Apr 21, 2020
Israel marks national Holocaust Remembrance Day
As in every year, at 10:00 AM sharp, sirens sounded throughout the Jewish State, bringing it to a complete standstill, in memory of the six million Jews that perished as…
Apr 21, 2020
Netanyahu & Gantz form national emergency government
483 days of protracted unprecedented political chaos in Israel - marked by deep divisions, shallow rhetoric and internal bickering dating back to 26 December 2018 – has finally come to…
Apr 20, 2020
Coronavirus expedites relocation of migrants to Europe
47 unaccompanied migrant children have been flown to Germany from camps in Greece as part of an initiative to relocate minors to the European Union. The children, who ranged in…
Apr 20, 2020
Thousands demonstrate against Netanyahu
Amid the coronavirus crisis efforts to narrow the gaps between the representatives of premier Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud and Parliament Speaker Benny Gantz’s Blue and White parties are still ongoing. As…
Apr 20, 2020
Netanyahu eases coronavirus restrictions
Some 905 Israeli coronavirus patients have completely healed from disease over the weekend; as figures provided by the country’s Health Ministry are seemingly show a positive decline in the upward…
Apr 17, 2020
Iraq begins food distribution amid political uncertainty
The fatality rate of the coronavirus in Iraq has reached 80, with a total of 1,434 confirmed cases. Health officials say disease was first brought to Iraqi cities with large…
Apr 17, 2020
Iran dismisses near clash with U.S. in Persian Gulf
Tensions continue to run high in the Persian Gulf after Iran’s Defense Minister Amir Hatami dismissed his country’s reported harassment of U.S. Navy and Coast Guard ships operating in the…
Apr 17, 2020
Red Cross warns of COVID impact on volatile Middle East
The Geneva-Headquartered International Committee of the Red Cross warns that multiple outbreaks of the corona contagion across the Middle East could shatter the lives of millions of already destitute people…
Apr 17, 2020
Israel to gradually reopen several commercial sectors
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accepted the National Security Council’s and Defense Ministry’s proposal to gradually reopen several commercial sectors closed due to the coronavirus crisis , subject to restrictions…
Apr 17, 2020
Jordan easing coronavirus restrictions
Jordanian shopping mall supermarkets have reopened after receiving authorization from government leaders. Prime Minister Omar al Razzaz said that some aspects of the tight lockdown the Hashemite Kingdom imposed to…