Category: 3. Middle East

A strike on Gaza’s only Catholic church injured several people on Thursday, the territory’s civil defence agency and the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem said, as Italy’s prime minister slammed “unacceptable” Israeli attacks on civilians.

The raid…

Georges Ibrahim Abdallah’s prison release on July 25 is conditional: He must leave France and never return. 

A French court has ordered the release of pro-Palestinian Lebanese fighter Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, who has been imprisoned for 40…

This summer in Western Europe, there is constant talk of “unprecedented heatwaves”. According to the media, authorities are working hard to help people cope with and protect themselves from the adverse effects of sweltering temperatures.

As…

Israeli far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir has called for the assassination of Syrian President Ahmad Al-Sharaa, marking the second such call by an Israeli minister in 24 hours.

“The shocking…

BAGHDAD (Reuters) -A drone attack targeted an oilfield operated by Norwegian oil and gas firm DNO in Tawke, in the Zakho Administration area of northern Iraq, on Thursday, the Kurdistan region’s counter-terrorism service said.

The attack is the…

The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Thursday that the death toll from recent violence in Syria’s southern Sweida province has risen to 360.

The announcement came as Syrian authorities and Sheikh…

(Reuters) -A new U.S. assessment has found that American strikes in June destroyed only one of three Iranian nuclear sites, NBC News reported on Thursday, citing current and former U.S. officials familiar with the matter.

President Donald Trump…

GAZA CITY (Reuters) -Two women were killed and several people were injured following a strike which hit the Catholic parish in the Gaza Strip, doctors at the Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City said on Thursday.

The strike damaged the Holy Family…

The Syrian government has announced that local leaders will take control of security in the southern city of Suwayda in an attempt to defuse violence that has killed hundreds of people and triggered Israeli military intervention.

Syrian forces…

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has instructed Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty to launch intensive diplomatic talks with international and regional officials in an effort to de-escalate tensions in the…