Category: 2. Middle East

Relatives of Palestinian children, who lost their lives after Israeli attacks targeted Palestinians staying in houses and makeshift tents, mourn over the dead bodies of them following brought them to the morgue of the Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, Gaza on April 19, 2025 [Hani Alshaer – Anadolu Agency]

The United Nations Security Council expressed deep concern Thursday over escalating violence in Sudan as recent attacks by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have left at least 400 civilians dead, including children and aid workers, reports Anadolu Agency.

“The members of the Security Council strongly condemned the repeated attacks on El Fasher as well as on the Zamzam and Abu Shouk camps for internally displaced persons in recent days by the RSF,”…

US airstrikes targeting Ras Isa oil port in Yemen’s Hudaydah province late Thursday have killed at least 38 people, including five health workers, the Houthi group’s Al-Masirah TV channel reported Friday.

Al-Masirah TV reported that 102 others were injured in the US airstrike, noting that the figures remain preliminary as rescue operations continue at the site.

Earlier, Al-Masirah TV said that “the American enemy carried out four airstrikes on the Ras Isa…

Sitting in a crowd of mothers and children under the harsh sun, Najlaa Ahmed described the moment the Rapid Support Forces men poured into Darfur’s Zamzam displacement camp, looting and burning homes as shells rained down and drones flew overhead.

She lost track of most of her family as she fled. “I don’t know what’s become of them, my mother, father, siblings, my grandmother, I came here with strangers,” she said — one of six survivors who told…

US strikes on a Yemeni fuel port killed at least 58 people, Huthi rebels said Friday, in the deadliest attack of Washington’s campaign against the Iran-backed group.

The strikes also injured more than 100 people, according to a Huthi-run television station that broadcast footage of large blazes lighting up the night sky.

The US military said its attack on the Ras Issa fuel terminal on the Red Sea aimed to cut off a source of supplies and funds for the Huthis, who control large swathes of the…

US strikes on a Yemeni fuel port killed at least 80 people, Huthi rebels said Friday, in the deadliest attack of Washington’s 15-month campaign against the Iran-backed group.

Thursday’s strikes on Ras Issa aimed to cut off supplies and funds for the rebels that control large swathes of the Arabian Peninsula’s poorest country, the US military said.

Images broadcast by a Huthi-run television channel showed large blazes lighting up the night sky following the latest in an intensified barrage of…

US strikes on a Yemeni fuel port killed at least 38 people, Huthi rebels said Friday, in one of the deadliest attacks of Washington’s renewed campaign against the Iran-backed group.

The strikes also injured more than 100 people, according to a Huthi-run television station that broadcast footage of large blazes lighting up the night sky.

The US military said its overnight attack on the Ras Issa fuel port aimed to cut off a source of supplies and funds for the Huthis, who control large swathes…

US strikes on a Yemeni fuel port killed at least 74 people, Huthi rebels said Friday, in the deadliest attack of Washington’s campaign against the Iran-backed group.

The strikes also wounded more than 170 people, a Huthi official said.

The US military said its attack on the Ras Issa fuel terminal on the Red Sea aimed to cut off a source of supplies and funds for the Huthis, who control large swathes of the Arabian Peninsula’s poorest country.

The strikes on Thursday, the latest in an intense…