The conflict between Israel and the Palestinian people is one of the longest-running and most violent disputes in the world.

Negotiators were near to hammering out the final details of a ceasefire in Gaza on Wednesday after marathon talks in Qatar, and the U.S. and Egyptian leaders promised to stay in close contact ...

Doha, Qatar: Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs HE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani met today with US President-elect Donald Trump's Middle East envoy HE Steve ...

As part of its provocative and extreme policies towards Middle Eastern countries, Israel published a so-called “historical” ...

JERUSALEM/CAIRO, Jan 11 (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday amid a push to secure a ceasefire ...

It was a last-minute push by Saudi Arabia that decided Lebanon’s fate on Thursday. There were less than 24 hours before parliament was set to choose the next president. But Lebanon’s checkered ...

The conflict between Israel and Palestinians — and other groups in the Middle East — goes back decades. These stories provide context for current developments and the history that led up to them.

The fall of Russian ally Bashar al-Assad in Syria has disrupted the Kremlin's strategy not only for the Mediterranean but also for Africa, pushing it to focus on Libya as a potential foothold, experts ...

The death toll from Israel’s war against Hamas militants in Gaza is far higher than official figures, according to a new analysis. Henry Ridgwell reports from London. With less than two weeks ...

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The prime minister's office said they discussed "the progress in negotiations." Rebel forces in Syria are building a transitional government after toppling the regime of President Bashar Assad in ...

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