Home Global News Middle East News

Middle East News

Breaking updates, policy debates,  ideas, criticisms, essays, expert analysis, commentaries, on-the-spot reporting, insights and opportunities from the Middle East.

Herzog Addresses EU Parliament to Mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). JNS.org – Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Thursday addressed the European Parliament to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day, held annually on...

Palestinian Teen Murders Brother Suspected of Collaboration With Israel: Reports

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). In an act of brutality in the West Bank city of Jenin, a 19-year-old Palestinian was executed by his twin brother...

Torah Manuscript Draws Attention at Riyadh Book Fair in Saudi Arabia

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). i24 News – Visitors to the Riyadh International Book Fair in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, have been captivated by a rare...

IDF Locates Burial Place of Soldier Missing for 75 years

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). i24 News – After 75 years of uncertainty, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has successfully located the burial place of late...

Yemen’s National Airline to Suspend Flights from Sanaa to Jordan

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Yemen’s national airline will suspend the only international commercial flight from Yemen’s capital Sanaa in response to the Houthi administration blocking...

Israeli Defense Minister Gallant to Meet with U.S. Counterpart in Washington

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). i24 News – Israel’s Defense Minister Yoav Gallant accepted the invitation of the American Secretary of Defense, General Lloyd Austin, and...

Responding to the Humanitarian Catastrophe in Nagorno-Karabakh

Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). ...

Israeli Security Forces Arrest 10 Terror Suspects in West Bank Raid

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). i24 News — Israeli security forces carried out a pre-dawn arrest raid on Monday in various localities across the West Bank,...

‘Reactionary and Regressive’: Iran’s President Decries Arab Normalization With Israel

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Sunday denounced any attempts by regional countries to normalize relations with Iran’s arch-enemy Israel, calling it...

When the Dams in Libya Burst: A Natural or Preventable Disaster?

Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). ...

Holocaust Becoming More Acknowledged in Arab World—Report

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). JNS.org – Recognition and teaching of the Holocaust have spread to countries where they were previously uncommon, including Arab states and...

Israeli Government Unveils New Measures to Combat Rising Cost of Living

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). JNS.org – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Wednesday night jointly unveiled economic measures to tackle...

A Return to Civilian Rule in Sudan?

Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). The Sudanese military and a coalition of major civilian actors signed a framework...

Jordanian Court Orders Israel to Pay $500K to Shooting Victim

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). JNS.org – A Jordanian court ordered Israel’s embassy in Amman to pay $500,000 in compensation to a Jordanian citizen injured by...

2 Allegedly Killed in Israeli Airstrike on Syria’s Damascus: Report

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). i24 News – An Israeli attack targeted the Damascus area in Syria late Monday killed two militants at a Hezbollah...

Israel Sets Up Covid Test Station Amid Global Outbreaks

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). i24 News – The new strain driving up morbidity worldwide has been dubbed ‘Kraken’ Following the uptick in coronavirus morbidity worldwide in...

Tlaib erects Palestinian Flag in Capitol Hill Office, Accuses Israel of ‘Apartheid’

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). JNS.org – Democratic Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib on Wednesday doubled down on her claim that Israel is an “apartheid” state and suggested...

We Dismantled a Ticking Time Bomb, says Israeli Army of Jenin Raid

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). i24 News – ‘We’re fully prepared for the event of an attack from Gaza’ Israeli security forces “dismantled a ticking time bomb”...

CrisisWatch: April Alerts and March Trends 2023

Photo Credit: Global Diaspora News (www.GlobalDiasporaNews.com). Opposition turned to court to challenge election of ruling party’s Bola Tinubu as president, while violent incidents marred governorship...

UN envoy ‘deeply alarmed’ over deaths of nine Palestinians in West Bank raid

Tor Wennesland described the deaths - during an intense gun battle at a refugee camp in the city of Jenin - which included militants...

Senior PLO Official: ‘Martyrs’ and Prisoners are ‘Most Precious Jewel’ for Palestinians

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Palestinian Minister Hussein al-Sheikh in an interview with TML News. Photo: Screenshot. JNS.org – The Palestinian “martyrs” and prisoners, as well as...