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New Arab Staff & Agencies 11 November, 2021 The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said its troops were being redeployed not withdrawn following reports that the Saudi military had left a major base in the southern port city of Aden.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 […]
Lebanese believe Riyadh overreacted on Cordahi’s remarks: ex-diplomat
By Mohammad Mazhari International November 2, 2021 TEHRAN – A former Lebanese ambassador to Chile, Poland, and Canada says most of Lebanese people think that Saudi Arabia overreacted when it […]
Can the nations of the Middle East navigate this make-or-break decade?
HAFED AL-GHWELL October 31, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/v85bk Contrary to numerous forecasts, the world’s emergence from the COVID-19 pandemic was never going to be a smooth transition back to pre-pandemic […]
Saudi Arabia asks Lebanese ambassador to leave over Yemen comments
BY ANADOLU AGENCY BEIRUT MID-EAST OCT 29, 2021 11:59 PM GMT+3Saudi Crown Prince, M. bin Salman arrives at the opening session of the Future Investment Initiative Conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, October 26, […]
Middle East-led solution needed to defuse growing tensions
KHALED ABOU ZAHR October 28, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/v4p83 A little more than a year ago, war broke out between Azerbaijan and Armenia. Following six weeks of intense fighting, the […]
Jewish anti-Zionist to plead his case for asylum in the UK
Hearing on September 20 will address the appeal of a Jewish anti-Zionist against the rejection he received in from the UK Home Office. By Al Jazeera, Published On 16 Sep 2021 A […]
Israeli human rights violations likely to worsen
RAY HANANIA October 27, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/psnxn The only time any government declares a human rights organization to be a terrorist group is when that organization is shining a […]
US ‘deeply concerned’ with Israeli plan on more settlements
US ‘deeply concerned’ with Israeli plan on more settlements BY AGENCIES ISTANBUL MID-EAST OCT 26, 2021 10:00 PM GMT+3An Israeli flag is painted on the surrounding wall of the West Bank Jewish settlement […]
World must not be hoodwinked by Israel’s latest lie
DAOUD KUTTAB October 26, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/2q5fr The gap between Israel’s justifications for its continued illegal occupation and colonial settlement enterprise and reality has just grown wider. Friday’s declaration […]
Reasonable people of all faiths must take a stand against settlers’ hate crimes in the West Bank
YOSSI MEKELBERG October 24, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/5syaw There is nothing that can justify occupying someone else’s land and subjecting its people to the arbitrary rule and whims of another […]
Palestinian NGOs fume as Israel declares them to be ‘terrorist organisations’
The New Arab Staff 23 October, 2021 The civil society and human rights groups targeted by the declaration said the measure was part of a growing crackdown on them by […]
First full Friday prayers at Two Holy Mosques
Authorties have used all of their human and mechanical resources to implement the plan to return to full capacity. (SPA) Short Url https://arab.news/v55b6 TARIQ AL-THAQAFI October 23, 2021 Worshippers return […]
UN delegation briefed on Saudi agency’s reconstruction work in Yemen
UN delegation briefed on Saudi agency’s reconstruction work in Yemen SPA October 19, 2021 SDRPY has undertaken more than 204 projects and initiatives in numerous Yemeni governorates RIYADH: Mohammed Al-Jaber, general supervisor […]
Israel violates international law ‘because it can,’ UN Security Council told
Previous 1 / 2Israeli border police officers detain a Palestinian youth during clashes as thousands of Muslims flocked to Jerusalem’s Old City on Oct. 19, 2021. (AP Photo) 2 / 2Israeli activists of the Rabbis for Human Rights organization help Palestinian farmers harvest their olive trees in Burin village in the occupied […]
Palestinians defend their olive trees as settler assaults escalate
According to UN monitors, more than 4,000 olive trees and other tree crops were burned or removed by Israeli settlers in 2020. (AP) Short Url https://arab.news/phpjm DAOUD KUTTAB October 18, […]
Factions who seek to dominate Lebanon will only destroy it
BARIA ALAMUDDIN October 16, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/5euvd Nobody brings AK-47s and rocket-propelled grenades to a peaceful protest. Make no mistake, Hezbollah’s actions have steered Lebanon into these desperate straits, […]