War, sanctions and other economic threats have proven a popular way for the West to try to sway elections in the Middle East. When southern Lebanon went to its municipal elections last week, Israeli media and other Western outlets seemed to expect Hezbollah would...
Dr. Alaa al-Najjar, a pediatrician who works at the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, lost nine out of her 10 children in an Israeli airstrike that hit their home on Friday. Alaa's husband, Hamdi, who is also a doctor, survived the massacre but was badly...
The Iranian Foreign Minister expressed optimism that the US and Iran could reach an agreement over his country’s nuclear energy program. Italy hosted the talks with the Omani mediator issuing a less optimistic statement following the talks. “This round was one of the...
Israel continues to escalate its airstrikes against southern Lebanon on Thursday, with heavy strikes reported and locals saying they are among the heaviest seen since the ceasefire went into effect in late November. Seven separate strikes were reported across the...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at a press conference on Wednesday that President Trump had assured him that the US was committed to Israel despite a slew of media reports that have said there's friction between the two leaders. "Let me give you some...
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said that Russian forces have been instructed to create a "buffer zone" along the Ukraine-Russia border as fighting continues to rage despite President Trump's push for a peace deal. "I have already said that a decision was...
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi has said in a letter to the UN that Tehran would hold the US responsible for any Israeli attack on its nuclear facilities. The letter was a response to recent media reports that said Israel was preparing for a strike on Iran's...
On Thursday, Gaza's Health Ministry published a list of 16,506 Palestinian children it has identified who have been killed by the Israeli military in Gaza since October 2023. The first 27 pages list 917 babies who didn't make it to their first birthdays. The list also...
Gaza's Health Ministry said on Thursday that Israeli attacks killed at least 104 Palestinians and wounded 247 over the previous 24-hour period as relentless US-backed Israeli strikes continue to pound the Strip. The Health Ministry said the bodies of three...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s recent warning that Syria may be on the verge of another “full scale civil war” seems increasingly more possible, with sectarian tensions erupting on multiple fronts, as the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) government’s promise of...
