Category: 3. Middle East

Tens of thousands of people are scrambling to leave the Middle East after being left stranded by the United States-Israeli war on Iran, with some wealthy travellers spending huge sums to charter private flights out of the region.

Much of the…

Chants of “British bases out” have rung out in recent days in Limassol, as protesters call for the removal of UK military bases from Cyprus’s sun-drenched south coast island.

Demonstrations erupted after a suspected Iranian-made drone…

COPENHAGEN, March 6 (Reuters) – Maersk, one of the world’s biggest container shipping groups, said on Friday it has temporarily suspended two services linking the Middle East to Asia and Europe as the Iran conflict continues to disrupt global…

PARIS, March 6 (Reuters) – Around 50 French ships are currently blocked in the Persian Gulf and another eight in the Red Sea, France’s Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot said on Friday, as Paris seeks support to build a coalition of countries to…

SEOUL, March 6 (Reuters) – South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun said on Friday the U.S. and South Korean militaries are discussing the possible redeployment of some U.S. Patriot missile defence systems based in South Korea to be used in the war…

Asian markets were mixed Friday as the war in the Middle East showed no sign of ending, though there was some reprieve from the surge in oil prices after the United States looked to ease supply concerns.

After a torrid week on trading floors,…

Lebanon’s Hezbollah group urges Israelis to evacuate border areas as Israel continues to bomb the country.

The death toll from Israeli strikes on Lebanon this week has risen to at least 123 people, the…

By Xinghui Kok, Rae Wee and Yantoultra Ngui

SINGAPORE/DUBAI, March 6 (Reuters) – Soon after the first Iranian missile and drone attacks on Dubai last week, two Indian entrepreneurs based there tried to move more than $100,000 each from their local…

BEIRUT/JERUSALEM, March 6 (Reuters) – Israel carried out heavy airstrikes on the Hezbollah-controlled southern suburbs of Beirut overnight after ordering its residents to leave, while the Iran-backed group warned Israelis to leave towns and…

Source tells Al Jazeera that army destroyed 32 RSF combat vehicles, killed dozens of RSF fighters in clashes, drone attacks.