Israel's defense minister has announced a series of raids that he says are targeting "terrorism" in the occupied West Bank, as Palestinian officials warned of a "man-made disaster."
Israel's military is using lessons from its offensive in Gaza in (...)
RAMALLAH— Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas awarded the Star of Jerusalem Medal to the Saudi Ambassador to Jordan, the Non-resident Ambassador-designate to the State of Palestine Naif Al-Sudairi during a ceremony in Ramallah on Sunday. The honor (...)
Ahead through his windscreen, and behind in his rear view mirror, Mustafa al Qadri can see the rest of the long convoy heading toward the Jordan Valley. We pass through the sand-colored, rocky land that descends in the direction of the Dead Sea, (...)
AMMAN — A Saudi citizen was stabbed to death in the Jordanian governorate of Karak on Tuesday. Police arrested the assailant, who fled the scene after the attack, on Wednesday. During investigation, the assailant confessed to committing the crime (...)
RIYADH — The Ministry of Industry and Mineral Resources signed a series of memoranda of understanding (MoUs) and cooperation agreements with six countries during the fourth Ministerial Roundtable, the flagship opening meeting of the Future Minerals (...)
RIYADH — Key Arab and international figures convened in Riyadh for critical meetings on the future of Syria, focusing on humanitarian and political support one month after the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime.
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal (...)
RIYADH — The foreign ministers and representatives of Arab and Western countries, who met in Riyadh on Sunday, discussed the steps to support the Syrian people and provide them with all the aid and support in this critical phase of their history. (...)
RIYADH — The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has expressed Saudi Arabia's condemnation and rejection of the Israeli occupation's claims and false allegations regarding a map published by official accounts affiliated with it. The map inaccurately depicts (...)
RIYADH — The AFC Asian Cup 2027, hosted by Saudi Arabia, will take place from January 7 to February 5, 2027.
The tournament will kick off with the opening match on January 7 and conclude with the final on February 5.
The matches will be held across (...)
JABER BORDER CROSSING — Sixty trucks crossed through the Jaber Border Crossing of Jordan, marking the first convoy of the Saudi Relief Land Bridge meant for alleviating the suffering of the Syrian people. This operation is managed by the King Salman (...)
DAMASCUS — A Saudi delegation from the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) visited a number of major hospitals in Syria, accompanied by officials from the Syrian Ministry of Health, in order to learn about the basic needs of (...)
Italy has summoned Iran's ambassador to demand the immediate release of an Italian journalist who was detained in Tehran in December, as the government and opposition ramp up public pressure on the politically sensitive case.
Cecilia Sala, a (...)
For more than a week, the sprawling Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank has echoed to the sound of heavy gunfire – with masked snipers on rooftops and muffled explosions within its warren of alleyways.
But the combat has not involved the (...)
Syria's new leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, held talks with senior Arab diplomats on Monday, signaling growing regional engagement and cooperation following the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad on December 8.
Sharaa, whose group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) led (...)
The Pentagon announced the US currently has "approximately 2,000" troops in Syria, more than double the previously disclosed number of 900, a Defense Department spokesperson said at a press briefing on Thursday.
"There are diplomatic and operational (...)
President-elect Donald Trump has long suggested he would try to prosecute his political opponents, and House Republicans delivered him a new opening on Tuesday through a report recommending that GOP former Rep. Liz Cheney be prosecuted by the FBI (...)
UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy has said the British government has had "diplomatic contact" with the Syrian rebel group that toppled the Assad regime.
Lammy said Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) remains a proscribed terrorist organization, but the UK (...)
The EU has taken the first step to directly engage with HTS, the Syrian rebel force, while maintaining its designation of a terrorist organization.
Kaja Kallas has instructed a senior diplomat from the European Union to directly engage with the (...)
The Israeli Knesset has approved plans to increase the number of settlers in the Golan Heights, territory that was seized from Syria in 1967.
The announcement comes after the dramatic downfall last week of President Bashar al-Assad, with Israel's (...)
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken confirmed Saturday that American officials have been in direct contact with Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the group that led the overthrow of Syrian President Bashar Assad.
Speaking at a news conference in (...)
AQABA, Jordan — Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, took part in the meeting of the Arab Ministerial Contact Committee on Syria on Saturday in Aqaba, Jordan.
The committee, established by an Arab League resolution, includes (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Minister of Defense Prince Khalid bin Salman met King Abdullah II of Jordan at Al-Husseiniya Palace in the Jordanian capital Amman on Sunday.
During the meeting, they reviewed fraternal relations between the two countries. The leaders (...)
AMMAN — Saudi Arabia delivered the fourth installment of the financial support to the State of Palestine for the year 2024, amounting to $10 million, in a ceremony held at the Saudi embassy headquarters in Amman on Thursday. The installment was (...)
A number of European countries, including the UK, have suspended the processing of asylum applications for Syrians, after the downfall of former president Bashar al-Assad.
Austria's caretaker government has stopped all asylum claims from Syrians and (...)
Brimming with excitement, Syrians poured into Ummayed Square in the heart of Damascus on Sunday to celebrate the fall of Bashar Assad's government.
The square, home to the Ministry of Defense building, became a focal point for jubilant crowds (...)
