Category: 2. Middle East

The United States has lost seven multi-million-dollar MQ-9 Reaper drones in the Yemen area since March 15, a US official said Monday, as the Navy announced a costly warplane fell off an aircraft carrier into the Red Sea.

Washington launched the latest round of its air campaign against Yemen’s Huthis in mid-March, and MQ-9s can be used for both reconnaissance — a key aspect of US efforts to identify and target weaponry the rebels are using to attack shipping in the region — as well as…

A US warplane went overboard into the Red Sea as a result of a Monday accident on the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier, the country’s Navy said.

“The F/A-18E was actively under tow in the hangar bay when the move crew lost control of the aircraft. The aircraft and tow tractor were lost overboard,” the Navy said in a statement.

“All personnel are accounted for, with one sailor sustaining a minor injury,” it said, adding that the carrier and its air wing remain mission capable and that the…

A multi-million-dollar US warplane fell off the Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier into the Red Sea on Monday in an accident that injured one sailor, the Navy said.

A tractor that was towing the fighter plane — a model that cost $67 million in 2021 — also slipped off the ship into the sea.

“The F/A-18E was actively under tow in the hangar bay when the move crew lost control of the aircraft. The aircraft and tow tractor were lost overboard,” the Navy said in a statement.

“Sailors towing the…

The UN’s food and refugee agencies have warned of dire cuts to their services as funding plummets, especially from key donor the United States under President Donald Trump.

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) will cut staff by 25 to 30 percent as contributions to the global aid agency have dropped, according to an internal email seen Monday by AFP.

The head of the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) warned Monday that reduced contributions could force a one-third reduction in its activities, despite…

The twisted metal and blood-stained rubble of a detention centre in mountainous northern Yemen, on Monday, marked the end of an arduous journey for scores of migrants killed in what the Houthi group said was a US air strike, Reuters reports.

They were among the hundreds of thousands of Africans who cross the Bab Al-Mandeb Strait each year on flimsy boats and make their way through the war zone of Yemen, seeking to reach Saudi Arabia in the hope of finding…

Israeli occupation forces released 11 Palestinian detainees from Gaza today, reported Wafa news agency. The released individuals were transferred from Israeli prisons to the European Hospital in Khan Yunis, via the Karm Abu Salem Crossing.

A recent joint report by the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society stated that testimonies from former detainees describe widespread abuse by Israeli Occupation authorities to…

Chairman of Sudan’s Sovereign Council, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, arrived in Egypt on Monday for talks on restoring stability to his war-torn country, Anadolu Agency reports.

Burhan was welcomed by Egyptian President, Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, upon arrival at Cairo airport, Egyptian and Sudanese media reported.

Discussions between the two leaders took up developments in Sudan and military gains made by the Sudanese army against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces…

The number of Syrians who have returned to their homeland from Turkiye since 9 December last year has reached 200,000, Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said on Monday, Anadolu Agency reports.

“Despite various difficulties, hindrances and sabotage”, Syria is slowly recovering, Erdogan said in a speech at an event on Turkiye’s migration management in the Century of Turkiye.

“As Syria recovers, the number of returnees has begun to accelerate,” he…