Saudi authorities seize children of exiled intelligence chiefFormer cabinet minister Saad al-Jabri was strategic architect of Saudi counter-terrorism effortsTue May 26 2020 - 18:15
Muslims prepare for end of a Ramadan like no other in historyIslam’s three holiest mosques have been shut and pilgrimages curtailed due to Covid-19Fri May 22 2020 - 16:01
Covid-19 set to take ‘terrifying’ toll on war-torn YemenWHO forecasts coronavirus will kill 42,000 and infect most of 28 million populationMon May 18 2020 - 19:20
‘Ramadan offensive’ by Islamic State in Syria and IraqArab and foreign jihadis ambush military convoys and assassinate officials as Baghdad and Damascus try to contain coronavirusWed May 13 2020 - 17:06
UN urges ceasefire in war-torn Yemen to curb Covid-19 spreadPolitics and division facilitate virus in country with just 208 ventilators and scant testingThu May 07 2020 - 18:08
Coronavirus in Syria: Bashar al-Assad warns of catastrophe if cases jumpPresident fears country’s 44 cases and three deaths could ‘suddenly spike in few days or weeks’Tue May 05 2020 - 19:43
Lebanon’s government struggles to suppress ‘revolution of hunger’Accelerating economic meltdown has left country’s poorest without work and incomeThu Apr 30 2020 - 17:03
Gaza amenities reopen for Ramadan as Covid-19 is containedCases in region limited to 17 with no deaths recorded thanks to effective quarantineTue Apr 28 2020 - 17:21
Ceasefire extended in Yemen in effort to contain coronavirusMove coincides with Ramadan as Saudis seek to renew UN-mediated peace talksFri Apr 24 2020 - 17:27
Coronavirus deprives Muslims of Ramadan’s usual joyful moodLockdown during this time of family and communal gatherings is particularly painfulWed Apr 22 2020 - 21:43
Coronavirus: Mecca under strict quarantineHouse of Saud efforts to contain Covid-19 under scrutiny in Arab and Muslim worldsThu Apr 16 2020 - 16:39
Displaced Syrians return to Idlib to avoid coronavirusDoctors warn of serious outbreak at overcrowded camps near Turkish borderTue Apr 14 2020 - 18:04
War-torn Yemen records first case of coronavirusYemenis at major risk of infection in country that has lost half its hospitals to bombingFri Apr 10 2020 - 13:40
Coronavirus: Ceasefire in Idlib underlined by pandemicHalt to hostilities between Russian and Turkish sides a window to fight mass infectionMon Apr 06 2020 - 17:03
Coronavirus: Arab world especially vulnerable, says UN divisionLack of social safety nets could lead to devastating poverty and food shortagesFri Apr 03 2020 - 17:11
Cats killed in Egypt in mistaken belief they carry coronavirusLack of official transparency leaves Egyptians to rely on rumours about Covid-19Wed Apr 01 2020 - 18:01
Iran to open 2,000-bed field hospital as it struggles to counter coronavirusTrump under pressure to ease sanctions on country lacking funds to buy medical suppliesSun Mar 29 2020 - 19:38
Bankrupt Lebanon faces serious risk from coronavirusThe country has had more than 330 cases and six deaths but lacks funds and medical supplies for a larger outbreakThu Mar 26 2020 - 12:52
Coronavirus poses terrible new threat to Syria, Iraq and YemenWar-hit countries in Middle East get scant aid from outside as Covid-19 contagion loomsMon Mar 23 2020 - 20:15
Iran struggles to fight Covid-19 as US sanctions hurt healthcareAid flows to Tehran from Emirates, Kuwait and Qatar amid reported 1,300 deathsFri Mar 20 2020 - 17:25
Coronavirus could decimate Gaza’s populationIsolation is impossible with large families confined to a few rooms, living in close quarters with neighboursThu Mar 19 2020 - 12:46
Bloodshed, unrest, poverty: Syria’s war nine years onWith the eastern Arab world hollowed out, a return to prewar conditions is impossibleSun Mar 15 2020 - 17:52
Civilians still in firing line as fighting escalates in YemenUN envoy has called for ‘an immediate and unconditional freeze’ of hostilitiesThu Mar 12 2020 - 19:14
Mohammed bin Salman purges rivals to clear path to throneSalman has fomented tension among royals by violating established order of successionMon Mar 09 2020 - 18:57
Turkey the main loser in unstable Syria ceasefire dealTurkish-backed jihadis and insurgents based in Idlib squeezed into a reduced areaFri Mar 06 2020 - 17:21
