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Russian ambassador to Israel has slammed the classification by the West, Israel and the Saudi Arabia-led bloc of Gaza ruler Hamas and Lebanon-based Shia movement Hezbollah as terror groups. As long as they have not attacked Russian interests, Moscow cannot Read more
The Palestinian Hamas movement controlling the Gaza Strip Wednesday lambasted Saudi Arabia’s condition to restore ties with Qatar adding that the current Qatar-Arab fallout will favor Israel, which will exploit the situation against the Palestinian people. The movement is facing Read more
US officials have expressed Russia’s potential involvement in the ‘hacking’ of Qatar’s state national news agency QNA late last month after Doha blamed hackers for planting fake news attributed to Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, which sparked diplomatic dispute between Read more
Qatar’s ruler travelled Wednesday to Kuwait City in a move to end diplomatic row with the region’s two most powerful states, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates, following the publication of the gas-rich country’s pro-position on Hamas, Hezbollah and friendly Read more
Israel Tuesday released Palestinian lawmaker Muhammad Abu Tair representing Hamas in the West Bank-based Palestinian parliament after he spent 17 months in prison. Abu Tair was arrested on January 27, 2016 from his home in the neighborhood of Kafr Aqab, Read more
The Palestinian Hamas movement controlling the Gaza Strip Thursday executed three men condemned to death for the killing of the movement’s top military commander in March. Ashraf Abu Leila, 38, Abdallah al-Nashar, 38, and Hisham al-Aloul, 42 were arrested two Read more
The government of Qatar Wednesday promised to track down those responsible for fake information on the state news agency’s channels attributed to the country’s Emir allegedly criticizing the US President and calling Iran a regional ‘super power’. Authorities of the Read more
The Hamas movement controlling the Gaza Strip announced Thursday it captured the killer of leader Mazen Faqha, adding that Israel was the mastermind of the killing. Newly elected political leader of the movement Ismail Haniyeh said at a press conference Read more
Blacklisted Muslim Brotherhood group is willing to abandon its demand for the return of deposed and jailed Mohamed Morsi as the movement seeks to revamp its image for public acceptance, a document has revealed. A document published by the movement’s Read more
The Palestinian movement Hamas controlling the Gaza Strip Saturday elected former Gaza Prime Minister Ismail Haniya as its new political leader in replacement of exiled Khaled Meshaal who has completed a two-term mandate. “The Hamas Shura Council Saturday elected Ismail Read more