Category: Middle East

Thu 15 May 2025: US President Donald Trump said today that the United States was getting very close to securing a nuclear deal with Iran, and Tehran had “sort of” agreed to the terms, Reuters reports. “We’re in very serious negotiations with Iran for long-term peace,” Trump said on a tour of the Gulf, according to a […]

Wed 14 May 2025: US president says ‘all sanctions’ on Damascus will be dropped, after talks with Saudi and Turkish leaders. United States President Donald Trump says Washington is considering the normalisation of ties with Damascus after he met Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa, the first such encounter between the two nations’ leaders in 25 years. […]

Tue 13 May 2025: US President Donald Trump has arrived in Saudi Arabia, in what will be the first stop of a three-day tour that will also see him visit Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, also known as MBS, has greeted Trump upon arrival in Riyadh. The White House says […]

Mon 12 May 2025: The Palestinian group says the US citizen was released “a short while ago following contacts with the US administration”. Edan Alexander was taken from his military base in southern Israel during Hamas’ cross-border attack on October 7, 2023, which set off the war in Gaza. His release would be the first […]

Mon 12 May 2025: Move by Kurdish armed group follows February call by jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan to lay down arms. The Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, has announced that it plans to disband and disarm, potentially bringing decades of conflict with Turkiye to an end. The move was reported on Monday by the Firat […]

Mon 12 May 2025: At least 1,500 Palestinians in Gaza have lost their eyesight since the war began, according to the head of Gaza’s Eye Hospital. Dr Abdul Salam Sabbah told Al Jazeera Arabic that the ongoing Israeli assault has left thousands more at risk of going blind due to severe shortages in medical supplies […]

Sun 11 May 2025: The US and Iran concluded the fourth round of diplomatic talks in the Omani capital Muscat on Sunday, officials from both sides confirmed. High-level diplomatic discussions, attended by Steve Witkoff, US President Donald Trump’s senior adviser and special envoy, lasted more than three hours and included both direct and indirect exchanges, […]

Sun 11 May 2025: The UN said Friday that 70% of the Gaza Strip is either within Israeli militarized zones, under displacement orders, or in areas where the two overlap. Emphasizing continued obstruction of aid efforts due to Israeli restrictions, UN spokesperson Farhan Haq said at a news conference that UN’s “partners working to support […]

Sat 10 May 2025: The Gaza government warned Friday that more than 65,000 children are at immediate risk from famine because of Israel’s siege and two-month blockade of essential supplies to the Gaza Strip as part of its genocidal campaign on the Palestinian enclave. “The Israeli occupation is engineering a famine that kills civilians and […]