World Dec 09 Syrian prime minister says government is still functioning but challenges loom Syria's prime minister said Monday that most cabinet ministers are still working from offices in Damascus after rebels entered the capital over the weekend and overthrew President Bashar Assad.
World Dec 01 UN halts aid shipments through Gaza's main crossing, blames looting crisis on Israel The decision could worsen Gaza's humanitarian crisis as a second cold, rainy winter sets in, with hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in squalid tent camps and reliant on international aid.
World Nov 30 World Central Kitchen says Israeli airstrike hit car with its workers in Gaza, killing 5 people An Israeli airstrike on a car in the Gaza Strip on Saturday killed five people including employees of World Central Kitchen, and the charity said it was “urgently seeking more details” after Israel's military said it targeted a WCK worker who had been…
World Nov 25 Why have Israel and Hezbollah not agreed to a ceasefire? Tens of thousands of Israelis who were evacuated from the border months ago are pressuring their government to go home.
World Nov 24 UAE announces 3 arrests after Israel says rabbi who went missing in the country was killed Israel said Sunday that the body of an Israeli-Moldovan rabbi who went missing in the United Arab Emirates has been found after he was killed in what it described as a “heinous antisemitic terror incident.”…
World Nov 24 Hezbollah fires hundreds of rockets, projectiles into Israel in retaliation for Beirut strikes Hezbollah fired about 250 rockets and other projectiles into Israel on Sunday, wounding seven people in one of the militant group's heaviest barrages in months, in response to deadly Israeli strikes in Beirut while negotiators pressed on with cease-fire efforts…
World Nov 20 Israeli officials say under any cease-fire deal they'll demand the right to strike Hezbollah Israeli officials have demanded freedom to strike Hezbollah in Lebanon as part of any emerging cease-fire deal between the sides, raising a potential complication as a top U.S. envoy was in the region attempting to clinch an agreement.
World Nov 13 Settlers in Israel's West Bank hope Trump's return will pave the way for major settlement expansion Not only did settlement building surge during Trump’s first term, but his administration took unprecedented steps to support Israel’s territorial claims, including recognizing Jerusalem as its capital and moving the U.S. Embassy there.
World Nov 06 Trump promises to bring lasting peace to a tumultuous Middle East. But fixing it won't be easy The war has ignited a humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, driven Israel into increasing international isolation, with two world courts examining charges of war crimes, and has sparked a wave of protests on American campuses that have fueled debate over the…
World Oct 27 Egypt proposes 2-day cease-fire in Israel-Hamas war with release of 4 hostages in Gaza Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, speaking in Cairo, said the proposal also includes the release of some Palestinian prisoners and the delivery of humanitarian aid to the besieged Gaza Strip.