Category: 3. Middle East

Five Israeli soldiers were killed in combat in the Gaza Strip, the military said Tuesday, in one of the deadliest days for Israeli forces in the Palestinian territory this year.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lamented a “difficult morning” as…

Lebanon said three people were killed Tuesday in a strike near Tripoli that the Israeli military said targeted a Hamas militant, the first on the north since a November ceasefire with Hezbollah.

The strike came amid ceasefire negotiations between…

ANKARA — A digital clock appeared on Turkey’s pro-opposition Sozcu TV, counting down the hours — 12 and ticking — toward going off the air. The channel faces a possible 10-day blackout widely viewed as a fresh front in the country’s…

ANKARA — Turkey’s pro-opposition Sozcu TV went off the air for 10 days at midnight on Wednesday, local time, marking what many view as a fresh front in the country’s intensifying crackdown on dissent.

“When the clock strikes 12 [5:00 p.m….

In her landmark UN report that accused major companies of profiting from Israel’s genocide, Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese told Al Jazeera that the legal framework was ‘strong enough’ to hold them accountable under…

The Yemeni group, which has not claimed responsibility for the attack, says Israel-linked ships are ‘legitimate target’.

A suspected attack by Yemen’s Houthi group on a Liberian-flagged cargo ship in the Red Sea has killed three sailors and…

Top British diplomat David Lammy says the US-backed aid distribution mechanism in Gaza is ‘not doing a good job’.

British Foreign Secretary David Lammy has decried the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, saying that the United Kingdom could take…

BEIRUT — Syria’s authorities appealed Tuesday to the European Union for support in battling massive wildfires that have been engulfing the country’s northwestern coastal region for the sixth consecutive day.

Minister of Emergency and…