The U.S. and Britain launched another wave of strikes Monday against Yemen’s Houthi rebels, who have targeted international shipping in the Red Sea. Palestinians who flee from Khan Younis from Israeli ground and air offensive on the Gaza Strip arrive in Rafah, southern Gaza, Monday, Jan. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair) Jerusalem: Palestinian militants carried … Read more
The deaths, destruction and displacement from the war are without precedent in the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Demonstrators hold signs and wave flags during a pro-Palestinian rally in Brussels, Sunday, Jan 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert) RAFAH, Gaza Strip: The Palestinian death toll from the war between Israel and Hamas has soared past 25,000, the … Read more
Breaking down rising tension in Middle East Breaking down rising conflicts in the Middle East 06:43 Several U.S. military personnel were injured in a missile attack Saturday night by Iranian-backed rebels on Al-Asad Airbase in Iraq, the Pentagon said. At about 6:30 p.m. local time, multiple ballistic missiles and rockets were fired by Iranian-backed militants … Read more
Baghdad: Several United States soldiers suffered injuries after Iran-backed militants in Western Iraq launched multiple rockets and ballistic missiles at al-Assad Airbase on Saturday (local time), said US Central Command. According to the CENTCOM, an Iraqi service member sustained injuries in the missile attack and US soldiers are undergoing evaluation for “traumatic brain injuries”. Notably, … Read more
“In Pakistan’s case certainly, Iran has miscalculated by assuming it would not retaliate” out of fear of being dragged into the wider Middle East conflict emanating from the Israel-Gaza war, said Abdul Basit, a senior associate fellow of the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University. ‘Price to pay’: Iran and … Read more
Normalising ties between Israel and Saudi Arabia is a key element of ending the war with Hamas and a game-changer for the entire Middle East, Israeli President Isaac Herzog said on Thursday at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in the Swiss town of Davos. “It’s still delicate, it’s fragile, and it will take a … Read more
By NAJIB JOBAIN, JACK JEFFERY and TIA GOLDENBERG (Associated Press) RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — A shipment of medicine for dozens of hostages held by Hamas arrived in Gaza on Wednesday, part of a France- and Qatar- mediated deal that marked the first agreement between Israel and the militant group since a weeklong cease-fire in … Read more
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Within 24 hours, Iran launched missile and drone strikes on targets in three countries — Iraq, Syria and Pakistan — and took the extraordinary step of announcing its responsibility for the attacks, triggering anger from its neighbors. The developments have heightened concerns over the possibility of a wider Middle East … Read more
More than 100 days into the conflict, Palestinian authorities say the death toll in the coastal territory has passed 24,000. Israeli soldiers fire a mobile howitzer in the north of Israel, near the border with Lebanon, Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg) Qatar’s prime minister warned on Tuesday of the massive destruction inflicted by … Read more
The deadly strikes by the United States and United Kingdom on Houthi rebels in Yemen risks instigating a wider war in the Middle East involving additional proxy groups connected to Iran. The Houthis and their chief sponsor, Iran, have condemned the strikes, which they said hit 73 sites in Yemen and killed at least five … Read more
