Middle East

Middle East

Medicine critically low due to Gaza aid block

Medicine stocks are critically low due to the aid block in Gaza, making it hard to keep hospitals even partially operational, the World Health Organization said yesterday.

2d ago

Iran vows ‘good faith’ in nuke talks with US

Iran said yesterday it was giving high-level nuclear talks with the United States today “a genuine chance”, after President Donald Trump threatened bombing if discussions failed.

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‘Everything gets mowed down’

Israeli troops flattened farmland and cleared entire residential districts in Gaza to open a “kill zone” around the enclave, according to a report published yesterday that quoted soldiers testifying about the harsh methods used in the operation.

6d ago

37 more Gazans killed in Israeli strikes

At least 37 people, including a journalist, were killed by Israeli strikes on Gaza yesterday as French President Emmanuel Macron said that he strongly opposes any displacement of Palestinians or annexation in Gaza and the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

6d ago

Nuke deal / Iran rejects US’s direct talks offer

Iran’s top diplomat has dismissed direct negotiations with the United States as pointless over nuclear talks, his office said yesterday.

1w ago

Wave of Israeli strikes kill at least 46 in Gaza

A wave of Israeli strikes on Gaza yesterday targeted residential buildings and makeshift tents sheltering forcibly displaced families, killing at least 46 people.

1w ago

Iran VP fired over Antarctica trip

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian yesterday dismissed his deputy for parliamentary affairs over a costly trip to Antarctica, as the country grapples with hyperinflation amid a biting economic crisis.

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Israel ‘deliberately’ attacked Gaza aid workers

A video recovered from the cellphone of an aid worker killed in Gaza alongside other rescuers shows their final moments, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent, with clearly marked ambulances and emergency lights flashing as heavy gunfire erupts.

1w ago

Israel’s new ‘security zone’: Palestinians flee Rafah again

Hundreds of thousands of fleeing Gazans sought shelter yesterday in one of the biggest mass displacements of the war, as Israeli forces advanced into the ruins of the city of Rafah, part of a newly announced “security zone” they intend to seize.

1w ago

Israel kills Hezbollah official in Beirut airstrike

An Israeli airstrike killed four people including a Hezbollah official in Beirut’s southern suburbs on Tuesday, a Lebanese security source said, further testing a shaky ceasefire between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah.

1w ago

Netanyahu vows to pressure Hamas after ceasefire proposal

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu repeated a demand on Sunday for Hamas to disarm and for its leaders to leave Gaza as he promised to step up pressure on the group while continuing efforts to return hostages..He said Israel would work to implement US President Donald Trump’s “volun

2w ago

Saudi Arabia to celebrate Eid tomorrow

The crescent moon was spotted at Sudair and Tamir observatories in the Kingdom

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Israel hits building in Beirut’s south suburbs

Israel’s air force conducted a large strike on a building in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital yesterday, a Reuters reporter said, the first heavy bombardment there since a truce deal in November ended a war between Israel and Hezbollah.

2w ago

Israeli actions in Gaza resemble ‘atrocity crimes’

Israeli actions in Gaza, including strikes on populated areas in which civilians have been killed, “bear the hallmarks” of atrocities, the United Nations’ aid agency warned yesterday.

2w ago

1,42,000 displaced in Gaza in one week

The resumption of Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip has displaced 1,42,000 people in a mere seven days, the United Nations said Wednesday, warning of dwindling stocks of humanitarian aid.

2w ago

Israeli strikes across Gaza kill 23

Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip killed at least 23 Palestinians yesterday, local health officials said, as the Israeli military expanded evacuation orders to tens of thousands of residents across the enclave.

2w ago

Iran unveils missile systems on Gulf islands

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have unveiled new missile systems on three strategic islands in the Gulf, saying they can target nearby “enemy bases, vessels, and assets”, state media reported Saturday.

3w ago

Israeli strikes on Gaza kill 30 Palestinians

An Israeli airstrike in southern Gaza killed Hamas political leader Salah al-Bardaweel yesterday, officials of the group said, as residents reported an escalation in Israel’s six-day-old military campaign.

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