Middle East

MK Akram Hasson on Sharaa: ‘How can you accept a killer’ as president?

The veteran politician says American efforts to normalize relations with Ahmed al-Sharaa risk legitimizing a man with a history of mass killings

 Former MK Akram Hasson attends a replacing ceremony at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem on November 10, 2024.
 Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam speaks to the press following the formation of the new government at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon. February 8, 2025.

Lebanon authorizes army to prepare plan to secure monopoly on arms before year-end

 A KURDISH man carries a flag with a portrait of jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan during Nowruz festival celebrations in Beirut, in March.

Turkey sets up parliamentary commission to oversee PKK disarmament

Bahrain's Prime Minister and Crown Prince Sheikh Salman bin Hamad al-Khalifa addresses the 79th United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York, US, September 24, 2024.

Bahrain's Crown Prince reaffirms commitment to Palestinian cause to Israeli envoy


'Considering all options': Netanyahu to rule on Gaza occupation, hostages in cabinet meeting

Witkoff and Netanyahu agreed on a "broad consensus that a deal must include all the hostages" during the former's recent visit to Israel, one Israeli official told the 'Post.'

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a Christian Conference in Jerusalem, on April 27, 2025

No cash to spare: Reconstructing Iran after Israel war could cost $500 b., Mideast expert says

Even before the conflict, Tehran estimated it needed more than $500 billion in foreign investment just to modernize outdated roads, grids, and ports, but now, resources would go to rebuilding.

People ride on a motorcycle as a view shows the aftermath of an Israeli strike on Evin Prison that took place on June 23, after the ceasefire between Israel and Iran, in Tehran, Iran, June 29, 2025.

Sa'ar calls for hostage release at UN, Netanyahu to discuss full Gaza occupation

Five wanted terrorists captured in West Bank raids • UN to hold emergency session for hostages • Sa'ar pushes against demands that Zamir comply with gov't on Gaza

Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar speaks to the media as he arrives at the 5th EU-Southern Neighbourhood Ministerial meeting in Brussels, Belgium, July 14, 2025

Yair Netanyahu calls Qatar 'modern-day Nazi Germany,' source of global antisemitism

“Qatar is the main force behind the unprecedented wave of antisemitism around the world, not seen since the 1930s and 1940s,” Yair Netanyahu said. 

Yair Netanyahu, son of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, seen in court in Tel Aviv on December 10, 2018, where he testified in a NIS 140,000 libel suit he filed last year against Abie Binyamin, a social activist.

Iran’s theater of victimhood: How the Islamic Republic poisons minds and nations - opinion

The Iranian regime is not content to manipulate its own people; its ambitions extend to beguiling the West with a narrative of victimhood.

A MEMORIAL rally for Iranian military commanders and scientists killed in the war with Israel takes place in Tehran this week. The mullahs demand obedience and complicity, says the writer.

AI-powered content creation gives small businesses in the Middle East a voice

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WATCH: IDF soldiers operate in four locations across southern Syria, arrest weapons smugglers

IDF soldiers entered four locations simultaneously and located numerous weapons that the suspects had trafficked, based on prior intelligence surveillance and in-depth field investigations. 

IDF soldiers operating in the Hader area of southern Syria, August 3, 2025.

Gaza hostages David, Braslavski suffering from starvation, Sa'ar to discuss footage at UNSC

Activists block Gaza aid • Netanyahu slams terror groups for propaganda videos • Thousands gather in Tel Aviv protesting A-G Baharav-Miara’s possible dismissal

 Newly appointed Israeli minister of Foreign Affairs Gideon Saar attends a replacing ceremony at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem on November 10, 2024.

Syria's defense ministry and Kurdish-led SDF trade blame over attack in northern Syria

The defense ministry accused the SDF of carrying out a rocket barrage on one of the army's outposts in the city's countryside, injuring four troops and three civilians.

Internal Security Forces officers escort a Druze prisoner and prevent him from being attacked by Bedouins, at an Internal Security Forces checkpoint working to prevent Bedouin fighters from advancing towards Sweida, following renewed fighting between Bedouin and Druze, Sweida, Syria, July 19, 2025.

Voices from the Arab press: Withdrawal of US forces from the region is off the table

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

RECRUITING POSTER for US armed forces, 1917.

The third Temple cannot be built until we are kind to one another - opinion

Striving for social justice in both Jewish communities and society as a whole should be an integral part of our endeavor to rebuild the Temple and our future in general. 

A computer-generated rendition of the Third Temple