by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 27, 2017 | Middle East
Tel Aviv- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened, at the beginning of the weekly ministerial meeting, to demolish the house of the Palestinian Nimer Mahmoud Ahmad Jamal, 37, who killed three soldiers from the Israeli Border Police. Netanyahu also...
by Mohamed Al-Daameh | Sep 13, 2017 | Middle East
Amman- Jordan on Tuesday strongly condemned a recent decision by the Israeli Magistrates Court to close down the Bab Al Rahma building on the Al Aqsa Mosque/ Haram Al Sharif compound in occupied East Jerusalem. Bab Al Rahma (Arabic for “the door of mercy”) is located...
by Saeed Abdelrazek | Aug 2, 2017 | Middle East
Ankara – The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) strongly condemned on Tuesday recent provocative acts by the Israeli occupation authorities at the al-Aqsa Mosque. The OIC executive committee, in a statement issued at the conclusion of its extraordinary...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 27, 2017 | Middle East
Saudi Arabia revealed on Thursday that Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz had been in contact world powers, including the United States, to try to prevent Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City from being closed to Muslims and...
by Kifah Ziboun | Jul 26, 2017 | Middle East
Ramallah – The Palestinian Authority held an emergency meeting on Tuesday – chaired by President Mahmoud Abbas – in which it called for escalating popular struggle and holding Friday prayers in public squares rather than mosques. The call was made as...
