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Palestinian lawmaker Hanan Ashrawi calls the decision to close the PLO Office in Washington by the Trump administration as vindictive and as an attempt "to pressure and blackmail the Palestinians" (Twitter)

September 17th, 2018 - 12:29 GMT

PLO's Ashrawi Sees U.S. Residency Removal of Palestinian Diplomat as 'Vindictive', 'Spiteful'

Hanan Ashrawi, a member of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)’s Executive Committee, slammed a recent decision by the U.S. administration to revoke the residency visas of a Palestinian diplomat and his family.

Trump, AFP/File

October 25th, 2017 - 01:53 GMT

Trump is Handing the Middle East to Iran and the Press is Still Focused on his Bad Behavior

Children play in the water in Gaza City (AFP/File Photo)

September 19th, 2017 - 11:38 GMT

US Hopes Tackling Wastewater in Gaza Will Help Bring Israeli-Palestinian Peace

Donald Trump is the current commander-in-chief of the U.S. Military

August 18th, 2017 - 12:10 GMT

'Just the Beginning' : It Seems The U.S. Has Big Plans for Syria after ISIS

Chief opposition negotiator Mohammad Alloush (C) of the Jaish al-Islam looks on during the second session of Syria peace talks at the Rixos President Hotel in Astana, on February 16, 2017. (AFP/Stanislav Filippov)

February 20th, 2017 - 08:00 GMT

Astana talks: Opposition says Syrian government attacks are sabotaging ceasefire

The upcoming visit will also offer insights into the relationship between the Netanyahu government and the Jewish community in the United States. (AFP/File)

February 15th, 2017 - 06:00 GMT

Trump and Netanyahu meet to discuss what to do about Iran

A picture taken on February 8, 2017 shows a general view of a construction site in a new housing project in the Israeli settlement of Nili, near the West Bank city of Ramallah. (AFP/Gil Cohen-Magen)

February 9th, 2017 - 08:00 GMT

Israel approves over 1,000 more illegal settler units in the West Bank

Trump and Erdogan have both expressed commitment to the Turkish-U.S. alliance and close partnership, especially on counter-terrorism efforts. (AFP/File)

February 8th, 2017 - 11:30 GMT

Trump reiterates support for Turkey in call with Erdogan

Secretary General of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit. (AFP/File)

January 30th, 2017 - 02:00 GMT

Secretary General of Arab League urges US to reconsider anti-Muslim, anti-refugee ban

Render of the Central Bank of Iraq, designed by the late Iraqi-born architect Zaha Hadid. (Zaha Hadid Architects)

January 19th, 2017 - 06:00 GMT

Iraq closes $1B bond issue, guaranteed by US

Palestinian Hamas militants take part in a 2015 anti-Israeli protest in the southern Gaza Strip town of Khan Yunis. (AFP/Said Khatib)

September 18th, 2016 - 05:00 GMT

Hamas slams US move to list leader as ‘terrorist'

People walk past the sign of the BLOM Bank in Beirut, a day after a bomb blast hit its headquarters in Verdun. (AFP/Patrick Baz)

June 14th, 2016 - 10:00 GMT

Beirut bombing tests the mettle of Lebanon's banking sector

The Israeli government withheld the transfer of some 500,000 Israeli shekels worth of Palestinian tax revenue from the Palestinian Authority after the governing group applied to the International Criminal Court to pursue war crime charges against Israel for last summer's Gaza offensive, which killed more than 2,000 Palestinians and around 60 Israelis. (AFP/File)

March 28th, 2015 - 07:00 GMT

Israeli tax revenue release for PA will help stabilize West Bank: US