Mavi Marmara

IHH members were also scheduled to travel to Istanbul to take part in the "Free Jerusalem March."

Third mission for the "lifting of Gaza blockade" expected this summer; Organizers remain mum on details.

In addition to the numerous non-Arab minorities that inhabit the region, three major non-Arab states straddle it – Iran, Turkey and Israel.

ICC's ruling says that the incident did not rise to the level of severity of broad-based war crimes allegations which the ICC is empowered to deal with.

Prosecutors found "reasonable basis" to believe IDF troops committed war crimes, although crimes in question were not of sufficient gravity to fall under court's jurisdiction, according to document.

Sweden’s city planning and environment minister, Mehmet Kaplan, was on board Turkish vessel which sought to break Israel’s naval blockade of the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip.

Jordanian authorities continued their campaign against supporters of Islamic State, arresting 87 Salafi Islamic State supporters.

The court's ruling was a major blow to one of the state's broader strategies for discouraging foreigners from organizing flotillas to break its Gaza blockade.

Doha and Ankara have been supporting the Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamist groups throughout the Middle East.

"Block the Boat" activists look to prevent Zim cargo ship from unloading Israeli goods on North America's West Coast.