Middle East

Hezbollah says Lebanon move on army plan is 'opportunity,' urges Israel to commit to ceasefire 

Hezbollah official Mahmoud Qmati told Reuters on Saturday that the group considered Friday’s cabinet session on an army plan to establish a state monopoly on arms "an opportunity to return to wisdom and reason, preventing the country from slipping into the unknown". Lebanon's cabinet on Friday welcomed a plan by the army that would disarm Hezbollah and ...

12:34 Et September 6, 2025

Israel calls on famine-stricken Gaza City residents to move to safe zone as it expands operations

 Israel’s army called Saturday on Palestinians in Gaza City to move to a humanitarian area it designated in the south as it expanded its operations in preparation for ...

12:23 Et September 6, 2025

Palestinian death toll passes 64,000, health officials say, as Israel and Hamas dig in on demands

More than 64,000 Palestinians have been killed in the nearly two-year war in the Gaza Strip, local health officials said Thursday, as Hamas and Israel reiterated their incompatible demands for ending ...

12:29 Et September 5, 2025

Yemenis mourn killed Houthi prime minister as rebel group targets ship in Red Sea

Hundreds of Yemenis mourned Monday the death of Houthi Prime Minister Ahmed al-Rahawi, killed last week along with several officials by an Israeli strike, as the group targeted an oil ...

15:32 Et September 1, 2025

Macron’s decision to recognize a Palestinian state in September angers Israel and the US

French President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to recognize a Palestinian state, prompting similar moves from other Western nations, angered Israel and its U.S. ally by putting a two-state solution back ...

12:45 Et August 31, 2025

Israel declares Gaza’s largest city a combat zone as the bodies of 2 hostages are recovered

 Israel on Friday declared Gaza’s largest city a dangerous combat zone and said it was in the ″initial stages″ of a planned offensive that has drawn international condemnation. ...

12:12 Et August 29, 2025

Iran’s rial currency falls to near-record lows on European ‘snapback’ sanctions threat

Iran’s rial currency fell to near-record lows Thursday as concerns grew in Tehran that European nations will start a process to reimpose United Nations sanctions on the Islamic Republic over ...

12:13 Et August 28, 2025

US envoy: Saudi Arabia, Qatar to invest in Lebanon economic zone for disarmed Hezbollah

Saudi Arabia and Qatar are ready to invest in an economic zone in south Lebanon near the border with Israel that would create jobs for members of the ...

11:35 Et August 26, 2025

Israeli double strike on Gaza hospital

A double Israeli strike on a hospital in Gaza killed 20 people including journalists and health workers, according to the outlets they worked for, the World Health Organization and the Hamas-run health ministry. At least one person was killed in an initial strike, and others in a second attack minutes later as rescuers and journalists ...

11:31 Et August 26, 2025

Israel strikes on Yemeni capital Sanaa kill six, wound dozens

Israeli strikes hit the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Sunday in retaliation for Houthi missiles fired towards Israel, with a Houthi health official saying the attack killed six people ...

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