Category: 3. Middle East

BRUSSELS, March 17 (Reuters) – Kaja Kallas, the European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, told Reuters on Tuesday there is no appetite among the bloc’s countries to return to business as usual with Russia as…

A building in the northern Israeli city of Nahariyya caught fire on Monday after a rocket attack launched from Lebanon.

The family and legal team of Palestinian national Leqaa Kordia, 33, have expressed strong relief after she was released from custody by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) following more than a year in…

All eyes are on the Strait of Hormuz.

The longer it remains closed, the greater the damage to the global economy.

Iran continues to block tankers…

Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz says Ali Larijani, Iran’s security chief, has been killed in an Israeli strike overnight. There has been no confirmation from Iran.

Israel carried out new strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs and again ordered residents of vast parts of southern Lebanon to evacuate, as more than a million people have been displaced across the country.

Early Tuesday morning Israeli aircraft…

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Israel’s Defence Minister Katz has claimed that Iran’s security chief has been assassinated; Iran has not commented on the claim.

Here are the latest developments Tuesday in the Middle East war:

– Israel targets Larijani? –

Israeli media reported that Israel targeted Iranian national security chief Ali Larijani in an overnight strike, though there was no immediate…

BRUSSELS, March 17 (Reuters) – European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Tuesday diplomatic ways have to be found in order to keep the Strait of Hormuz open, as U.S. President Donald Trump calls on allies to send warships there to…

Air defence systems intercepted drones near the US embassy in central Baghdad early on Tuesday, according to widely shared footage.

Initial reports indicate heightened security measures and heavy aircraft activity…