Category: 3. Middle East

More than 300,000 ultra-Orthodox Jews (Haredim) gathered in Jerusalem on Thursday in a massive demonstration against mandatory military conscription, paralyzing much of the city’s traffic and exposing deep divisions…

Sudan’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Al-Harith Idris, on Thursday called on the UN Security Council to designate the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) as a terrorist organization and to demand their…

Hundreds of protesters gathered Thursday outside the entrance to Downing Street in central London to denounce recent Israeli strikes in Gaza, which violated a…

Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) leader Masoud Barzani warned that withholding salaries from employees in Iraq’s Kurdistan Region is being used as a “political weapon,” calling the practice “no less dangerous…

“It is a positive sign showing that Hamas is still committed, that they are not willing to abandon this ceasefire agreement.”

Luciano Zaccara at Georgetown University Qatar says that despite repeated ceasefire violations by Israel, Hamas is…

The Lebanese group Hezbollah on Thursday condemned the Israeli military assault on the southern Lebanese town of Blida, accusing the United States of “partnership and complicity” in the attack.

In a statement,…

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan criticised Germany over its ignorance of Israel’s genocide and attacks in Gaza, at a joint news conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Thursday, Reuters reported.

The…

Survivors fleeing the besieged Sudanese city of El Fasher have described scenes of horror and devastation after the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) seized control of the city on Sunday, following more than a year-long…

Two Israeli opposition leaders on Thursday rejected the nomination of Yair Netanyahu, son of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, for a senior position in the World Zionist Organisation, amid growing accusations of…

Carla grew up witnessing her father’s fight to protect Valencia’s fragile beach ecosystems. Now, as climate change warms…