One of President Trump’s lead Middle East peace negotiators lashed out at the Palestinian Authority on Friday, accusing it of institutionalizing support for terrorism amid a dispute over Israeli tax transfers that make up a significant portion of Palestinian revenues. Under longstanding accords, Israel makes monthly transfers to the Palestinian Authority from certain taxes it […]

The baby son of Shamima Begum, a teenager who fled the UK to join Islamic State in Syria, is believed to have died, her family’s lawyer has said. Ms Begum, 19, gave birth to the boy in a refugee camp in the middle of February, having already lost two children. On Friday, her family’s lawyer […]

Thousands of young ultra-Orthodox Jews have clashed with a liberal Jewish women’s group at one of Judaism’s holiest sites, the Western Wall, in Jerusalem. Dozens of members of the Women of the Wall group, who are seeking equal prayer rights, had to be escorted away by police. Protesters, many of them women, responded to calls […]

A leading Israeli Jewish group has cancelled a gala dinner with Israel’s PM after his government froze plans to upgrade a mixed-gender area for prayer at Jerusalem’s Western Wall. The board of the Jewish Agency, which facilitates Jewish immigration to Israel, said it “deplored” the move. It also rebuked ministers for backing a controversial conversions […]

About 400 Islamic State militants have been captured trying to escape the last piece of land the group holds in Syria, a US-backed militia says. A Syrian Democratic Forces commander said the jihadists were caught overnight as they attempted to slip out of Baghuz with the help of smugglers. Hundreds of others have surrendered and […]

Iraq and the Kurdish regional government have charged hundreds of children with terrorism for alleged affiliation with the Islamic State group, often using torture to coerce confessions, Human Rights Watch said. The New York-based group estimated that Iraqi and Kurdish authorities were holding about 1,500 children for alleged IS affiliation in detention at the end […]

BEIRUT, Lebanon — At first, Saudi Arabia was an adventure for Bethany Vierra. An American from Washington State, she taught at a women’s university, started a company, married a Saudi businessman and gave birth to a curly-haired daughter, Zaina. But since the marriage went sour and she sought a divorce, she has been trapped. Because […]

JERUSALEM (REUTERS) – The US military has deployed its most advanced air and missile defence system to Israel for the first time, US and Israeli military officials said on Monday (March 4). The deployment, which began in March, was intended to test the US military’s ability to rapidly deploy such weapons around the world, said […]

JERUSALEM — The pre-Sabbath rush was on at Reuven and Negina Abramove’s grocery store in Rehovot, a city that’s been called Israel’s Ohio for its tendency to mirror the results of national elections. But the proprietors were stuck on the unthinkable: Israel without Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister. The announcement that Mr. Netanyahu, Israel’s prime […]

Conditions in Syria’s Eastern Ghouta continue to deteriorate, but with the government’s lack of security guarantees and ongoing bombardment, many residents feel evacuation is not an option. Saturday marks the fifth day of a Russian-led partial ceasefire in Eastern Ghouta. It has once again failed to produce aid deliveries or evacuations of the critically ill. […]