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The "empty seder table" at an event commemorating those killed or abducted from Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7.

9 min

Israel-Hamas war

Let our people go: Kibbutz Nir Oz holds 'empty seder' demanding hostage deal

One of the hardest hit communities in the October 7 massacre, members of the kibbutz demanded an immediate deal before the Passover holiday begins

Read time: 9 min.


The "empty seder table" at an event commemorating those killed or abducted from Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7.

9 min

Israel-Hamas war

Let our people go: Kibbutz Nir Oz holds 'empty seder' demanding hostage deal

One of the hardest hit communities in the October 7 massacre, members of the kibbutz demanded an immediate deal before the Passover holiday begins

Read time: 9 min.


Activists protest against United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) outside their offices in Jerusalem, March 20, 2024.

5 min

Israel

Protesters rally outside UNRWA in Jerusalem, accusing agency of terrorism

50 participants claim UNRWA knows of hostages' location due to its links with Hamas

Read time: 5 min.


This photo was published by Hezbollah's Executive Council on May 25, 2023, showing a meeting of its Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah (R), and Hamas deputy leader Saleh Al-Arouri (L), along with Ziad Nakhleh, leader of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

5 min

Israel-Hamas war

Hezbollah's warning to Israel: Escalating tensions in shadow of Al-Arouri's death

Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati describing the attack as a “new Israeli crime” that risked dragging Lebanon into war

Read time: 5 min.


Saleh Al-Arouri

3 min

Israel-Hamas war

Who was Saleh Al-Arouri, and why was he targeted in Beirut?

Al-Arouri was Deputy Head of the Political Bureau of Hamas and killed in an alleged Israeli drone strike in the southern suburbs of Beirut

Read time: 3 min.


IDF Spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari shows evidence about the Gaza hospital explosion during a press conference.

3 min

Israel-Hamas war

IDF: Clear evidence shows Gazan jihadists behind hospital blast

'Hamas understood it was an Islamic Jihad rocket that had misfired, and decided to launch a global media campaign to hide what really happened'

Read time: 3 min.


Azerbaijani servicemen guard the Lachin checkpoint in Azerbaijan.

3 min

Asia & Pacific

State-of-the-art Israeli arms reportedly used in Nagorno-Karabakh takeover

According to reports, the latest conflict gave a glimpse into the potential use of Israeli drones by Azerbaijan in its operation within the Karabakh enclave

Read time: 3 min.


Ethiopians protest with a banner referring to The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

2 min

Africa

Ethiopia's Renaissance Dam stirring up controversy with neighbors Egypt, Sudan

Ethiopia is dismissing the concerns of Egypt and Sudan, which also rely on the Nile, saying the dam will not impact water supplies

Read time: 2 min.


A fighter of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) stands guard along a road as others deploy to impose a curfew in the town of al-Busayrah in Syria's northeastern Deir Ezzor

6 min

Levant & Turkey

Syria’s civil war evolving with no signs of an end amid ongoing clashes

Fighting between the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces and Arab militias has killed up to 150 including civilians in the Deir Ezzor province

Read time: 6 min.


US soldiers watch as a US Bradley Fighting Vehicle drives in the countryside of Deir Ezzor in northeastern Syria on December 7, 2021.

3 min

Levant & Turkey

Rival factions of key U.S. ally clash in eastern Syria

The clashes have raised concerns about the potential spread of ethnic violence to other regions, including the 900 U.S. troops stationed in the area

Read time: 3 min.


A Taliban security personnel gestures as women stand in a queue outside the passport office in Herat, Afghanistan.

5 min

Iran & Eastern States

Taliban preventing Afghan women from studying abroad

Young Afghan women were blocked at the airport, with several even being pulled off of their plane, as part of the Taliban's nationwide ban on women's education

Read time: 5 min.


Taliban fighters display their flag on patrol in Kabul, Afghanistan.

4 min

Iran & Eastern States

Afghanistan's Taliban marks two years since return to power

Two years after Kabul's takeover, women’s rights are plummeting while poverty and food insecurity are rising drastically

Read time: 4 min.


Supporters of mutinous soldiers hold a Russian flag as they demonstrate in Niamey, Niger.

4 min

Africa

West vs. Russia in Niger: France losing the continent?

