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Middle East Eyeby Yasmine El-Sabawi26 Aug 2026
Lawmakers call on Rubio to intervene in case of US citizen detained by Israel More than 40 US lawmakers have signed a letter urging Secretary of State Marco Rubio to intervene in the case of a US...
Middle East Eyeby MEE staff26 Aug 2026
Return of US diplomats to Middle East seen as reducing risk of return to war AFP The Trump administration is beginning to send US diplomats back to embassies and consulates in the Middle East that...
Middle East Eyeby MEE staff26 Aug 2026
US designates Palestine Action activist group 'Specially Designated Global Terrorist' The Trump administration has designated the UK activist group Palestine Action a Specially Designated Global...
Middle East Eyeby Sean Mathews26 Aug 2026
UAE president's letter to elderly Saudi king seen as jab at Crown Prince UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed's direct outreach to Saudi Arabia's elderly King Salman has been viewed by US and Arab...
Middle East Eyeby Alex MacDonald26 Aug 2026
New agreement sees dissolution of Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have announced their dissolution in Syria as part of an agreement with the...
Middle East Eyeby MEE staff26 Aug 2026
Hundreds of academics and lawyers urge Burnham to lift Palestine Action ban More than 250 academics and lawyers have written to British Prime Minister Andy Burnham urging him to end military...
Middle East Eyeby Ragip Soylu26 Aug 2026
Turkey recruits Trump insiders for new Washington lobbying push The Turkish government hired a lobbying firm with close ties to US President Donald Trump earlier this month under a year-long...
Middle East Eyeby Elis Gjevori26 Aug 2026
Canada bars Jerusalem deputy mayor Arieh King from entering country over war crimes complaints A scheduled visit to Toronto and Montreal by West Jerusalem's Deputy Mayor Arieh King was cancelled on...
Middle East Eyeby Zahra Ladha26 Aug 2026
Trump’s ‘economic D-Day’ tests Iran’s trading ties across the region The US threat to sever Iran’s economic lifeline with a raft of new sanctions, coupled with Tehran’s warnings of military...
Middle East Eyeby Andreas Krieg26 Aug 2026
How Islamophobia has become Israel's Trojan Horse to win over westerners Israel's Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli has explained his own strategy more candidly than any critic could.
Middle East Eyeby Imran Mulla26 Aug 2026
Was Jason Arday really a serial plagiarist? No, the evidence shows Jason Arday was widely accused of being a serial plagiarist and fabulist in a media campaign before his death earlier this month.
Middle East Eyeby Fayha Shalash26 Aug 2026
Israel seizes UN training centre for Palestinian teens in East Jerusalem Israeli forces on Tuesday seized the last remaining facility run by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, Unrwa, in...
Middle East Eyeby Ali Bakir26 Aug 2026
How Turkey should respond to Israel's escalation in Syria Last week, Israel carried out a raid targeting the runway of Syria’s Abu al-Duhur airbase, a largely inactive facility with no flights...
Middle East Eyeby Fayha Shalash26 Aug 2026
‘My land is forbidden to me’: Israel’s settlement push encircles Jenin Ahmed Zeidat was tending his olive trees in the occupied West Bank when a group of Israeli settlers came charging towards him.
Middle East Eyeby MEE staff25 Aug 2026
Bangladesh could join Mecca pact, official suggests Bangladesh may be joining the defence agreement signed by Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan earlier this month.
Middle East Eyeby Ragip Soylu25 Aug 2026
Turkey won’t abandon Syria or let Israel draw ‘red lines’, Erdogan says Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan responded on Monday to Israeli strikes on a Syrian military base last week, saying...
Middle East Eyeby Azad Essa25 Aug 2026
Activists urge Mamdani to cancel Hindu nationalist event in New York City Activists are urging New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani to cancel an event that will be held at Madison Square Garden this...
Middle East Eyeby Hamid Dabashi25 Aug 2026
War on Iran: Left-wing luminaries behind Guardian letter have lost the plot In an open letter published last week in the Guardian, addressed to "fellow activists, students, thinkers, workers...
Middle East Eyeby MEE staff25 Aug 2026
China warns US of retaliation over expansion of Iran sanctions China on Tuesday warned the US that it could retaliate if Washington expands its sanctions campaign against Iran to target Chinese...
Middle East Eyeby Nadav Rapaport25 Aug 2026
Israeli lawmaker smashes Palestinian memorial in occupied West Bank An Israeli Knesset member smashed a Palestinian memorial in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, prompting condemnation.
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