Middle East
As Israel-Palestinian truce holds, Gaza power plant restarts
Over three days of fighting, 44 Palestinians were killed, including 15 children and four women, and 311 were wounded, the Palestinian Health Ministry said.
US and Israel sign joint declaration on Iran's nuclear program during Biden's visit
Al Jazeera reporter killed during Israeli raid in West Bank
What's at stake for Israel and Gulf Arab countries in light of the Abraham Accords?
‘Sometimes I feel like I betrayed my country’: Lebanon's doctors are leaving in droves
Amid the pandemic and economic meltdown, doctors in Lebanon are lured away by the hope of better salaries — and a future. An estimated 1,000 medical professionals have left since the August blast.
Iran starts 20% uranium enrichment, seizes tanker in strait
Iran on Monday began enriching uranium up to 20% at an underground facility and seized a South Korean-flagged oil tanker in the crucial Strait of Hormuz, further escalating tensions in the Middle East between Tehran and the West.
No joke! How two cartoonists spurred revolution during the Arab uprisings.
Syria's Ali Ferzat and Egypt's Mohamed Anwar radically departed from long-established rules about how to depict their leaders. Their images served as a catalyst for massive uprisings that swept across the Middle East and North Africa in 2011.
Fruit seller Mohamed Bouazizi's protest inspired the Arab uprisings. A decade later, his sister still mourns.
“One day, I hope all Tunisians live in dignity. That’s what my brother wished for,” said Leila Bouazizi, sister of the Tunisian fruit seller who set himself on fire on Dec. 17, 2010.
10 years after the Arab uprisings, Egypt at ‘lowest point’ for human rights
Egypt has gone from a human rights success story to a place where thousands have been detained or executed — and human rights activists have gone underground.
Looking back at a historic time in the Middle East and North Africa
Dec. 17 is a historic day on the minds of many people in Tunisia, elsewhere in North Africa and the Middle East — and around the world. That's because exactly 10 years ago, a single event in Tunisia triggered a series of revolutions across the region.
To cheer up COVID-19 patients, Israeli hospitals send in the clowns
Israel is considered a world leader in medical clowning. When the pandemic hit back in March, one clown knew she could help COVID-19 patients at her hospital — no matter their ages.
Israel urges citizens to avoid Gulf, cites Iran threat
The Israeli government on Thursday urged its citizens to avoid travel to the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, citing threats of Iranian attacks.
PLO official: Biden is 'no savior' for Palestinians but should hold Israel 'to account'
The past four years of the Trump administration has not been good for Palestinians. As President-elect Joe Biden prepares to take office, Palestinian senior official Hanan Ashrawi says his administration has a chance to turn things around.
Amid US-UAE arms deal and US election, Israelis wonder how balance of power in region might change
The news of a proposed $10.4 billion deal for the US to sell up to 50 F-35 fighter jets to the UAE has raised questions among Israeli defense officials, who warn that it could have negative effects for Israel.