Cypriots row over borders amid migrant and coronavirus fearsPresident criticised for closing gates between south and north for first time since 2003Thu Mar 05 2020 - 18:37
Turkey pressing for a ceasefire in Syria’s Idlib provincePresident Erdogan to meet Russian counterpart Putin for talks in MoscowTue Mar 03 2020 - 17:58
Erdogan delays plan to expel Syrian army from Idlib provinceTurkish president agrees to reduce tensions in region following consultation with PutinSun Mar 01 2020 - 18:08
Saudi Arabia creates female football league in bid to loosen restrictionsWomen still must obtain permission to marry, divorce and seek shelter from domestic abuseFri Feb 28 2020 - 01:00
Idlib motorway site of clashes between Syrian and Turkish forcesRussian warplane-backed Syrian army fights Turkish troops close to M5 and Neirab villageTue Feb 25 2020 - 17:24
Death of Hosni Mubarak, Egypt’s longest serving ruler in more than 150 yearsObituary: Hosni Mubarak Born: May 4th, 1928. Died: February 25th, 2020Tue Feb 25 2020 - 15:40
Turkey has multiple reasons to avoid a collision with Russia in IdlibErdogan’s policies have left Ankara isolated, with Moscow one of its most reliable partnersThu Feb 20 2020 - 18:43
Houthi and Saudi-backed Yemen government to exchange prisonersUp to 1,400 captives to be traded in wake of fighter plane downing and village bombingMon Feb 17 2020 - 17:01
Iranian election looms amid woes over US sanctionsBan on reformists and moderates suggests hardliners will win majority in assemblySun Feb 16 2020 - 17:43
Palestinians suffer UN Security Council setback following US pressureWhite House urged members to shelve resolution rejecting US proposal to end conflictWed Feb 12 2020 - 21:02
Syrian army secure control of country’s main north-south highwayTurkey bolsters Idlib outposts as Syrian government forces make gainsTue Feb 11 2020 - 17:30
Mercy flights begin from Yemen after diplomatic breakthroughCritically ill patients fly on UN plane to Jordan but tens of thousands more need careTue Feb 04 2020 - 15:30
Turkish soldiers killed in Syria as battle for Idlib escalatesDeadly exchange with Syian army raises stakes in strategic northwestern provinceMon Feb 03 2020 - 15:50
In the face of Trump's deal, Palestinians run out of optionsAbbas fears being ousted by a figure prepared to accept Trump's plan despite it being rejected by PalestiniansFri Jan 31 2020 - 19:41
‘Our identity as Arabs and Muslims is finished’Michael Jansen: Arab world delivers mixed reaction to Trump’s Palestinian-Israeli planWed Jan 29 2020 - 16:58
Syrian army opens new fronts after short-lived ceasefireRussian and Turkish inability to end war in Syria has implications for the truce in LibyaTue Jan 28 2020 - 17:54
Tens of thousands march in Baghdad to demand US expulsionProtest at behest of Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr comes in wake of Suleimani killingFri Jan 24 2020 - 14:51
Lebanon: Street violence persists despite end to political deadlockNew PM Hassan Diab refers to his cabinet as ‘rescue team’ to help avert economic disasterWed Jan 22 2020 - 17:58
Berlin proposals unlikely to end Libyan conflictSummit leaders call on all parties involved to accept ceasefire and resume political processMon Jan 20 2020 - 21:31
Attempts to finalise government in Lebanon falterDemonstrators mark start of uprising ’s fourth month and call for big protest on SaturdayFri Jan 17 2020 - 17:57
Iranians’ anger at shooting down of plane mirrors wider frustrationsProtests in Iran over targeting of Ukraine aircraft go to the heart of rifts in its societyTue Jan 14 2020 - 18:52
Rebel Libyan general rejects Putin and Erdogan call for ceasefireIn show of strength, Khalifa Haftar snubs truce as his forces continue western advanceFri Jan 10 2020 - 17:50
Iran’s missile strikes aim to draw a line under Suleimani killingThe US should take seriously Tehran’s efforts to put an end to the cycle of violenceWed Jan 08 2020 - 18:17
Cyprus rape case lays bare island’s issues with investigations involving womenBritish teenager’s conviction for false rape claim raises troubling questions for policeTue Jan 07 2020 - 16:04
Iraq in crosswires as it seeks withdrawal of foreign forcesTensions soar as Baghdad views any US role other than fighting Isis as reoccupationMon Jan 06 2020 - 17:18
