AyeshaSidar

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas began a four-day state visit to China on Tuesday. This is his fifth official trip to the country, said the spokeswoman for the Foreign Ministry in Beijing. Abbas is in China at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, explained Hua Chunying. He is the first Arab state leader to be hosted by Xi this year, as China and Palestine mark 35 years of diplomatic relations. […]

Saudi Arabia announced on Sunday billions of dollars in investment deals between China and the Arab world, on the first day of the China-Arab business conference in Riyadh. The meeting came amid growing commercial and diplomatic ties between Beijing and Middle Eastern countries, including a recent landmark Chinese-brokered rapprochement between powerhouses Iran and Saudi Arabia that has shifted regional relations. The oil-rich kingdom is hosting the conference, now in its 10th edition, for the first time. Over two […]

An Israeli lawmaker has suggested a plan to divide Al-Aqsa Mosque between Jews and Muslims, sparking major concerns from Palestinians who have long held fears of the holy site being split up. Amit Halevi, an MP with the governing Likud party, outlined his plan in an interview with the Hebrew-language newspaper Zeman Israel, in which he called for giving Muslims around 30 percent of the southern section of the compound, while the rest would be […]