Mahmoud Abbas

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas holds a leadership meeting in Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, April 23, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Mohammed Torokman/File Photo
Middle East

Palestinian leader Abbas names likely successor in bid to reassure world powers

Abbas, 89, has headed the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) and the Palestinian Authority (PA) since the death of veteran leader Yasser Arafat in 2004 but he had for years resisted internal...

Russian President Vladimir Putin talks to military pilots at the 344th State Centre for combat use and retraining of flight crews of the Russian Defence Ministry in the town of Torzhok in the Tver Region, Russia March 27, 2024. Sputnik/Mikhail Metzel/Pool via REUTERS
Europe

Russia's Putin to talk Middle East crisis with Palestinian President Abbas: Kremlin

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas attends the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, April 28, 2024. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed/ File Photo
Hamas-Israel war

Abbas says only US can halt Israel's attack on Rafah expected in days

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi, Russia November 23, 2021. Sputnik/Evgeny Biyatov/Kremlin via REUTERS/File Photo
Middle East

Abbas says Palestinian Authority will 'reconsider' relations with US

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi, Russia November 23, 2021. Sputnik/Evgeny Biyatov/Kremlin via REUTERS/File Photo
Hamas-Israel war

Palestinian president says Gaza war must end, conference needed to reach settlement

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, at the Muqata in Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, November 5, 2023. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/Pool
Hamas-Israel war

Palestinian president presses US to secure Gaza ceasefire as refugee camp struck

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah on November 5, 2023, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas. (Photo by JONATHAN ERNST / POOL / AFP)
Hamas-Israel war

Blinken visits West Bank to meet Palestinian leader Abbas as Gaza war rages

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi, Russia November 23, 2021. Sputnik/Evgeny Biyatov/Kremlin via REUTERS/File Photo
Hamas-Israel war

Palestinian President Abbas accuses Israel of 'hideous war massacre' after Gaza hospital attack

Jordan's King Abdullah II meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Amman, Jordan October 12, 2023. Royal Hashemite Court/Handout via Reuters
Middle East

Palestinian President Abbas condemns violence against civilians

Palestinians wave flags during a rally marking the 47th anniversary of Land Day, along the border fence with Israel, east of Gaza City, Thursday, March 30, 2023. An Israeli human rights group says that Israel is holding over 1,000 Palestinian detainees without charge or trial, the highest number since 2003. HaMoked, an Israeli rights group that regularly gathers figures from prison authorities, said Tuesday, April 4, that as of April 2023 there were 1,016 detainees held in administrative detention. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)
Middle East

No Mideast peace without Palestinians' full rights: Palestinian President

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas attends a virtual meeting with Palestinian factions over Israel and the United Arab Emirates' deal to normalise ties, in Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank September 3, 2020. Alaa Badarneh/Pool via REUTERS
Politics

Palestinian parliamentary elections delayed, says Abbas, blaming Israel