Al-Araby

A French appeal court on Wednesday upheld charges of complicity in crimes against humanity in Syria against multinational industrial company Lafarge. The company, founded and headquartered in France, and its Syrian subsidiary, Lafarge Cement Syria, are…

Jordan will begin a hunt for oil in the southeast of the kingdom, the energy ministry has announced, in a bid for energy security. Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Saleh Al-Kharabsheh announced on Tuesday that oil drilling operations will start…

A recently dismissed employee at one of Iran’s largest state-owned financial conglomerates embarked on a shooting rampage at his former workplace on Wednesday in western Iran, killing three people and injuring five more before killing himself, local me…

Israel’s military will conduct an air drill over the Mediterranean Sea later this month that will simulate an attack on Iran, local media have reported. The war games, part of Israel’s ‘Chariots of Fire’ exercise, will see Israel simulate repeated stri…

Lebanese LGBT+ activists and their allies have expressed dismay after videos appeared of a newly-elected MP vowing to stand against increasing LGBT+ rights when elected to parliament. Waddah Sadek, a businessman with connections to the government, won …

Russia said on Wednesday that it was expelling 34 “employees of French diplomatic missions” in a tit-for-tat move following the expulsion of Russian diplomats from France as part of joint European action over Moscow’s brutal invasion of Ukraine. “Thirt…

Chad is set to receive its first Israeli ambassador in fifty years, marking what Israel called “an important milestone” in relations between the two countries. Ben Bourgel, an non-resident ambassador to numerous African countries including Senegal, pre…

The family of renowned Egyptian writer Taha Hussein has denied reports that his grave was is in the process of being removed, the Al-Arabiya news network reported on Tuesday. The family’s statement followed outrage on social media following reports tha…

Two Lebanese lawmakers charged in connection with the 2020 Beirut port explosion have been re-elected in the first poll since the catastrophe, leaving some families of victims fearing further delays in a stalled investigation into the tragedy. Many in …

An online video released by the youngest son of Egypt’s late autocrat Hosni Mubarak in which he declared that his family had been cleared of corruption charges by the ‘EU courts and beyond’ has sparked mixed reactions over the past hours. In the video,…