had left a major base in the southern port city of Aden. ‘Movement and redeployment of troops based on operational and […]
Refugees in Belarus“Even If We Have To Try 17 Times, I’m Not Giving Up”
Refugees in Belarus“Even If We Have To Try 17 Times, I’m Not Giving Up” Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko is luring refugees from the Middle East to his country with the […]