For the past few years, governments across the world have paid close attention to conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East. There, it is said, we see the first glimpses of what warfare of the future will look like, not just in terms of weaponry,…
Category: 3. Middle East
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Turkey evacuates thousands as firefighters battle wildfires
ANKARA (Reuters) -Firefighters battled wildfires across Turkey on Sunday amid a searing Mediterranean heat-wave, with authorities evacuating more than 3,600 people from settlements in two provinces.
Wildfires in the southern provinces of Mersin…
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Israeli forces storm Gaza-bound aid ship Handala in international waters | Gaza
NewsFeed Israeli soldiers have raided the Freedom Flotilla ship, Handala, carrying aid for Gaza in international waters. The husband of onboard activist Huwaida Arraf, who urged Israeli forces to stand down, spoke to Al Jazeera while the ship was…
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Civil defense teams evacuated over 350 civilians from Syria’s Suwayda to Daraa – Middle East Monitor
Syria’s civil defense teams evacuated 366 more civilians from Suwayda to the Daraa countryside in southern Syria following security unrest in the area, the service said on Sunday, Anadolu reports.
The Civil Defense…
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Video: Israel drops aid on Gaza after months of forced starvation | Gaza
NewsFeed Months after stopping all supplies from entering Gaza, Israel has airdropped a few aid cartons and allowed some trucks to enter the Strip, following immense international pressure. Israel says it’s also begun 10-hour pauses in fighting…
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‘Apocalypse’: Turkiye wildfires reach key northwest city as hundreds flee | Climate Crisis News
Bursa governor’s office says 1,765 people have been evacuated as more than 1,900 firefighters battle the flames.
Wildfires that have engulfed Turkiye for weeks have surrounded the country’s fourth-largest city, causing more than 1,700 people…
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Sabina Tanovic: How architecture shapes memory and justice | Gaza
How do we remember war, and who gets remembered? In this episode of Talk to Al Jazeera, Step Vaessen speaks to Sabina Tanovic, a Sarajevo-born expert in memorial architecture. From the genocide in Srebrenica to the destruction in Gaza, Tanovic…
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At least 38 killed in church attack in eastern DR Congo | News
The assault in Komanda city is believed to have been carried out by ADF rebels, wielding guns and machetes.
At least 38 people have been killed and 15 others injured in an attack on a church in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo…
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US-EU trade talks: Will Ursula von der Leyen clinch a deal with Trump? | Donald Trump News
United States President Donald Trump is scheduled to hold crunch talks with European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen in Scotland after weeks of intense trade talks between the two sides as Brussels aims to ink a deal with Washington to avoid a…
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Jordan and UAE drop aid into Gaza in first airdrop in months, Jordanian source says
(Reuters) -Jordan and the United Arab Emirates parachuted 25 tons of aid into the Gaza Strip on Sunday in their first airdrop in months, a Jordanian official source said.
The official said the air drops were not a substitute for delivery by land.
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