Category: 3. Middle East

A six-year-old Palestinian girl was killed by an Israeli strike on a displacement camp in Khan Younis as she played at the door of her family home. A woman was also killed in the attack, which injured several children and a baby.

People in Lebanon have gathered to observe Liberation Day, which marks the date in 2000 when Israel ended its 22-year occupation of southern Lebanon. Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr explains how this year’s celebrations come as occupation returns to…

The Israeli army intensified strikes in southern Lebanon on Monday, as two far-right Israeli ministers called for escalation including attacks on Lebanese capital Beirut.

The airstrikes come as the United States and Iran seek to finalise the terms…

The Israeli army intensified strikes in southern Lebanon on Monday, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had ordered the military to escalate its offensive in Lebanon in an effort to “crush” Hezbollah.

The airstrikes come as the…

Twenty-six years ago this week, Israel was forced to end an 18-year occupation of south Lebanon. Much has changed since, yet Lebanon and Israel still cling to the very policies that dragged them into today’s war, a war that has engulfed Iran,…

Rodrigo Paz says the salary cut for him and cabinet ministers shows the government’s ‘commitment to the country’.

Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz says he will cut his salary and those of his cabinet…

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has announced that her country will host the Iranian national football team during the upcoming FIFA World Cup, due to tensions with the United States.

On Monday, Sheinbaum said that FIFA, the global football…

May 25 (Reuters) – Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian has issued an order to reopen international internet access, Iranian state media reported on Monday, citing an official after a near-90-day blackout in the wake of the war against U.S. and…

Seven months after a “ceasefire” was brokered to halt Israel’s genocide in Gaza, the agreement has morphed into a deadly cover for continued Israeli military operations in the enclave.

Israeli forces have killed at least 880 Palestinians…

Beirut, Lebanon – On May 25, 2000, the last Israeli troops withdrew from southern Lebanon ending their 18-year occupation.

This expulsion of Israeli forces by an armed movement led by Hezbollah has been a cause of national celebration in Lebanon…