Khaled Yacoub Oweis

Israeli missiles hit Damascus airport and other targets this week for the third time since the conflict started

Beijing's wish to play a bigger role in Middle East politics faces challenge from traditional US monopoly

Yael Lempert appears on video with US personnel loading a plane at Jordan's Marka airport with 25 tonnes of medicine and food

Diplomats and officials tell The National Israel is in no mood for a permanent ceasefire, much less a revived peace process

Seven staff wounded in Field Hospital Gaza 76

Hamas is Gaza's most powerful armed group but it co-ordinates operations with as many as 11 other factions

The area is serving as a theatre for attacks on American forces and occasional responses

The kingdom has been fiercely critical of the Israeli response to the Hamas attack on October 7

Rising attacks by Tehran's proxies in Iraq and Syria serve Iranian goal of showing ability to support Hamas

Kingdom, which has diplomatic ties with Israel, has been been fiercely critical of its bombardment of Gaza

McDonald's, Starbucks and Coca-Cola top the list of companies targeted in the movement

More attention is paid to ornamental tropical plants than to Jordan's native species, says Abdullah Pharaon

Abdullah Pharaon now tends to plants and collects fruit on a farm, hoping to preserve his country's native flora

Volker Turk says Israel is also obliged to protect West Bank residents as violence rises in the occupied territory

Day-after scenarios were focus of Antony Blinken's recent Middle East tour, diplomats say