- Putin first raised the idea of creating "a gas hub in Turkey for supplies to other countries" during talks with...
Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar told a group of reporters on Thursday that Turkey already had a well-functioning gas trading platform
Russia currently ships gas to Turkey via two pipelines running under the Black Sea and Turkey sends some of that gas onto southeastern European countries
- SIDON, LEBANON - Palestinian fighters agreed a new ceasefire on Thursday after more than a week of deadly violence in Lebanon's...
At least 17 people have been killed and around 100 wounded in the fighting in Ain al-Helweh refugee camp, on the outskirts of Sidon, Lebanon.
Previous ceasefires had collapsed when the warring parties failed to honour commitments to hand over fighters wanted by the other side.
- "We condemn the decision of the Tunisian authorities to refuse entry for the delegation," the delegation, made up of five...
Legislators from the parliament's foreign affairs committee were due to head to the North African country on Thursday on a fact-finding mission.
However, Tunisia's foreign ministry said on Thursday that the lawmakers would not be allowed entry due to "multiple reservations" about the visit.
- The Houthis' visit, expected within the coming days, will raise hopes of a breakthrough in the quagmire conflict that has...
Yemen was plunged into war when the Houthis seized control of the capital Sanaa in September 2014, prompting the Saudi-led intervention the following March.
The ensuing fighting has forced millions from their homes, causing one of the world's worst humanitarian crises in a country already pummeled by decades of conflict and upheaval.
- BEIRUT, LEBANON – The secretary general of the Union of Arab Chambers has called for diversified business models to facilitate...
The secretary general of the Union of Arab Chambers said there was a rise in the variety of goods traded between China and the Arab world in recent years.
Arab nations and China cannot simply rely on the traditional pattern of cooperation that emphasizes on imports and exports of products.
- TEHRAN, IRAN - Saudi Arabia's Ambassador to Iran Abdullah bin Saud al-Anzi has said that relations between the two countries...
The Saudi envoy expressed satisfaction with his country's ties with Iran and the two sides' resumption of bilateral diplomatic relations.
He said that any pact between Saudi Arabia and Iran will lead to the enhancement of peace and security in the entire region.
- The report published on Wednesday by the UK-based organization Save the Children said that nearly 400 children in Gaza, at...
Nearly 100 children’s applications to Israeli authorities were denied or left unanswered in the month of May alone, said the report ‘I Can’t Run, Play, or Get Treatment’.
“Neither chemotherapy nor radiology treatments are available due to Israeli Government restrictions on medical equipment and medication entering Gaza,” it said.
- Military transport aircraft from Middle Eastern and European nations, along with ships, have been ferrying emergency aid to the North...
UN has pledged $10 million to support Libya's survivors, including at least 30,000 people it said had been left homeless in Derna
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the president of Libya's neighbor Egypt, ordered "the establishment of shelter camps" for survivors of the Libyan disaster
- The Ain al-Helweh refugee camp, on the outskirts of the southern city of Sidon, has been rocked by violence since...
The renewed fighting on Wednesday killed seven people and wounded 16, Imad Hallak from the Palestinian Red Crescent's Lebanon branch said.
The latest deaths bring to at least 16 the number of people killed in the fighting since it broke out on Thursday, the Palestinian Red Crescent said.





















