Jordan on Monday expelled Syria’s ambassador over his “repeated insults” to the kingdom, drawing a swift tit-for-tat response from Damascus, which ordered Amman’s top diplomat to leave. On the battlefield, Syrian rebels made advances in the war-torn…
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Saudi Arabia has arrested nine university professors for their alleged links to the banned Muslim Brotherhood movement, media reported on Monday. Investigators found the professors, two Saudis and the rest from neighbouring countries, had been involved…
Pope Francis called for Christians, Jews and Muslims to work together for peace as he toured holy sites in Jerusalem on Monday, the final day of his Middle East pilgrimage. On an early-morning tour of key sacred places in the walled Old City, the 77…
25 May 2014 – The United Nations humanitarian chief today expressed outrage at a deliberate attack on a humanitarian warehouse…
25 May 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today regretted that the Lebanese Parliament was unable to elect a new president…
23 May 2014 – Health experts and veterinarians called for stepped-up monitoring, investigations and immediate reporting of cases of the…
23 May 2014 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today condemned a deadly mortar attack on an electoral rally in southern Syria…
23 May 2014 – The United Nations human rights chief has voiced her “very serious concerns” about a recent incident…
Pope Francis arrives in Bethlehem Sunday to begin the most sensitive part of his three-day Middle East tour aimed at forging regional peace and easing an age-old rift within Christianity. After beginning his trip in Jordan on Saturday with an urgent…
22 May 2014 – Despite repeated appeals by senior United Nations officials for accountability for crimes being committed in Syria,…