2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (1519+ words) When, in late 2024, the Israeli military was delivering the final blows to Lebanese Hezbollah, the main pillar supporting Bashar al-Assad’s regime, Ankara-backed armed Syrian opposition forces entered the scene and seized Damascus in a swift campaign. Israeli intelligence chiefs believe…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (1551+ words) Israeli warplanes struck the abandoned Abu al-Duhur Military Air Base in eastern Idlib province in northern Syria after Israel reportedly received information suggesting that Türkiye was preparing to establish a military presence there. A Syrian official said the air base…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (523+ words) The foreign ministers of eight countries have strongly condemned Israel’s continued settlement expansion in the occupied Palestinian territories and rejected the controversial E1 settlement plan east of occupied East Jerusalem. The foreign ministers of the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar,…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (363+ words) Türkiye has requested that Interpol issue a red notice for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as part of an ongoing prosecution related to an alleged attack on activists aboard the Global Sumud Flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza, Turkish Justice…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (219+ words) Feels like: 22.5°C22.5°F | Sunny Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan spoke by phone with his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi on Monday to discuss the latest developments in negotiations on reopening the Strait of Hormuz and maintaining the ceasefire. The two discussed…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (547+ words) Feels like: 22.5°C22.5°F | Sunny Lebanon’s Prime Minister Nawaf Salam has called for a clear timetable for Israel to withdraw from Lebanese territory, highlighting growing tensions over a US-backed framework that links an Israeli pullback to the disarmament of Hezbollah. Salam…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (240+ words) Feels like: 30.5°C30.5°F | Sunny Israeli warplanes and drones have carried out a series of attacks on the Al-Mansouri area in southern Lebanon’s Tyre district. The strikes were reported at intervals, targeting the Al-Mashaa neighbourhood and agricultural areas on the outskirts…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (313+ words) Feels like: 30.5°C30.5°F | Sunny The Israeli military says it has killed a Hamas commander who allegedly helped hold several Israeli captives in Gaza. According to the military, Mohammed Bassam Mohammed Mushtaha was killed after being seriously wounded in an Israeli…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (347+ words) Feels like: 30°C30°F | Clear Qatar has accused Israel of “dragging its feet” by rejecting a Gaza peace plan and urged the international community to pressure Israel to move forward with the next phase of the ceasefire agreement with Hamas. Qatar’s…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (191+ words) Feels like: 30.5°C30.5°F | Partly Cloudy Lebanon’s parliament on Tuesday abolished the death penalty, making the country the first in the Middle East to formally end the practice, France 24 reported. “The draft law aimed at abolishing the death penalty in Lebanon…...