West Asia

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman called Israel a 'potential ally' that shares many interests with Saudi Arabia, but says 'some issues must be solved before we get to that'.

I have been in Iran for 42 years and I have always spoken based on the facts I believed in. Imam Khomeini left a heavy burden on people and you must have self-sacrifice to achieve the ultimate goals, Salah al-Zawawi said during the ceremony.

On Friday, Palestinians marked the 28th anniversary of the Ibrahimi Mosque massacre, and in the West Bank city of Hebron the tragic memories of the incident are still alive under many Israeli restrictions.

Palestinian authorities on Monday received 500,000 doses of Egypt-made Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines to combat the spread of COVID-19 in the coastal enclave Gaza Strip.

Israeli police violently dispersed protesters in the occupied East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah where demonstrators poured in to support Palestinians facing eviction and Zionist violence.

Over the five-year period, Israeli forces destroyed 1,169 Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank’s Area C, Israeli defence ministry data reportedly shows.

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Activists are calling on Amman to investigate how nearly 200 Jordanians' phones were compromised.

Israel has been lobbying the Biden administration to re-designate Yemen's Ansarollah movement as a terror group on behalf of the United Arab Emirates, The Times of Israel first reported on Tuesday.

The 30-episode series, titled "Fist of the Free," presents the fighters as heroes outwitting a better-armed Israeli military.

Mohammed Al-Thalathini, a Gaza-based photographer, has won the Pictures of the Year 2021 Award.

Clashes erupted after Israeli forces prepared to demolish the home of a man accused of shooting an Israeli in December.

Russia warned Israel against turning Syria into a battleground for proxy wars.

Hamas' Khaled Mashaal says the Palestinians must act to shape their future and not wait for international developments.

Bahrain's foreign ministry confirmed in a statement on Saturday that an Israeli officer will be stationed in the country, according to the state news agency.

Israeli army conducts military exercise in al-Aghwar in West Bank.

Yemeni military expert warns that Houthi missiles and drones can hit targets in Israel. The attack occurred during the visit of President Isaac Herzog to the UAE.

Israeli police allegedly used spyware on the phones of former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's son and members of his inner circle, an Israeli newspaper reported Monday.

“There is no legitimacy for any meeting that is held unilaterally, far from national consensus and the majority of the powers and factions and major influential Palestinian components are absent from it,” Hamas said.

Announced changes to security arrangements at Dubai airport have been branded 'unacceptable' by Shin Bet intelligence service.

Lebanon’s letter stresses that “the Israeli action in that disputed area endangers international peace and security.”

The drill involved combining advanced means of observation with tanks, drones, and artillery, in scenarios focused on fighting Hezbollah in the northern borders.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told reporters on his flight back from Ukraine that Turkey and Isreal could work together to transport Israeli natural gas to Europe.

Israel’s security establishment is urging the government to act with caution and not rush into normalising ties with Turkey, the Israel Hayom newspaper reported on Wednesday.

Several Yemen's Ansarollah strikes targeted the Emirati capital over the past weeks, prompting the UAE to invest in new air defence systems.

Transparency International's 2021 Corruption Perceptions Index has given Israel its worst ever score in the global rankings of how governments deal with graft, it was reported on Tuesday.

Professor Rear. Admiral (Ret.) Shaul Chorev tells Israeli media JNS that Israel needs a more thought-out strategy when it comes to dealing with the Iranian threat at sea, as well as combat that has become "increasingly asymmetric."

Isaac Herzog will travel to the United Arab Emirates on Jan. 30-31, his office said on Tuesday, seeking to strengthen Persian Gulf ties.

Some 100 Israeli troops today broke into the Ibrahimi Mosque in the southern West Bank city of Hebron.

Tensions escalate in East Jerusalem neighborhood.

Mohammad Al-Awadi withdraws from Dubai Tennis Championships U-14 semifinals.

The Israeli public’s trust in the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) is in decline, according to the 2021 Israeli Democracy Index.

The announcement constituted the latest example of Qatari support to the Palestinian enclave.

Politicians, opposition protest leaders, and government employees were bugged and tracked without authorization.

Hajj Suleiman was a pillar of the community in the Masafer Yatta area of the South Hebron Hills, and an icon of anti-occupation resistance.

Yemen’s Armed Forces Spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Saree said Monday that the Yemeni military struck areas deep inside the United Arab Emirates after a warning a few days ago as Abu Dahabi aggression continues.