Category: 2. Middle East

The US Embassy in Amman has temporarily evacuated its compound in the Jordanian capital on Monday due to a reported “threat”.

On its Facebook page, the embassy said: “Out of an abundance of caution, all…

The Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement said on Monday that a senior commander in its armed wing, Al-Quds Brigades, was killed in an Israeli air strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs at dawn.

In a statement, the group…

The death toll from ongoing US-Israeli attacks on Iran has risen to 787, the Iranian Red Crescent said Tuesday.

Search and rescue operations are ongoing in the rubble of the bombed buildings, the organization said in…

Israel on Tuesday ordered the military to take control of more positions in Lebanon, where the army pulled back some of its forces after Hezbollah attacked Israeli bases in support of its backer, Iran.

“Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and I…

Hezbollah said on Tuesday that it had targeted a military base in northern Israel using a swarm of drones.

In a statement, the group said it had launched the drones at dawn on Tuesday at radar sites and control rooms…

France has deployed Rafale fighter jets over the United Arab Emirates to protect its naval and air bases against Iranian attacks, Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said Tuesday.

France has hundreds of navy, air force and army personnel based in…

Iran has accused Israel of carrying out a drone attack on facilities belonging to Saudi oil giant Saudi Aramco, describing it as a “false flag” operation.

Iran’s Tasnim News Agency quoted a military source as…

By Olivia Le Poidevin

GENEVA, March 3 (Reuters) – Progress on a potential international framework to prohibit and restrict Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) is urgently needed, as talks on the matter in Geneva enter a crucial phase, their…

PARIS, March 3 (Reuters) – France is ready to defend its partners if they request help after Iranian retaliatory strikes and ireserves its right to intervene, Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on Tuesday.

“This war… is dragging a number of…