Category: 3. Middle East

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that his new plan to expand the war and take control of Gaza City was “the best way to end the war”, defying growing calls to stop the fighting.

Defending his plan in a press conference in…

A UN official on Sunday warned the Security Council that Israel’s plans to control Gaza City risked “another calamity” with far-reaching consequences, as Benjamin Netanyahu insisted his goal was not to occupy the territory.

The United Nations…

President Ahmed al-Sharaa’s new government is trying to attract foreign investment as Syria’s economy lies in ruins.

Jordan will host a Jordanian-Syrian-American meeting on Tuesday to discuss ways to support the rebuilding of Syria, its…

Unlike their government, most Germans support the recognition of a Palestinian state, said an opinion poll published by the Berlin-based foreign policy Internationale Politik on Sunday, Anadolu reports.

Some 54 % of…

GAZA CITY (Reuters) -The “Pele” of Palestinian soccer hoped to keep scoring goals until he was 50. An Israeli tank shell dashed that dream a decade early, his family said, killing Suleiman al-Obeid as he queued in southern Gaza this week to…

Ukraine’s military has said it struck an oil refinery in Russia’s Saratov region in an overnight drone attack, causing explosions and destruction, according to an army statement, as daily aerial exchanges intensify with diplomatic momentum to…

Far-right Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir called Sunday for the immediate overthrow of the Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority (PA), Anadolu reports.

In a post on his X account, Ben-Gvir urged…

(Reuters) -Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Israel has no choice but to “complete the job” and defeat Hamas, given the Palestinian group’s refusal to lay down its arms.

Netnayahu also told a news conference that his…

Israel began to build a new settlement road northeast of occupied East Jerusalem, Palestinian authorities said on Sunday, Anadolu reports.

The Jerusalem Governorate said in a statement that Israeli bulldozers began…

CAIRO (Reuters) -Jordan is to host a meeting with U.S. and Syrian officials on Tuesday to discuss supporting the rebuilding of Syria after more than a decade of conflict and the ouster of former leader Bashar al-Assad by an Islamist-led rebellion…