Mohamed Khameri

A blast in the Syrian coastal city of Latakia killed at least four people and injured 12 on Saturday, state media reported. “The blast in the Al-Rimal neighbourhood of Latakia city has so far resulted in fiour deaths and 12 injured,” state news agency SANA said citing provincial authorities. It added that “civil defence teams […]

Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa warned the UN over rising Islamophobia [UN] Islamophobia stands as one of the most disturbing forms of hate speech globally, Secretary-General of the Muslim World League (MWL) Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa said on Friday. Speaking at the UN General Assembly on the International Day to Combat Islamophobia, Al-Issa warned

Boehler (R) had been serving as an interim envoy, defending his decision to hold talks with Hamas [Getty] The Trump administration has withdrawn its nominee for the role of US special envoy for hostage affairs following controversy over his direct talks with Hamas, the White House confirmed on Friday. Adam Boehler, who had been serving

Palestinians receive clean water from a Turkish aid organization, as they experience water, food and fuel crisis after the closure of the Kerem Shalom (Karm Abu Salem) border crossing, as Israel continues the violation of ceasefire agreement [Getty] Israel has implemented strict restrictions on aid groups amid broader government efforts to limit aid delivery to

The Israeli airstrike on Saturday killed nine Palestinians, including three journalists [Mahmoud Issa/Anadolu via Getty] Israel has killed more than 150 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip since the ceasefire came into effect on 19 January, the territory’s government media office said on Saturday. The statement came after an Israeli air strike in Beit Lahia in

A blast in the Syrian coastal city of Latakia killed at least three people and injured 12 on Saturday, state media reported. “The blast in the Al-Rimal neighbourhood of Latakia city has so far resulted in three deaths and 12 injured,” state news agency SANA said citing provincial authorities. It added that “civil defence teams

The US and Israel are reportedly pushing to expel Gaza’s 2.2 million residents to Sudan, Somalia and Somaliland [Getty[ Somalia and its breakaway region of Somaliland have not received any proposal from the United States or Israel to resettle Palestinians from Gaza, their foreign ministers said on Friday, with Mogadishu saying it categorically rejected any

The scope of the condemnation has grown quickly beyond the core of devoted Palestinian activists [Getty] Nearly a week after his arrest without a warrant, outrage over the continued detention of New York-based Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil is growing, as more students face government crackdowns, including at least one more arrest. Multiple lawsuits have been

The Israeli army seen demolishing homes in the Nur Shams camp east of Tulkarm [Issam Rimawi/Anadolu via Getty] Israeli forces on Saturday demanded 200 families evacuate their homes in the Tulkarm refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, according to an activist. Nadia Arsan told The New Arab‘s sister site, Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, that families living

Syrians gathered on Saturday to commemorate the 14th anniversary of their uprising in public demonstrations in Damascus for the first time since president Bashar al-Assad was toppled. The demonstration in Damascus’s Umayyad Square is the first in the capital after years of repression under Assad, during which the square was the sole preserve of the