- The move came after a Houthi official called this week for both sides to release 200 prisoners before the coming...
The Houthis took over Sanaa in 2014, prompting the Saudi-led military intervention to support the government the following year
This effectively ignited a war that has caused what the United Nations has called the world's worst humanitarian crisis
- Authorities concerned say that since 2020, requests for passport renewals have been ten times higher than in previous years.
Grappling with its worst-ever financial crisis, Lebanon has undergone a massive population exodus that is only worsening as politicians fail to chart a path towards recovery.
According to an Arab Barometer survey published this month, around half of Lebanon's population is looking to exit the country.
- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told Russia's Vladimir Putin on Thursday that Ankara was ready to do more to end...
Erdogan's office said that Putin "thanked" the Turkish leader for helping arrange the exchange of ex-Marine Trevor Reed for the former Russian pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko
Turkey hosted a meeting between Russian and Ukrainian negotiators in Istanbul and another between Lavrov and Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba in Antalya last month
- Libya's reduced output also comes as global oil prices remain under pressure since Russia, an OPEC+ producer, invaded Ukraine in...
Libya's output of oil have been halved to around 600,000 barrels per day because of the closing of several sites this month
Eastern Libyan have forced the closure of oil facilities to force Tripoli-based premier Abdulhamid Dbeibah to step down
- Gas giant Algeria threatened Wednesday to break a contract to supply gas to Spain if Madrid transferred it onwards to...
Algeria, Africa's largest gas exporter, previously also supplied gas through a second GME (Gaz Maghreb Europe) pipeline, which links Spain to Algeria via Morocco
But Algiers in November shut supply through the GME due to a diplomatic rupture with Rabat, depriving Morocco of Algerian gas
- NATO member Turkey said it was still talking to Russia about procuring the second batch of one of its most...
Turkey's leading role in trying to mediate an end to the conflict through direct negotiations has helped to improve its relations with Washington
Turkey is looking to modernize its airforce after being kicked out of the F-35 fighter jet program because of its purchase of the Russian missiles
- Israeli air strikes near Damascus on Wednesday killed 10 combatants, among them six Syrian soldiers, in the deadliest such raid...
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said an ammunition depot and several positions linked to Iran's military presence in Syria were among the targets
The other four killed were not members of the Syrian military but belonged to Iran-backed militia, Observatory chief Rami Abdel Rahman said, adding he could not verify their nation
- A Jordanian court on Wednesday sentenced a fugitive uncle of King Abdullah II to 18 years in prison in a...
Kurdi is the former CEO of the Jordan Phosphate Mines Co, one of the world's largest suppliers
In addition to the new jail term, the court fined him 190 million dinars ($268 million), the judicial official said on condition of anonymity
- The CEPA was signed in New Delhi on February 18 in the presence of Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Mohamed...
The CEPA was signed in New Delhi on February 18 in the presence of Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi
The first in a series of countrywide outreach programmes was held in Hyderabad in India this week, organised by the Government of Telangana state
- Families have reported at least 23 still missing, all women and children while Lebanese govt asked armed forces to investigate...
Survivors blamed military for boat carrying 84 capsized and six migrants crossing sea including a kid were killed
Lebanese armed forces said 48 people rescued from the boat and insisted that the smugglers attempted reckless escape





















