Iraq will host senior parliamentary officials from arch-rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran on Saturday as Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi seeks to bolster his country's nascent role as a mediator in the region.
Delegations including the heads of (...)
Egyptians living abroad began voting at diplomatic missions worldwide Friday in a referendum on constitution amendments passed by the parliament earlier this week.
Voting abroad will take place in 140 polling points at Egyptian embassies and (...)
President of the Emirates Policy Centre (EPC), a leading Emirati think tank, Ebtessam Al-Ketbi was in Cairo this week to take part in the launch of a project at the American University in Cairo (AUC) on the future of the Middle East.
The (...)
Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi met with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, his office said on Thursday, a day after his first official visit to the kingdom which has been wooing Baghdad to stem the influence of Tehran.
Abdul (...)
The new Palestinian government, headed by Mohammad Shtayyeh, was sworn in on Saturday before the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah, amid strong criticism by Hamas movement.
In a statement, Hamas denounced the formation of the new (...)
Yemeni government officials say President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi has returned home from Saudi Arabia to attend a rare session of parliament and elect a speaker.
The officials say Hadi's presidential plane departed from Riyadh and landed in the (...)
The 30th Arab League Summit kicked off on Sunday in Tunisia with the attendance of all Arab leaders, in which the Palestinian cause was the main topic of their discussions along with other regional issues.
The summit began with a brief speech by (...)
Arab heads of state, long divided by regional rivalries, are expected to unite at a summit on Sunday to oppose a U.S. decision to recognise Israel's annexation of Arab lands captured in 1967.
Arab leaders are already grappling with unrest in Algeria (...)
The 30th Arab Summit kicked off Sunday in the Tunisian capital with the attendance of all Arab leaders to discuss Palestinian, Libyan and other crises facing the Middle East.
The summit began with a brief speech by Saudi King Salman Bin Abdil Aziz (...)
The United Nations Security Council will meet later on Wednesday, at the request of Syria, over U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to recognize Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights.
Israel captured the Golan Heights from Syria in the 1967 (...)
Four Gulf Arab states on Tuesday rejected a U.S. decision to recognize Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights, with Riyadh warning the move would hurt the peace process and affect regional stability.
Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar and Kuwait - (...)
The options for Yemen continue to teeter between war and peace. The Stockholm process, now in its fourth month, has yet to translate the agreement struck in the Swedish capital in mid-December into realities on the ground.
Artillery fire continues (...)
Inaugurated by President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi, the Arab-African Youth Platform in Aswan was attended by 1,500 young people.
During the opening, Al-Sisi stressed the important role young people can play in overcoming the challenges facing Arab and (...)
Geography, a common history and a plethora of natural resources should encourage integration and cooperation between Arab and African countries, concluded participants at this week's Arab-African Youth Platform in Aswan.
“The Nile Valley: The (...)
Early Monday morning a rocket launched from Gaza hit a northern suburb of Tel Aviv. The attack was not intercepted by Israeli defences, and Hamas acted quickly to disown the attack. Yet as the week drew to a close, the chances of a further eruption (...)
The options for Yemen continue to teeter between war and peace. The Stockholm process, now in its fourth month, has yet to translate the agreement struck in the Swedish capital in mid-December into realities on the ground. Artillery fire continues (...)
Arab countries are among the world's largest arms importers. According to recent updates to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute's (SIPRI) database, half of the world's top 10 arms importers are Arab states — Saudi Arabia, Egypt, (...)
Geography, a common history and a plethora of natural resources should encourage integration and cooperation between Arab and African countries, concluded participants at this week's Arab-African Youth Platform in Aswan.
“The Nile Valley: The (...)
Inaugurated by President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi, the Arab-African Youth Platform in Aswan was attended by 1,500 young people.
During the inauguration Al-Sisi stressed the important role young people can play in overcoming the challenges facing Arab (...)
The tragic photographs and videos of burned corpses scattered around Cairo's main Ramses Railway Station after a train collision last week were truly heart-breaking. The crash, which left dozens of passengers killed or injured, also recalled several (...)
US President Donald Trump's senior advisor and son-in-law Jared Kushner's recent tour of Middle Eastern countries has rekindled speculation over the Trump administration's so-called “deal of the century” to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. (...)
The tragic photographs and videos of burned corpses scattered around Cairo's main Ramses Railway Station after a train collision last week were truly heart-breaking.
The crash, which left dozens of passengers killed or injured, also recalled several (...)
أشارت "كارين عطية" الكاتبة الصحفية في "واشنطن بوست" الأمريكية، إلى أن زيارة مستشار ترامب وصهره "جاريد كوشنر" للسعودية، مُرتبطة بزيادة القمع في المملكة.
جاء ذلك في تغريدة كتبتها كارين على موقعها بتويتر قالت فيها: عندما يذهب كوشنر إلى السعودية، (...)
Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman (MBS) spent last week touring Asia's three nuclear powers amid a lavish reception by Asian leaders and despite visible tensions amongst them. Bin Salman's tour was meant to convey that he was still an active (...)
White House adviser Jared Kushner, giving a broad outline of a U.S. peace plan for the Middle East, said it will address final-status issues of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, including establishing borders.
In an interview broadcast on Monday on (...)
