Category: 3. Middle East

Al Jazeera reporter Ibrahim al-Khalili reunites with his brother for the first time in almost two years, after his brother Mohammed was released from Israeli detention. He had been held in an Israeli jail without charge for 19 months.

A direct meeting between US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner and senior Hamas leaders in Sharm el-Sheikh last Wednesday was pivotal in securing an agreement to end the war in Gaza, according to a report by…

Malaysian Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan says the US president will oversee a peace deal at the upcoming ASEAN summit in Kuala Lumpur.

United States President Donald…

Al Jazeera’s Nils Alder has been seeing how Lithuania’s military forces are staying ready, at a time of increasing concern over Russia’s military activity.

Here are the key events from day 1,328 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Here is how things stand on Tuesday, October 14, 2025:

• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy…

The Secretary-General of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad Movement, Ziad al-Nakhalah, said on Monday that the release of a large number of Palestinian prisoners would not have been possible without the unity of the…

Egyptian contracting and building materials companies are seeking to secure a leading role in the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip following the recently announced peace agreement, company executives told Al-Shorouk.

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Palestinian prisoner Kamal Abu Shanab said on Monday that Israeli authorities continued to mistreat detainees until the very moment of their release, describing widespread abuse and inhumane conditions inside Israeli…

Various locations, Lithuania – Along the banks of the Nemunas River, flags appear to be a fundamental feature.

On one side, in the sleepy Lithuanian town of Panemune, Lithuanian, Ukrainian, and European Union flags flutter in the wind.

On the…

In open defiance of the newly agreed ceasefire agreement, Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz has declared that the occupation army will resume its military onslaught on Gaza once the remaining hostages are…