NETANYAHU REJECTS CALLS TO ACCEPT SYRIAN REFUGEES

The Palestinian Authority exercises limited self-rule in some areas of the West Bank, but Israel controls the borders and entry points to the territory... READ MORE›

PARIS ATTACKS WHAT DOES DAESH MEAN AND WHY DOES ISIS HATE IT

It is a term that most Arab states and many European governments use to refer to the Islamic State or ISIS... READ MORE›

IS CAPTURES JORDAN WARPLANE PILOT

International business times uk isis jordanian military confirms capture of pilot muath safi al-kaseasbeh 1 hr ago... READ MORE›

US GOVERNMENT ASKS TOYOTA: WHY DOES ISIL HAVE SO MANY OF THE COMPANY'S VEHICLES?

The us treasury department has asked toyota for help in understanding why isil has so many of their vehicles... READ MORE›

MOST WANTED MEXICAN DRUG LORD EL CHAPO 'VOWS TO DESTROY ISLAMIC STATE'

His prison escape was a major embarrassment for the Mexican government and more than a dozen prison officials have been detained over charges they helped him flee... READ MORE›

UNICEF WARNS OF LOST GENERATION OF WAR CHILDREN OUT OF SCHOOL

This partly explains the increasing surge of migrants into Europe, Dr. Salama said... READ MORE›

BENJAMIN NETANYAHU REJECTS CALLS FOR ISRAEL TO TAKE IN MORE REFUGEES AND PLEDGES TO BUILD 18-MILE BORDER FENCE INSTEAD

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dismissed an urgent call from his opposition leader to not be apathetic in the face of desperate Syrian refugees... READ MORE›

ISLAMIC STATE DID NOT SHOOT DOWN JORDAN PLANE, SAYS US

Mail guardian online jordanian pilot captured by isis after aircraft brought down over syria 1 hr ago... READ MORE›

WEST TO ACCEPT MORE SYRIAN REFUGEES

Syrian war western countries to accept more refugees... READ MORE›

JERUSALEM GROWS MORE GRIM AND POLARIZED WITH CLAMPDOWN

About 200,000 Jewish Israelis now live in East Jerusalem, across the 1967 boundary but within the city limits... READ MORE›

SECRET BRITISH ROLE IN HALTING ISIL 'MASSACRE' IN LEBANON

It cut off the advance of Isil into the small Christian town of Ras Baalbek, in the north of Lebanon... READ MORE›

2 AMERICANS AND A SOUTH AFRICAN ARE KILLED IN JORDAN

The shooting in the Jordanian capital immediately raised concerns of a possible infiltration of the training program by anti-American militants... READ MORE›

LACK OF FUNDS: WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME DROPS AID TO ONE-THIRD OF SYRIAN REFUGEES

Jordan hosts about 630,000 Syrian refugees, including more than half a million in communities and the rest in camps... READ MORE›

ANGER SPREADS WITH 5 ATTACKS ON ISRAELIS

Three of Saturday's assaults took place in the volatile West Bank city of Hebron... READ MORE›

GUNMAN IN JORDAN KILLS 5, INCLUDING 2 AMERICANS, AT POLICE TRAINING SITE

Military and police trainers in Jordan at around 1,000, stationed at air bases, army bases and the police training center... READ MORE›

CLASHES AT JERUSALEM'S AL-AQSA MOSQUE HOURS AHEAD OF JEWISH NEW YEAR

Video Clashes at Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque hours ahead of Jewish New Year... READ MORE›

KERRY TRAVELS TO JORDAN IN QUEST TO STOP VIOLENCE IN ISRAEL

The two meetings were a critical next step after Kerry met Thursday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Berlin... READ MORE›

JORDANIANS 'AT BOILING POINT' OVER REFUGEES

King Abdullah of Jordan says his country is at boiling point because of an influx of hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees... READ MORE›

PARIS ATTACKS ARE WEST'S INTERVENTIONS 'COMING BACK TO HAUNT US,' SAYS KEN LIVINGSTONE

On Monday morning David Cameron said British security services have prevented seven attacks in the last six months and warned a Paris-style attack could happen here ... READ MORE›

IN JORDAN, WE UNDERSTAND A REFUGEE CRISIS

In the shops, subsidised consumer goods do not discriminate between a Jordanian and a Syrian, despite the economic impact the refugees are having... READ MORE›

JORDAN FREES SOLDIER WHO KILLED 7 ISRAELI SCHOOLGIRLS IN 97 RAMPAGE

The Israeli government and the bereaved families had protested earlier calls in Jordan for Mr. Daqamseh's prison term to be cut short... READ MORE›

THE LONG QUEST TO FIND THE BIBLICAL CITIES OF SODOM AND GOMORRAH

Navy to conduct an expedition down the Jordan River to the Dead Sea... READ MORE›

It was not clear whether the Arab commitment to take all necessary action against Islamic State and other militant groups would include direct military involvement in Iraq or Syria... READ MORE›

RUSSIAN STRIKES KILLED CIVILIANS: SYRIAN OPPOSITION LEADER

General Assembly meeting said the civilians had been killed in five different areas... READ MORE›

US-BACKED KURDISH FORCES 'COMMITTING WAR CRIMES AGAINST SYRIAN CIVILIANS'

US-backed Kurdish forces 'committing war crimes against Syrian civilians'... READ MORE›

SYRIA WAR REFUGEES' KEY ROLE IN TELLING THE STORY

The trouble is that in Jordan those Syrian families are joining previous generations of families who have been fleeing wars across the Middle East for the last 70 years... READ MORE›

IS SHOOTS DOWN WARPLANE, CAPTURES PILOT, REPORTS SAY

3 COMMENTEMAILMORE The Islamic State group captured the pilot of a Jordanian warplane that crashed in northern Syria, Jordan's army said Wednesday, according to media reports... READ MORE›

U.S. AIMS TO SHIFT ISRAEL FOCUS TO SECURITY TIES AFTER IRAN DEAL

The United States and Israel fundamentally differ on whether the Iran nuclear deal makes both countries safer... READ MORE›

FRENCH AIR STRIKES DESTROY TWO ISLAMIC STATE TRAINING CAMPS

Raqqa has been the regular target of air strikes carried out by the US-led coalition fighting Isil, but also Syrian and Russian raids... READ MORE›

SYRIA CRISIS: FOOTAGE APPEARS TO SHOW AFTERMATH OF RUSSIAN AIRSTRIKES

General Assembly, he said that the Russian Air Forces are cooperating with the Syrian pro-government military to target exclusively Islamic State targets... READ MORE›