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Circassians commemorate the Circassian Mourning Day in Kfar Kama on May 21, 2024. (Courtesy/Adam Choshha)
May 21, 2025, 10:51 am
Mourning their genocide, Israeli Circassians hold fast to multilayered identity
Over 160 years after their people were expelled from the Caucasus, residents of Kfar Kama maintain their language and culture while embracing life as Israelis and Muslims
By Diana Bletter
A makeshift memorial stands outside the Tree of Life synagogue in the aftermath of a deadly shooting in Pittsburgh, on October 29, 2018 in which eleven Jews were killed while at Shabbat services. (AP/Matt Rourke)
March 15, 2019, 10:42 am
As New Zealand targeted, a look at deadly attacks on houses of worship
In past decade, over a dozen armed assaults have been carried out by extremists targeting synagogues, mosques, shrines, and churches
By AP
Yemeni loyalist fighters, backed by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates patrol the streets of central Aden on June 11, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / Saleh Al-OBEIDI)
November 10, 2018, 6:57 am
Saudi coalition halts refueling deal with US for Yemen war
Decision comes as kingdom is under increased scrutiny following the brazen murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi
By AFP
Government officials taking part in a test ride on a new train route near the northern city of Carmiel on March 21, 2017 (Basel Awidat/Flash90)
June 24, 2018, 1:27 am
Israel to begin promoting railway linking Haifa seaport with Saudi Arabia
Transportation minister says he has begun consulting with leaders of relevant countries regarding plan that would give Gulf easier access to Europe
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Iranian laborers work on a section of a pipeline adorned with Iranian (L) and Pakistan (R) flags in the Iranian border city of Chah Bahar. March 11, 2013 (AFP PHOTO / ATTA KENARE / FILES)
December 30, 2017, 9:50 pm
Sunni jihadists claim they blew up Iran oil pipeline
Online video says ‘operation was conducted to inflict losses on the economy of criminal Iranian regime’
By AP
Egyptians carry victims on stretchers following a gun and bombing attack on the Rawda mosque near the North Sinai provincial capital of El-Arish on November 24, 2017. (AFP PHOTO)
November 25, 2017, 6:12 am
Hamas, Hezbollah join Israel and US in condemning Egypt mosque attack
Terror groups offer condolences over death of hundreds in bombing, shootings at north Sinai house of worship
By JTA
Energy and Infrastructure Minister Yuval Steinitz attends the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, October 29, 2017. (Ohad Zwigenberg)
November 19, 2017, 11:16 pm
Energy minister: We have secret ties with ‘many’ Arab states
Yuval Steinitz says moderate Arab world, Muslim countries prefer to keep quiet about contact with Israel — but there is communication
By AFP
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discusses Israel's foreign policy at Chatham House, The Royal Institute of International Affairs, in London, on November 3, 2017. (AFP Photo/Adrian Dennis)
November 3, 2017, 5:53 pm
Netanyahu: Iran is ‘devouring’ nations; Israel won’t let it dominate Syria
PM, in London, says concern about Tehran is forging unprecedented Mideast-Israel alliances, acknowledges ‘very strong’ disagreements with Obama
By AFP and ToI Staff
An armed Afghan civilian looks inside the Imam Zaman Shiite mosque which was a the site of a suicide attack during evening prayers, in Kabul on October 21, 2017 (AFP/WAKIL KOHSAR)
October 21, 2017, 9:32 am
‘Smell of blood and flesh’ in Kabul mosque hit by suicide bomber
At least 39 people killed and 45 others wounded in assault claimed by Islamic State
By Wakil KOHSAR
An aerial view of the word "Peace" in Arabic painted on the roofs of 85 buildings in Tripoli's Syria street which separates the Sunni neighborhood of Bab al-Tabbaneh from the Alawite neighborhood of Jabal Mohsen. The project has been three years in the making, with the artists, 34-year-old twins Mohamed and Omar Kabbani, researching and rejecting multiple locations in their native Lebanon before settling on Tripoli. (AFP PHOTO / ASHEKMAN / Handout)
October 21, 2017, 7:30 am
Art brings ‘Peace’ to battle-scarred Lebanon districts
Painting project on Tripoli’s rooftops will spell out the word ‘salam’ on a scale visible from space
By Sara Hussein
Members of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps are seen at an annual military parade in front of the mausoleum of the late Ayatollah Khomeini just outside Tehran on September 22, 2014. (AP/Ebrahim Noroozi/File)
October 18, 2017, 2:26 pm
Bahrain accuses Iran of harboring 160 ‘terrorists’
Minister says Tehran has trained Bahraini ‘fugitives’ to target police and security forces
By AFP
Illustrative: A Kurdish flag hangs in the Irbil International Airport, in Iraq, September 27, 2017. (AP/Khalid Mohammed)
September 29, 2017, 5:02 pm
Foreigners leave Iraqi Kurdistan before flight ban
Country’s central government has ordered a halt to all international flights to and from the autonomous region
By Wilson Fache
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Ministers Office in Jerusalem, September 3, 2017. (AFP/POOL/ABIR SULTAN)
September 6, 2017, 1:18 pm
Netanyahu hails ‘best-ever’ ties to Arab world
Prime minister says there have been breakthroughs in relations to Sunni states, but can’t reveal details yet
By Raphael Ahren
File: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, waves as he stands next to French President Emmanuel Macron, right, upon his arrival at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, on July 15, 2017 ahead of their meeting. (AFP Photo/Geoffroy Van Der Hasselt)
July 18, 2017, 4:58 pm
Netanyahu told Macron he’s skeptical about Trump peace push — report
Israeli PM said to French president he thinks it’s ‘complicated’ to move forward with American plan quickly, sources tell Haaretz
By ToI Staff
A man walking past the Qatar Airways branch in the Saudi capital Riyadh, after it had suspended all flights to Saudi Arabia following a severing of relations between major gulf states and gas-rich Qatar, June 5, 2017. (AFP/FAYEZ NURELDINE)
June 6, 2017, 2:08 pm
Cutting off Qatar
As the Arab Gulf states mobilize to isolate terror-funding Doha, the Hebrew-language papers focus on the impact such a move could have on Iran and Hamas
By Adiv Sterman
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