The US government has invited Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to join the Board of Peace, a high-level body tasked with overseeing the administration and reconstruction of the Gaza Strip, sources familiar with the matter told Middle East Eye. The board, which has yet to be formally announced, will be chaired by US President Donald Trump, who brokered the Gaza peace deal in September alongside mediator countries such as Egypt, Turkey and Qatar.
Egypt’s armed forces in December rejected government pleas to help ease the debt crisis despite holding more than Egypt's total foreign debt in secret reserves, senior banking and government officials told Middle East Eye. The claims underscore mounting concerns over the opaque role of Egypt’s military in the economy at a moment of acute fiscal stress, as the government struggles to meet debt obligations amid shrinking foreign currency reserves and tightening domestic liquidity.
Three Palestine Action-linked prisoners ended their hunger strike after the government decided not to award a multi-billion-pound contract to the UK subsidiary of Israeli arms company, Elbit Systems. Four others who paused their hunger strike agreed not to resume it. Heba Muraisi, Kamran Ahmed, and Lewie Chiaramello were the last remaining prisoners on hunger strike. Teuta Hoxha, Jon Cink, Qesser Zuhrah, and Amu Gib, who paused their strikes late last year, also agreed to end their hun...
The state is being transformed into one with hollow institutions, driven by messianic religious ideology and sustained by military force
Arab governments that once tolerated the idea of US-led regime change in Iran are now urging restraint, recognising that Israeli expansionism has become the region's main threat
A potentially imminent US military strike on Iran appeared to be on hold after President Donald Trump said he had received assurances from “very important sources” in Tehran that planned executions of protesters would not take place.
The United States is preparing to unveil a committee of Palestinian technocrats to govern the Gaza Strip, according to Arab and American media reports on Wednesday. Ali Shaath, a former Palestinian deputy minister for planning, is expected to lead the 15-member committee, which would be overseen by former UN Middle East peace coordinator Nickolay Mladenov.
From Birmingham to Westminster, from football stadiums to newspaper headlines, the term is being deployed as a weapon
The Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood has vowed to legally contest the United States’ decision to designate its organisation and allied branches in Jordan and Lebanon as terrorist groups, calling the move 'detached from reality and unsupported by evidence.'
Syrian Kurdish political parties cautiously welcomed the decree recognising Kurdish cultural rights, but warned it falls short of what they want: full constitutional recognition and legal guarantees, along with a form of autonomy in northern Syria. Late on Friday, Syrian Interim President Ahmad al‑Sharaa issued a decree recognising Kurdish cultural and linguistic rights, including designating Newroz, the Kurdish new year, as a national holiday.
One of Australia’s largest art festivals has axed its writers’ week amid a boycott by more than 180 authors and guests after the cancellation of Randa Abdel-Fattah, a prominent Palestinian-Australian author and scholar. In a statement published on Tuesday, the Adelaide Festival’s board said its “decision has created more division and for that we express our sincere apologies”.
Genuine rage over economic stagnation is being manipulated to serve western political ends
Regardless of their views of Maduro, many Venezuelans were shocked by the US raid, and do not want to be ruled by America
Former Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said on Tuesday morning that Israel needs to “steer” the protests sweeping Iran “with an invisible hand”.
The US plans to announce its Gaza 'board of peace' next week and hold its first meeting on the sidelines of the Davos Economic Forum, according to a Palestinian-American mediator close to the Trump administration.