World Dec 30 Airstrikes hit central Gaza camps as U.S. moves ahead with new weapons sale to Israel Israeli warplanes struck two urban refugee camps in central Gaza on Saturday, as the Biden administration approved a new emergency weapons sale to Israel despite persistent international cease-fire calls over mounting civilian deaths, hunger and mass displacement in the enclave.
World Dec 06 Senior UN official denounces 'blatant disregard' in Israel-Hamas war after many refugee sites are hit The head of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees says there's no safe haven in Gaza for civilians — not even U.N. shelters and "safe zones" designated by Israel.
World Nov 21 Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon kill 2 journalists for a pan-Arab TV channel, 4 Palestinian militants The airstrike that hit the journalists also killed a Lebanese civilian, Hussein Akil, according to Al-Mayadeen and Lebanon’s state media.
World Nov 05 Local officials say an Israeli airstrike killed a woman and 3 children in south Lebanon Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported that two civilian cars carrying members of the same family — one of them a local journalist — were driving between the towns of Ainata and Aitaroun on Sunday when they were hit by…
World Oct 20 In Lebanon, thousands are displaced from border towns by clashes, straining state resources More than 4,200 people have been displaced from villages in south Lebanon by clashes on the border with Israel, and local officials say they are ill-prepared for the much larger exodus if the the limited conflict escalates to an all-out…
World Oct 17 5 Hezbollah fighters are killed as tensions flare along the border between Lebanon and Israel Israeli forces and armed groups in Lebanon on Tuesday continued to engage in low-level skirmishes since the outbreak of the latest war in Gaza.
World Jul 20 Diplomatic crisis erupts between Iraq and Sweden over Iraqi man who desecrated the Quran Protesters stormed the diplomatic post early Thursday, waving flags and signs showing the influential Iraqi Shiite cleric and political leader Muqtada al-Sadr, and set a small fire. The attack on the embassy came ahead of a planned burning of the…
World Feb 06 Deadly earthquake worsens suffering of Syrians displaced by war In both government and opposition-controlled areas of northern Syria, buildings weakened by years of bombings were particularly vulnerable to this new shock.
World Jan 18 Syrian refugees face quick deportation after reaching Lebanon A boat carrying more than 200 would-be migrants, most of them Syrians, sank off the coast of Lebanon on New Year’s Eve.
World Dec 17 Morocco's finish in the World Cup playoffs is bittersweet for Arab fans Morocco’s fans in the Arab world took the North African team’s 2-1 loss to Croatia in Saturday’s World Cup third-place playoff philosophically. The team had already made history, becoming the first Arab and first African team to reach the semifinals…