Middle Orient

Khalil al-Haya, a member of the Political Bureau of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), said that those behind the assassination of the scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh will pay the price sooner or later, “and those who mess with the fire burn with it.”

Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) said that the US seeks to plunder Syrian oil, maintain the security of the Zionist regime, and expand ISIL terrorist cells in the region by being present in Syria.

The Islamic Republic has given contradictory details of Fakhrizadeh’s death in a daytime Nov. 27 ambush on his car on a highway near Tehran. The killing of Iran’s top nuclear scientist last month was carried out remotely with artificial intelligence and a machine gun equipped with a “satellite-controlled smart system,” …

Clashes in the West Bank injured several Palestinians just days after a minor was shot and killed by IDF fire. Undercover Border Police officers and Palestinians were injured in clashes in the West Bank village of Kalandiya on Monday, just days after a Palestinian teenager was killed by IDF fire …

Turkey’s annual inflation hit 14.03% in November, well above forecasts, raising pressure on the nation’s new Central Bank governor to impose tight monetary policies. Turkey’s annual inflation rose higher than expected in November, climbing to 14.03% according to data released Thursday by the Turkish Statistical Institute.

The Israeli Jerusalem Municipality yesterday demolished a historic stairway which leads to the Al-Aqsa Mosque’s Lions’ Gate (Bab Al-Asbat) and the Old City of Jerusalem.

The success in drone warfare conducted by Turkey and Azerbaijan is a cause of concern for Europe and should force it to consider its options, a senior policy fellow and analyst at the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) has warned.

The president of George Soros’s vast nonprofit network is leaving his position to potentially join President-elect Joe Biden’s administration, according to reports.

Une tribune libre d’Abdelrahim Ali, islamologue et PDG du groupe de presse « Al Bawaba » au Caire. Pendant les vingt dernières années, la France a vu de nombreuses initiatives visant à organiser l’islam sur son sol.

Erdogan chooses provocation, says France should get rid of Macron. Undeterred by prospects of sanctions from both the European Union and the US, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has launched a vociferous attack on French President Emanuel Macron.