Category: 2. Middle East

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has concluded a four-day visit to Washington, seeking to shore up support from the Trump administration as Tel Aviv continues its attacks in Gaza and tensions with Iran linger. He left with warm words and a new bilateral agreement — but no final breakthrough on a ceasefire or hostage release, Anadolu reports.

The trip, Netanyahu’s third to the US capital this year, came on the heels of last month’s joint US-Israeli strikes on Iranian nuclear…

Türkiye’s road freight to Syria increased 60% in the first five months of 2025 compared to the same period last year, driven by improving conditions in Syria and renewed efforts to reopen transit corridors to the Gulf, according to the head of Türkiye’s international transport association, Anadolu reports.

Serafettin Aras, chairman of the board at the International Transporters Association (UND), said Türkiye made nearly 113,000 road shipments to Syria…

At least 39 Palestinians were killed Saturday in Israeli airstrikes that hit multiple locations across the Gaza Strip, according to medical and local sources, Anadolu reports.

An airstrike on Jamal Abdel Nasser Street, opposite the Islamic University in western Gaza City, killed a mother and her three children.

In the city’s eastern Al-Tuffah neighborhood, four women were killed and 10 other civilians wounded when an Israeli missile hit a house near Yaffa…

LONDON: A Financial Times investigation, published on July 4, found that a consulting firm connected to the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation secured a multimillion-dollar contract to help shape the initiative and a proposal for the possible “relocation” of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip.

The Boston Consulting Group was found to have played a central role in designing and managing the US- and Israeli-backed project, which aimed to replace the UN as the primary coordinator of…

LONDON: US Special Envoy Tom Barrack has sought to clarify remarks made during his recent visit to the region, saying that his comments praising Syria’s progress were not intended as a threat to neighboring Lebanon.

“My comments yesterday praised Syria’s impressive strides, not a threat to Lebanon,” Barrack posted on X on…

LONDON: A Financial Times investigation, published on July 4, found that a consulting firm connected to the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation secured a multimillion-dollar contract to help shape the initiative and a proposal for the possible “relocation” of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip.

The Boston Consulting Group was found to have played a central role in designing and managing the US- and Israeli-backed project, which aimed to replace the UN as the primary…

GENEVA: The United Nations warned Saturday that dire fuel shortages in the Gaza Strip had reached “critical levels,” threatening to further increase the suffering in the war-ravaged Palestinian territory.

Seven UN agencies said in a joint statement that “fuel is the backbone of survival in Gaza.”

Fuel was needed to “power hospitals, water systems, sanitation networks, ambulances, and every aspect of humanitarian operations,” they said,…