The Israeli security cabinet decided during a meeting late on Monday night to remove metal detectors, which had recently been installed at the entrances of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, only to replace them with more advanced surveillance technology in the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem.

Israeli authorities installed metal detectors, turnstiles, and additional security"...

King Salman bin Abdulaziz has decreed the establishment of renovation commissions tasked with the development of two of the most important archaeological and historic sites in the Kingdom, Al-Ola and Diriyah Gate. These two areas’ historic, cultural and architectural significance are expected to make them major tourist attractions as Saudi Arabia’s hospitality and tourism industry matures to welcome both local and international travellers.

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An exiled Palestinian politician who quietly negotiated a power-sharing deal for Gaza with former arch foe Hamas discussed the details for the first time in an interview, saying he expects it to lead to a swift opening of the blockaded territory’s border with Egypt and an easing of crippling power outages.

The Egypt-Gaza border crossing is expected to open by late August and funding has been secured for a $100 million power plant, Mohammad"...

Business confidence across the Middle East has fallen sharply in the last quarter and is now at its lowest level since the second quarter of 2016, according to the latest edition of the Global Economic Conditions Survey (GECS).

The region is also likely to face further challenges over the coming year, according to the quarterly survey of global CFOs and finance professionals, conducted by ACCA"...

There should be one unified Arabic language academy, instead of the 12 academies currently existing in the Arab world, and its headquarters should be Makkah City, said Khalid Al Karaki, President of the Arabic Language Academy of Jordan, the institution that won the King Faisal International Prize 2017 for Arabic Language and Literature.

Al Karaki made this observation while delivering a lecture titled, ‘The"...

Deputy mayor of Jerusalem, Meir Turgeman, revealed on Saturday that the Jerusalem District Planning and Building Committee has approved the construction of 859 new settlement units in Jerusalem.

Kol Ha'ir weekly newspaper reported that Turgeman said that Jerusalem has witnessed a significant construction activity in the past year and affirmed that more building plans are under preparation.

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Israeli forces yesterday confiscated two water tanks in Khirbet Tall Al-Himma in the northern occupied Jordan Valley, along with a pump from a spring used as the community’s main source of water, B’TSelem reported.

The forces then cut a pipe used to bring water from a natural spring to a reservoir in the community of Kh. Um Al-Jmal, used for livestock and irrigation.

Israeli bulldozers razed Palestinian land near the village of Jalud, south of occupied Nablus, yesterday morning to expand an Israeli settlement, Palestinian sources said.

The head of Jalud village council, Abdullah Haj Mohammed, said the Israeli bulldozers flatten land confiscated by the Israeli authorities 27 years ago in order to build a new neighbourhood in an illegal settlement.

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The Saudi Ministry of Interior has announced that a major terrorist attack was prevented by security services in the city of Saihat in the Qatif governorate. On the evening of Friday, July 14th, security services intercepted a stolen Toyota Corolla vehicle in a busy, built-up district of the city. As the stolen vehicle was surrounded by security services, three men in the car produced guns and started firing heavily and randomly at both the officers and crowds of civilians near the scene. Saudi security services were able"...