Category: 3. Middle East

Under Israeli bombardment and diplomatic pressure, Ahmed al-Sharaa pulled troops from Syria’s Druze heartland — a move that exposes the interim leader’s weakness just as he sought to assert control.

Since seizing office in December after ousting…

The UN said Thursday that more than 737,000 people have been displaced in the Gaza Strip since an escalation of Israeli attacks in March, underscoring the scale of the humanitarian crisis facing the population,…

Israeli fighter jets bombed Bedouin groups in southern Syria’s Sweida province following renewed clashes between Druze fighters and Bedouin tribes.

On Wednesday, a ceasefire had been reached between the Syrian…

At least 26 Palestinians have been killed since dawn across Gaza in Israeli attacks, medical sources have told Al Jazeera, as the besieged and bombarded enclave’s decimated health system, overwhelmed by a daily flow of wounded, is forcing…

United States President Donald Trump has been diagnosed with chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) after undergoing evaluation for lower leg swelling and hand bruising, the White House has announced.

Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Thursday…

Israel has refused to renew the visas of the heads of at least three United Nations agencies operating in Gaza, a move linked by UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Tom Fletcher, to their efforts to…

A national day of action has been held to oppose what many see as a rollback of civil rights and liberties.

Demonstrations have taken place at more than 1,600 locations around the United States, in protest against President Donald Trump’s

European Union says move amounts to one of the strongest sanctions packages against Russia to date linked to the war.

The European Union has approved a new raft of stiff sanctions against Russia over its war in Ukraine, including a lower oil price…

BEIRUT (Reuters) -Syrian security forces are preparing to redeploy to the Druze-majority Sweida city to quell fighting with Bedouin tribes, a Syrian interior ministry spokesperson said on Friday, further straining a fragile truce in Syria’s…

The Syrian presidency on Thursday night accused Druze fighters in Sweida of breaching the ceasefire agreement, under which government forces had withdrawn from the southern province, home to a majority Druze…