Egypt ‘prosecuted more than 16,000 people’ for political reasons in 2020 and 2021
At least 16,064 people have been victims of politically-motivated prosecutions in Egypt in 2020 and 2021, according to a new report. A database collected by...
Syria says any Turkish incursion amounts to ‘war crimes’
Syria's foreign ministry said on Wednesday that it would consider any Turkish military incursions into its territory as "war crimes and crimes against humanity." Turkish...
US seizes Iranian oil cargo near Greek island
The United States has confiscated an Iranian oil cargo held on a Russian-operated ship near Greece and will send the cargo to the United States...
Palestinian report says Israel deliberately killed Al Jazeera’s Shireen Abu Aqla
Announcing the findings, the Palestinian attorney general said "the only shooting was by the occupation forces, with the aim of killing". The Israeli defence minister...
IRGC officer who planned attacks against Jews, Israelis worldwide killed in Tehran
A member of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps' Quds Force involved in planning attacks on Jews and Israelis worldwide, Colonel Hassan Sayad Khodayari, was assassinated...
Tehran and Muscat seek to revive Iranian-Omani gas pipeline project
President Ebrahim Raisi will arrive in Muscat on Monday in the first visit to Oman by an Iranian head of state since Haitham bin Tariq...
Palestinians warn Israeli court ruling on al-Aqsa prayer a ‘dangerous escalation’
An Israeli court ruling that suggested it is not unlawful for Jewish prayer to be held in the courtyards of Jerusalem's al-Aqsa Mosque is "playing...
Gaza flour mills ground down by Russian-Ukraine conflict
Three months into the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which has closed off access to lower-priced Black Sea wheat, owners of five mills in the Palestinian...
Three killed in alleged Israeli attack on Hezbollah sites in Syria
Three people were killed in an alleged Israeli attack in southern Damascus, which was launched from the Golan Heights, Hebrew media reported citing the Syrian...
Qatari FM says Iran’s leadership open for a compromise on nuclear file
Qatar's foreign minister said on Saturday in remarks cited by al Jazeera TV that the Iranian leadership expressed readiness for a compromise regarding "the Iranian...