Iran warns US, Israel against making ‘a mistake’
1 February 2026, 05:27 AM
Middle East
World must act to ease Gaza’s ‘dire’ conditions
31 January 2026, 07:37 AM
World
Diplomacy gains as US-Iran tensions rise
31 January 2026, 05:09 AM
Middle East
With Iran weakened, Trump’s end goal may now be regime change. It’s an incredibly risky gamble
29 January 2026, 12:25 PM
Middle East
Military intervention in Iran ‘not the preferred option’
26 January 2026, 01:02 AM
Middle East
US envoys in Israel to discuss Gaza’s future
25 January 2026, 01:01 AM
US urges Syria to support jihadist transfer to Iraq
23 January 2026, 05:18 AM
Iran to consider lifting internet ban; state TV hacked
20 January 2026, 08:54 AM
Middle East
Iran executions seemingly ‘tool of state intimidation’
20 January 2026, 00:00 AM
Iran protest toll climbs to 5,000
19 January 2026, 04:50 AM
Talks ‘likely’ to resume in coming week
A new round of negotiations for a Gaza truce and hostage release deal will “most likely” begin in the coming week, a source close to the Hamas delegation told AFP yesterday.
7 December 2024, 18:00 PM
Is it the end of Assad?
Rebels on a lightning advance through Syria yesterday said they have begun to encircle Damascus as government forces denied they had withdrawn from areas near the capital.
7 December 2024, 18:00 PM
Goal of offensive is to overthrow Assad
Rebel forces pressing a lightning offensive in Syria aim to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad’s rule, their Islamist leader said in an interview published yesterday.
6 December 2024, 18:00 PM
North gaza hospital: Israeli strikes kill 29 Palestinians
Gaza’s civil defence agency said 29 people were killed by Israeli strikes around a major hospital in the northern city of Beit Lahia yesterday.
6 December 2024, 18:00 PM
‘Israel committing genocide in Gaza’
Amnesty International yesterday accused Israel of “committing genocide” against Palestinians in Gaza since the start of the war last year, saying its new report was a “wake-up call” for the world.
5 December 2024, 18:38 PM
Gaza has most child amputees per capita globally
The United Nations said yesterday that Gaza now has the highest number of child amputees per capita in the world, after more than a year of Israeli offensive in the Palestinian enclave.
2 December 2024, 18:00 PM
Syria’s Aleppo slips from govt control
Syria’s second-largest city Aleppo has fallen from government control for the first time since the country’s conflict began more than a decade ago, a war monitor said yesterday, after a surprise advance by rebels.
1 December 2024, 18:00 PM
Syria war monitor says rebels control most of Aleppo
A monitor of Syria’s war said yesterday that rebels controlled most of Aleppo, reporting Russian air strikes on parts of Syria’s second city for the first time since 2016.
30 November 2024, 18:00 PM
32 killed as Israel pounds Gaza
At least 32 Palestinians were killed in Israeli strikes across Gaza overnight and into yesterday, Gaza medics said.
30 November 2024, 18:00 PM
Half of Aleppo now under Syrian jihadist control: war monitor
Jihadists and allied factions have taken control of "half of the city of Aleppo", the director of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said
30 November 2024, 03:56 AM
Syria jihadists, allies enter Aleppo city
Jihadists and their Turkish-backed allies reached Syria’s second city of Aleppo yesterday, as they pressed a lightning offensive against forces of the Iranian- and Russian-backed government.
29 November 2024, 18:00 PM
Israel will do ‘everything’ to stop Iran
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that Israel would do “everything” to stop Iran acquiring a nuclear weapon after Iran’s top diplomat warned it could end its ban on developing one if Western sanctions are reimposed.
29 November 2024, 18:00 PM
Gaza in anarchy
The Gaza Strip has descended into anarchy, with hunger soaring, looting rampant and rising numbers of rapes in shelters as public order falls apart, the United Nations said yesterday.
29 November 2024, 18:00 PM
40 Palestinians killed as Israel pounds Gaza
Israeli military strikes killed at least 40 Palestinians overnight and yesterday in the Gaza Strip, many of them in the Nuseirat refugee camp at the centre of the enclave, medics said, after Israeli tanks pulled back from parts of the camp.
29 November 2024, 18:00 PM
Hezbollah, Israel trade blame over truce violations
Hezbollah and Israel traded accusations that their ceasefire had been breached yesterday, a day after a truce went into effect halting more than a year of fighting in Lebanon.
28 November 2024, 18:00 PM
Israel steps up bombing of central Gaza
Israeli military strikes killed at least 21 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip yesterday, medics said, as forces stepped up their bombardment of central areas and tanks pushed deeper into the north and south of the enclave.
28 November 2024, 18:00 PM
Iran general killed in Syria clashes
A general in Iran’s Revolutionary Guards was killed in Syria yesterday during fighting between Syrian government forces and jihadists, an Iranian news agency reported.
28 November 2024, 18:00 PM
Israel-Lebanon ceasefire: Will it last?
After almost 14 months of fighting, a ceasefire agreement brokered by France and the US has been accepted by both Hezbollah and Israel. But is this the end of the conflict?
28 November 2024, 02:51 AM
Israel-Hezbollah truce takes hold
A ceasefire between Israel and Lebanese armed group Hezbollah held yesterday after both sides accepted an agreement brokered by the US and France, a rare victory for diplomacy in the Middle East wracked by two wars for over a year.
27 November 2024, 18:50 PM
Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire takes effect
The accord clears the way for an end to a conflict across the Israeli-Lebanese border that has killed thousands of people since it was ignited by the Gaza war last year
27 November 2024, 03:08 AM