Middle East

Israel

‘World’s largest Arabic lesson’ held in Israel after nation-state law

The event sought to offer a “creative way instead of a violent way” of responding to the controversial law, which declared Hebrew the language of the state and gave Arabic a “special status”.

02/08/2018

Gaza

Fire balloons prompt Israel to stop Gaza fuel supplies

Israel has halted fuel supplies to the Gaza Strip because of incendiary balloons and kites being launched from the enclave

02/08/2018

Turkey

Turkey vows to retaliate over US sanctions

Turkey has vowed to retaliate against US sanctions imposed over the trial of a US pastor accused of backing terrorism.

02/08/2018

Turkey

'If Ozil wants to talk about racism, he should look at Turkey'

Mesut Ozil sensationally quit the German national football team last month, saying he was subject to “racism and disrespect” because of his Turkish roots. But Deniz Naki tells Euronews that if Ozil really has an issue with racism, he should look at Turkey.

02/08/2018

Israel

Israel says Syrian civil war is effectively over

Shortly after carrying out air strikes on the Syrian-held Golan Heights Israel's defence minister said the civil war in Syria is effectively over

02/08/2018

Israel

Educate for a better future - Tamimi

Palestinian activist calls for an end to Israeli occupation

29/07/2018

Israel

Israel releases Italian street artist painting mural of Ahed Tamimi

Agostino Chirwin, better known by the pseudonym Jorit Agoch, was arrested alongside another Italian national and a Palestinian. The Italians have been given 72 hours to leave the country.

29/07/2018

Syria

Hundreds of Syrian refugees living in Lebanon return home

Around 900 Syrian refugees who had been in Lebanon have returned to their homeland over the weekend. This is the fourth round of people to return to Syria in a one-month period

29/07/2018

Turkey

Gulenist Turkish teacher kidnapped in Mongolia freed

A Turkish teacher, who was allegedly kidnapped in the Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar and taken to the city’s airport, has been released after authorities temporarily grounded an airplane.

28/07/2018

World

How are camel milk products being consumed worldwide?

Known in the Middle East as a traditional and culturally important drink, camel milk is gaining popularity internationally.

27/07/2018

World

Date beauty contest and superfood snacks: highlights from the Liwa Date Festival

The Liwa Date Festival has come to an end after eleven days of celebrating the new date harvest.

27/07/2018

Egypt

Egyptian zoo accused of painting donkey to look like a zebra

Donkey or zebra? Egyptian zoo accused of painting donkey to look like a zebra.

26/07/2018

Syria

Syria: Mass funeral after deadliest onslaught in Sweida

The so called Islamic State militants claim responsibility for the coordinated assaults in and around a government-held city and at several villages, in the group's deadliest onslaught in the country for years

26/07/2018

Cinema

Game of Thrones actor highlight plight of Syrian refugees

Game of Thrones actor Liam Cunningham was reunited with a young syrian refugee he first befriended in Jordan in 2016

26/07/2018

United Arab Emirates

Disabled teen thrown off Emirates flight despite doctor's OK to fly

Euronews presenter Isabelle Kumar and her family were removed from an Emirates Airline flight because of her son’s epilepsy, even though doctors had cleared him to fly.

25/07/2018

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Watch: a four-storey building collapse after a landslide

A four-storey building collapsed in Istanbul on Tuesday after a landslide on a construction site weakened its foundation.

24/07/2018

Israel

Israel shoots down Syrian warplane

The incident took place over the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights

24/07/2018

Cult

Beiteddine Art Festival in Lebanon is a real treat

The annual summer event takes place in the large 200-year-old Beiteddine Palace in the Chouf Mountains in the southeast of Beirut. The Spanish flamenco dance group performed dance adaptations of Federico Garcia Lorca's "Blood Wedding"

24/07/2018

No Comment

Watch: stone falls from Western Wall in Jerusalem onto prayer area

No one was hurt in dramatic incident.

23/07/2018

Syria

Russia announces return of more than 100,00 Syrian refugees

In its latest report on the process of returning refugees to Syria, The Russian Ministry of Defense has announced the return of over 70,000 Syrian refugees to Eastern Ghouta from refugee and internally displaced person (IDP) camps.

23/07/2018

Turkey

Swimmers race from Asia to Europe across Turkey's Bosphorus Strait

Over two-thousand swimmers raced from Asia to Europe in Turkey's annual Bosphorus Intercontinental Swimming Race on Sunday.

22/07/2018

Syria

Israel evacuates hundreds of Syria’s White Helmets to Jordan

Israel has evacuated hundreds of members of the White Helmets civil defence group and their families from a war zone in southern Syria “due to an immediate threat to their lives”.

22/07/2018

Syria

Syrian rebels leave quneitra

Syrian rebels began evacuating the border with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on Friday

21/07/2018

Israel

Hamas and Israel agree on ceasefire after strikes

Hamas and Israel agree on ceasefire after strikes

20/07/2018

Gaza

Four Palestinians killed by Israeli forces at Gaza border

Earlier on Friday, Hamas had defied Israeli calls to stop launching incendiary balloons, as Israel's defence minister threatened to order a military offensive to stop them/

20/07/2018

World

Backstage at one of the world’s largest indoor theme parks

Batman and Superman are about to move into their first official home in the Middle East.

20/07/2018