Category: Middle East
Israel strikes on Syria’s Palmyra kill 79 pro-Iran fighters: new toll from monitor
Amid Israeli incursion into southern Lebanon, airstrikes hit Beirut’s southern suburbs BEIRUT: Fierce battles between the Israeli army and Hezbollah erupted in the town…
US envoy to meet Israel’s Netanyahu on Thursday: spokesman
LONDON: In just a matter of weeks, the main UN agency providing vital services to millions of Palestinian refugees will no longer be able…
Sudan’s warring sides commit abuses, including strikes on fleeing civilians, UN report says
Ankara: With Somalia partnering with Turkiye to help build its sea and naval capabilities, questions have now arisen about the potential regional impact of the…
Day 5 at ICJ hearing: Oman says Israel must immediately end occupation of Palestinian territory
Aid agencies hope to evacuate roughly 140 patients stranded in Gaza’s Nasser hospital, a World Health Organization official said on Thursday, as Palestinian authorities reported…
WHO plans more evacuations from Gaza hospital as bodies buried on grounds
DUBAI: Iran and the US are engaged in an intensifying proxy war, which is playing out across several Middle Eastern states. Although neither side appears to…
UN agency for Palestinians refugees at ‘breaking point’: chief
DUBAI: Iran and the US are engaged in an intensifying proxy war, which is playing out across several Middle Eastern states. Although neither side appears to…
How US-Iran proxy wars are keeping the Middle East on edge
DUBAI: Iran and the US are engaged in an intensifying proxy war, which is playing out across several Middle Eastern states. Although neither side appears to…
One killed, eight wounded in gun attack near West Bank settlement
Day 4 at ICJ hearing: Jordan says Israeli occupation ‘unlawful, inhumane and must end’ The International Court of Justice, the UN’s top court, on Thursday…
Houthis order shipping ban, missiles set ship aflame off Yemen
DUBAI: Yemen’s Houthis on Thursday sent shippers and insurers formal notice of what they termed a ban on vessels linked to Israel, the US and…
Abandoned Red Sea ship remains afloat, to be towed to Djibouti: operator
DUBAI: A cargo ship abandoned in the Gulf of Aden after an attack by Yemeni rebels remains afloat and could be towed to Djibouti this…
