Category: 3. Middle East

Federal judge blocks deployment for two weeks, says sending Guard troops would ‘add fuel to the fire’.

A federal judge in Chicago has temporarily blocked United…

Video shows rescuers pulling a boy from the rubble of his home in Gaza City. Israeli forces attacked the house on Thursday after the approval of a ceasefire agreement with Hamas.

Explosions and smoke were seen in Gaza on Friday, with attacks taking place after Israel’s government ratified the first phase of the ceasefire deal. Palestinians are waiting for Israeli forces to withdraw from parts of the enclave so…

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Russia welcomes the agreement reached between Iran and Saudi Arabia, while warning that some parties are attempting to keep Gulf states suspicious of Tehran.

In an interview…

Thousands of antigovernment protesters have marched through Madagascar’s capital, with several sustaining injuries when police forcefully dispersed the latest…

Israeli Army Radio, citing a security source, reported that Israel will not hand over the bodies of Yahya Sinwar, head of Hamas’s Political Bureau and mastermind of the 7 October cross- border attack, and his…

Khalil al-Hayya, leader of the Palestinian Resistance Movement (Hamas) in the Gaza Strip, praised the steadfastness of Palestinians and the role of fighters in resisting Israeli military operations, saying they had…

Kim Jong Un claims no mistakes made in 80-year history of ruling party at event attended by Chinese and Russian leaders.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has declared the country’s global standing is growing stronger and promised to transform the…

Sami Al-Arian, a professor at Istanbul Zaim University, talks about the Gaza ceasefire deal and the key conditions required for it to hold.

Israel’s government has approved “phase one” of the agreement, which will see captives exchanged and Israel withdraw from parts of Gaza. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked President Trump and US officials for their…