Animal welfare group evacuates 40 animals from Gaza zoo
Evacuated animals to be transferred to Jordan and Africa. Evacuation marks the fourth and largest Gaza animal rescue mission since 2007.
Middle East
Fighting in northern Syria kills 13, straining truce
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and first responders report eight dead in shelling in Idlib • Director of local hospital tells state TV that at least five more were killed by insurgent missile fire on the government-held town of Massyaf.
US to designate Iranian Revolutionary Guards as terrorist organization
Move would mark the first time Washington has formally labeled another country's military a terrorist group. Iran has warned of a "crushing" response should the United States go ahead with the designation.
UN: Arab states face water emergency, urgent action needed
U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization says Arab states urgently need to modernize irrigation techniques and coordinate water management strategies.
5 Egyptians deported from Malaysia, Turkey reportedly vanish
Three of the five men were sentenced in Egypt for links to Islamist groups • Head of Human Rights Watch Michael Page cites Egypt's "dire record of systematic torture, forcible disappearances, and unfair trials of dissidents"
A new era in Israel-Gulf ties
The Persian Gulf states appear to have changed their mind about opposition to and war against Israel. They see the...
Let Hamas lose
Hamas has never been more isolated in the Arab world and international arena. It is wedged between the Egyptian hammer...
US energy chief Perry OKs deal to share nuke tech with Saudis
The Trump administration has approved seven applications for U.S. companies to sell nuclear power technology and assistance to Saudi Arabia,...
Arabs seek unity on Golan but summit likely to expose rifts
Arab leaders meeting in Tunisia on Sunday hope to project unified opposition to the Trump administration's acceptance of Israeli control...
Iran to cement ties with Lebanon, Hezbollah despite US pressure
Hezbollah, whose influence has expanded at home and in the region, controls three of 30 ministries in the government led by Western-backed Prime Minister Saad Hariri, the largest number in its history.