Analysts suggest Wagner Group may be returning to its original purpose - trading military expertise for hard resources with Moscow-friendly regimes in Africa

Read time: 4 min.


Worshippers hold the Quran during a protest in Tehran, Iran.

3 min

Europe

Denmark and Sweden search for ways to curb desecration of holy books

Repeated burnings of Qurans in the two Scandinavian countries have jeopardized their relations with Muslim states

Read time: 3 min.


Ukrainian servicemen ride on a tank not far from the front line in the Kharkiv region, Ukraine.

5 min

Analysis & Opinion

Analysis: Ukraine offensive struggles without engineering assets

Insufficient air defenses and lack of engineering assets hampering Ukraine’s ability to overcome the tank ditches, minefields and dragons’ teeth laid by Russia

Read time: 5 min.


A Syrian soldier displays Captagon pills in Damascus, Syria.

3 min

Levant & Turkey

Regional forum aims to tackle Syria-Jordan drug smuggling

Damascus is accused of producing and organizing the smuggling of captagon into the Gulf – with Jordan and Lebanon as main transit routes

Read time: 3 min.


Two US-made F-16 fighter jets take off from the Chiayi air force base in southern Taiwan during a demonstration on January 25, 2016.

6 min

Analysis & Opinion

U.S. seeks to keep control of Mideast skies with deployment of F-35s, F-16s

The move marks another escalation in Washington’s confrontations with Iran in the Strait of Hormuz

Read time: 6 min.


Lebanese Hezbollah fighters take part in cross-border raids, part of large-scale military exercise, in Aaramta bordering Israel.

5 min

Analysis & Opinion

Analysis: Could Hezbollah's Radwan commando unit successfully invade Israel?

An Israeli think tank says the terror group wants to show its 'military operatives who are capable of defending Lebanon, to fuel its reason for existing'

Read time: 5 min.


Image d'illustration | L'avant-poste militaire d'al-Tanf dans le sud de la Syrie

3 min

Levant & Turkey

U.S. and Russia increasingly at odds in Syria amid Ukraine war

While it's the war in Ukraine that's exacerbating the relations between U.S. and Russia, it's in Syria that the real friction between the two is taking place

Read time: 3 min.


A convoy of vehicles loaded with aid makes its way to Madaya, northwest of Damascus, Syria.

4 min

Levant & Turkey

West blames Russia after UN fails to agree on Syria aid extension

Western nations accuse Moscow of deliberately cutting off supplies to one of the last remaining areas of Syria still controlled by rebels

Read time: 4 min.


Le président iranien Ebrahim Raissi quitte son avion après son atterrissage à l'aéroport international de Damas, le 3 mai 2023.

3 min

Africa

Iran's Raisi embarks on Africa tour to boost diplomatic, trade ties

Seeking to sidestep Western pressure tactics, alliance building has become a cornerstone of Iran’s foreign policy

Read time: 3 min.


An employee walks past part of a rocket that sits wedged in the ground in an area at the Veres farm in Novomykolaivka, eastern Ukraine.

5 min

War in Ukraine

Cluster time: U.S. sends Ukraine controversial weapon amid criticism

Underlying Reznikov’s argument is a simple assumption: using cluster bombs may endanger Ukrainian civilian lives, but the Russian military endangers them more

Read time: 5 min.


Australian Corporal Mark Donaldson congratulating Corporal Benjamin Roberts-Smith (R) after he received a Victoria Cross for his gallantry under fire during operations in Afghanistan.

3 min

International

Australian war hero loses defamation case over Afghanistan war crimes

Investigative journalists accused the SAS trooper of murdering civilians and unarmed captives

Read time: 3 min.


A Taliban security personnel walks along the roadside of Bakhshabad Dam in the Bala Buluk district of Farah province, Afghanistan.

3 min

Iran & Eastern States

Explainer: Why Iran and the Taliban are on the verge of war over water

Iran says dams in Afghan territory are impacting its water flow—an issue neither side seems inclined to back down from

Read time: 3 min.


Indonesian President Joko Widodo (R) and his Iranian counterpart Ebrahim Raisi gesturing to photographers at the Presidential Palace in Bogor, Indonesia.

2 min

Asia & Pacific

Iran’s President Raisi visits Indonesia, signs 11 cooperation agreements

Iran is seeking new trade connections as its economy has been battered by Western sanctions

Read time: 2 min.


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