Arab states

Arab states

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot speaks to the media on the day he attends the European Union Foreign Ministers council in Brussels, Belgium July 15, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Yves Herman

French official tells paper Arab countries will condemn Hamas, trying to get Palestinian statehood recognized

In an exclusive interview with French weekly Le Journal du Dimanche, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Jean-Noel Barrot said the move was part of a long-planned initiative between France and...

A closed Israeli military gate stands near Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, February 18, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Ammar Awad

Israel blocks Ramallah meeting with Arab ministers: Israeli official

A Palestinian man stands inside a house that was damaged by Israeli strikes during Israel-Hamas fighting last May, in Khan Younis in southern Gaza Strip September 26, 2021. Photo: REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/File Photo

Arab states to keep talking with Trump envoy on Egypt's Gaza plan

Palestinians, who were displaced to the south at Israel's order during the war, arrive on foot while making their way back to their homes in the northern Gaza, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City, January 27, 2025. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas

Arab foreign ministers reject Trump call for transfer of Palestinians

Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, China’s President Xi Jinping, United Arab Emirates’ President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Tunisia’s President Kais Saied and delegations pose for a family photo ahead of the opening ceremony of the 10th Ministerial Meeting of China-Arab States Cooperation Forum at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China May 30, 2024. Photo: JADE GAO/Pool via REUTERS

Xi says China wants to work with Arab states to resolve hotspot issues

A man waves a Palestinian flag as people protest on the day of a public hearing held by The International Court of Justice (ICJ) to allow parties to give their views on the legal consequences of Israel's occupation of Palestinian territories before eventually issuing a non-binding legal opinion, in The Hague, Netherlands, February 21, 2024. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/File Photo

Arab states, Turkey, ask World Court to declare Israel's occupation illegal

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad arrives in Jeddah, to attend the Arab League summit the following day, Saudi Arabia, 18 May, 2023. SANA/Handout via REUTERS

Then and now: How Arab states changed course on Syria

An anti-government protester is carried by fellow protesters as he shouts slogans during a rally to demand for the ouster of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh outside Sanaa University March 7, 2011. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah/File Photo

Timeline: Ten years from uprising, Yemen lies fractured and hungry

A woman and her daughters sit outside their tent at a camp for internally displaced people near Sanaa, Yemen, August 15, 2016/ Reuters

Yemen 'Arab Spring' unity torn asunder by hunger and war

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani during the Gulf Cooperation Council's (GCC) 41st Summit at Al-Ula in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday.(REUTERS PHOTO.)

India welcomes restoration of ties between Qatar and four other Arab states