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The United Nations Human Rights Council agreed on Thursday to launch an international investigation into alleged crimes committed during the 11-day conflict between Israel and the Islamist group Hamas in … Read More
Bashar al-Assad has been re-elected for a fourth term as president of war-ravaged Syria, official results showed on Thursday, despite Western accusations the polls were “neither free nor fair”.
Lebanon recorded 319 coronavirus cases and eight deaths over the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry reported Thursday.
Lebanon records 319 new coronavirus cases, 8 deaths
The success of Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri’s attempts to break the Cabinet formation deadlock depends largely on Hezbollah’s role to persuade President Michel Aoun in facilitating the formation of a … Read More
The chief negotiator for Yemen’s Houthi movement said on Thursday he had met UN special envoy Martin Griffiths, after Washington criticised the group for rebuffing the diplomat on a previous … Read More
A Spanish court on Thursday sentenced three members of a jihadist cell responsible for attacks in Barcelona in 2017 in which 16 people died and more than 100 were injured … Read More
A “sham” election designed to prolong President Bashar al-Assad’s grip on Syria shows that only international pressure for a U.N.-backed peace plan can pave the way for democratic rule, a … Read More
China’s inability to exert any real sway over Israel and the Palestinians reveals its limited influence beyond its mercantilism and balancing diplomacy in the Middle East.
Tents have replaced some high-rises in the Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahiya, where heavy Israeli air strikes left several families homeless and doubtful that rebuilding will start soon.