Middle East
Saudi defense minister visits Iran in highest-level trip in decades as nuclear talks proceed
Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman Al Saud arrived in Tehran on Thursday, in a rare visit by a…
Israel’s pivot to the right brings unprecedented crackdown on freedom of speech
Mahmoud Muna looked on in disbelief as plain-clothes Israeli police officers rifled the shelves in his decades-old bookstore in occupied…
Nine killed in Israeli attack in northern Gaza, officials say, in deadliest strike since ceasefire began
At least nine people have been killed and several others injured in an Israeli strike in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza,…
In Netanyahu’s new Middle East, Syria could become Israel’s biggest strategic gain
Just hours after Islamist rebels ousted longtime Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad in December, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stood at…
Well-known Palestinian journalist detained by Israeli police over alleged ‘incitement’
Israeli police are seeking to keep a well-known Palestinian journalist in detention in Jerusalem on charges related to “incitement” and…
Israel intercepts missile launched by Houthi rebels as US airstrikes hit Yemen
Israel’s military intercepted a missile launched by Yemen’s Houthi rebels early Thursday, the second to target Israel since the collapse…
