Middle East

The hidden assets and offshore dealings of several world leaders, politicians and billionaires have been revealed in one of the biggest financial document leaks.

Foreign experts are helping terrorists conduct false-flag chemical attacks in the Syrian provinces of Idlib and Hama in an attempt to implicate Damascus. The Syrian News Agency, SANA, says rockets and toxic warheads have already been transferred to the eara.

Saudi Arabia has confirmed it has been holding talks with the new Iranian government to reduce tensions between the two Persian Gulf rivals. The Kingdom has announced Riyadh-Tehran dialogues are still at an “exploratory phase”.

Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud said Riyadh is conducting a “dialogue” with Washington regarding the war in Yemen. He says Riyadh is seeking to end the Yemen war.

The deputy head of Iran’s Ministry of Tourism has said Iran is ready to repair Syria’s historic monuments which were damaged in the war on terrorist groups like Daesh. Ali Asghar Shalbafian said Iran is capable to do that and can share its experience with Syria.

Ali Asghar Khaji, a senior advisor to Iran’s foreign minister, has held talks by telephone with Hans Grundberg, the UN secretary-general’s new special envoy for Yemen, as the Islamic Republic of Iran continues consultations on how to resolve the Yemeni crisis.

Libya has conducted a major crackdown against migrants, detaining at least 4,000, including hundreds of women and children. During the operation, at least one person was killed and 15 others were wounded, two in serious conditions.

Qatari voters have chosen none of the 26 women in the first legislative elections in the Persian Gulf Arab state on Saturday.

President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, warned on Saturday Israel's rejection of the two-state solution will force Palestinians to "go for other political choices".

240 Bahraini Muslim scholars have strongly condemned Israeli foreign minister’s visit to Manama and rejected all forms of normalization with Tel Aviv.

A research has concluded it was "probable" a U.K. intelligence headquarters was used to assist the U.S. in the assassination of Iran's top anti-terror commander lieutenant general Qassem Soleimani. Tehran has stressed determination to take revenge from the assassins of the late commander.

The Iraqi president says good progress has been made with negotiations between Iran Saudi Arabia, but that some challenges still remain.

Iran’s foreign minister has lashed out at the Bahraini government for having normalized its relations with Tel Aviv and hosting the Israeli foreign minister.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh has condemned Bahrain’s move to divulge its relationship with the Zionist regime and to let the regime’s foreign minister visit the Persian Gulf country as self-deprecating.

Despite widespread opposition of the Bahrainis, Israel officially inaugurated its diplomatic mission in the capital Manama. Before the ceremony, Bahrainis staged rally in Manama to condemn normalization of relations with Israel. Iran has called Bahrain welcoming Israel’s foreign minister as humiliating.

Demonstrators have poured into the streets of Manama, the capital city of Bahrain, to protest the Israeli foreign minister’s visit to the tiny Persian Gulf country.

Israeli soldiers have shot dead a young Palestinian man in the occupied West Bank on Thursday. Later, the Israeli forces gunned down a woman in the Old City of Jerusalem and a bird hunter east of Gaza border.

A request from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas for a meeting with U.S. President Joe Biden on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly was snubbed by the White House, according to U.S. and Palestinian sources.

A senior Iranian Foreign Ministry official has said the Islamic Republic is opposed to any stockpiling and use of atomic weapons.

Iran has slammed the international community’s inaction in dealing with seven decades of Israel’s violation of Palestinians’ rights.

The commander of the ground forces of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps has warned Iraqi Kurdistan region officials to expel members of terrorist and counter-revolutionary groups from northern Iraq.

Russian President Vladimir Putin met with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday in the city of Sochi in southern Russia. It was the first face-to-face talks between the two leaders since the onset of the Coronavirus pandemic.

US President Joe Biden rejected Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s idea over reopening of Washington’s Palestinian diplomatic mission outside Jerusalem.

Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad, in his address to the UN General Assembly on Monday, accused Turkey of continuing to support and protect terrorist groups in the Syrian province of Idlib.

A probe into the deadly explosion at Beirut port, two years ago, has been suspended for a second time after a former senior official asked for dismissing of the chief investigator from the controversial case.