Category: 2. Middle East

The death toll of journalist martyrs in Gaza has risen to 214 since the start of the war on the Strip on 7 October 2023, with the martyrdom of journalist Yahya Subaih in an Israeli airstrike targeting a restaurant in the Al-Rimal neighbourhood, west of Gaza City.

Press sources in Gaza reported that journalist Subaih was killed hours after his daughter’s birth.

The Government Media Office in Gaza announced the updated death toll, noting that the martyr worked…

Reuters quoted a spokesman for the Ansar Allah (Houthi) movement in Yemen as saying on Wednesday that “the agreement between the movement and the US does not include Israel.”

This comes after US President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that the US would halt its airstrikes against Yemen, after claiming that his country had received what he described as a promise from the Yemenis to halt attacks on ships in the Red Sea, considering this good news.

During…

Dubai’s Emirates Group, which includes the Middle East’s biggest airline, announced on Thursday gross annual profit of $6.2 billion, its third record in three years.

The 18 percent rise in profit, based on strong customer demand, slimmed to $5.6 billion after the UAE’s recently introduced corporate tax, which was applied for a full financial year for the first time.

“The Emirates Group has raised the bar to set new records for profit, revenue and cash assets,” chairman Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed…

The European Commission called on Israel on Wednesday to immediately lift the blockade on the Gaza Strip, stating that “For over two months, no humanitarian supplies have entered Gaza,” in clear violation of international humanitarian law.

This came in a joint statement issued by EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas, EU Commissioner for the Mediterranean Dubravka Suica, and EU Commissioner for Preparedness, Crisis…

The head of the Libyan Government of National Unity, Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, affirmed Libya’s rejection of its territory being used as a destination for the deportation of migrants from any country, stressing that Libya will not be a mass detention centre for human beings under any pretext.

In an official statement, Dbeibeh stated that any agreements reached with illegitimate parties do not represent the Libyan state and will not be politically or morally binding….

Iraqi Mohammed Jalal lost 10 years of his life seeking asylum in Germany, without success. Instead of being granted refuge, he was sent back to the land he had fled.

He now faces the same challenges that drove him to leave the northern Kurdistan region of Iraq. More than a year has passed, and he is still without a job.

Jalal is just one of thousands of Iraqis and migrants from many other countries who have been forced out of Europe as it tightens its migration policies, driven by the rise of…

US envoy Steve Witkoff briefed members of the UN Security Council on Wednesday about various topics, including Gaza, participants in the closed-door talks said.

The informal meeting in New York came a day after Witkoff was formally sworn in as President Donald Trump’s special envoy for the Middle East.

At the swearing-in ceremony, Trump teased a “very, very big announcement” to come before his multi-nation visit to the Middle East next week, without providing details.

Witkoff, a billionaire…

Israel’s Border Police acknowledged for the first time in the unit’s history Wednesday that its forces are operating inside Syrian territories, claiming it is part of an “operational mission” tied to recent regional developments, Anadolu reports.

Israeli police said forces “have been operating in recent days inside Syrian territory as part of an operational mission in response to developing events in the region,” without providing details.

The force…