RAMALLAH, West Bank — Hussein al-Sheikh has been named vice president of the Palestine Liberation Organization , the ...

An Israeli airstrike has flattened a three-story home in Gaza City and killed 10 people, among attacks that have killed at ...

Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas on Saturday appointed longtime aide Hussein al-Sheikh as the first-ever vice president of ...

The PLO Executive Committee announced in a statement that it will convene again next Saturday to select a new ...

Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas on Saturday appointed longtime aide Hussein al-Sheikh as the first-ever vice president of the PLO, a position created two days prior. Seen as paving the way for ...

Hussein al-Sheikh currently serves as secretary-general of the Executive Committee, the PLO’s senior and most limited body, and is known for his close ties with Israel and the United States.

The Fatah veteran, who spent more than 10 years in Israeli jails in the 1970s and 1980s, is seen as a successor to Mahmoud Abbas. Sheikh, 64, is a veteran leader of Abbas's Fatah movement, which ...

The Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), under pressure to appoint a second-in-command to its ageing leader, Mahmoud Abbas, created a vice president position after meeting with senior ...

The Palestine Liberation Organization’s Executive Committee announced on Saturday the appointment of Hussein al-Sheikh as ...

He is a veteran politician who has held top positions over decades, most recently as secretary-general of the PLO’s powerful executive committee for the past three years. The PLO oversees the ...

The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) voted on Thursday to establish the position of vice president, potentially paving the way for a successor to Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas.