Category: 2. Middle East

Gaza’s civil defence agency said Saturday that an Israeli strike in the southern city of Khan Yunis killed nine children of a pair of married doctors, with the Israeli army saying it was reviewing the reports.

Israel has stepped up its campaign in Gaza in recent days, drawing international criticism as well as calls to allow in more supplies after it partially eased a total blockade on aid imposed on March 2.

Civil defence spokesman Mahmud Bassal said the agency had retrieved “the bodies of…

Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli strikes killed at least 15 people on Saturday across the Palestinian territory, where Israel has ramped up its military offensive in recent days.

Civil defence agency spokesman Mahmud Bassal told AFP the dead included a couple who were killed with their two young children in a pre-dawn strike on a house in the Amal quarter of the southern city of Khan Yunis.

To the west of the city, at least five people were killed by a drone strike on a crowd of people…

Israeli settlers reportedly set fire to Palestinian agricultural land located east of Ramallah in the central occupied West Bank on Friday, according to media sources, Anadolu reports.

The official Palestinian news agency, Wafa, said the arson attack targeted more than 200 square meters (2,153 feet) of land between the villages of Al-Mughayyir and Abu Falah, with the Israeli army protecting the settlers during the assault.

Wafa noted that attempts by settlers to…

The Gaza Bakery Owners Association has slammed the UN World Food Program’s (WFP) newly adopted bread distribution mechanism as “unjust, “Anadolu reports.

It said it fails to meet the minimum needs of Palestinians amid flour shortages and the shutdown of most bakeries.

Abdel Nasser Al-Ajrami, chairman of the association, told Anadolu the plan forces “bakeries to operate with limited quantities of flour, sugar, oil, yeast, and fuel to produce bread, and…

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Al-Shaibani met Friday with UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen in Damascus to discuss security, stability and transitional justice efforts, according to a statement by the Foreign Ministry, Anadolu reports.

It said both sides emphasized “the importance of maintaining the country’s security and stability” and discussed “transitional justice, as well as enhancing cooperation between the Syrian government and the United…

Syrian authorities on Saturday announced an interior ministry restructuring that includes fighting cross-border drug and people smuggling as they seek to improve ties with Western nations that have lifted sanctions.

Keen to reboot and rebuild nearly 14 years after a devastating civil war broke out, the new authorities in Damascus have hailed Washington’s lifting of US sanctions.

The move was formalised Friday after being announced by President Donald Trump on a Gulf tour this month during…

Syria on Saturday hailed the Trump administration’s lifting of US sanctions, as Washington looks to open a new chapter in its relations with Damascus.

US President Donald Trump surprised many with his announcement of the new policy on a Gulf tour earlier this month, during which he shook hands with Syria’s jihadist-turned-interim President Ahmed al-Shara.

Trump said he wanted to give the war-torn country’s new rulers “a chance at greatness” after their overthrow of longtime ruler Bashar…

Syrian authorities on Saturday announced an interior ministry restructuring that includes fighting cross-border drug and people smuggling as they seek to improve ties with Western nations that have lifted sanctions.

Keen to reboot and rebuild nearly 14 years after a devastating civil war broke out, the new authorities in Damascus have hailed Washington’s lifting of US sanctions.

The move was formalised Friday after being announced by President Donald Trump on a Gulf tour this month during…

Athens Bar Association on Friday condemned Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip, Anadolu reports.

“The Athens Bar Association expresses its strong concern and protest over the ongoing blockade of the Gaza Strip by the Israeli army and the deprivation of the Palestinian population from basic necessities, food, especially baby food, water, and medicine, resulting in the starvation and death of tens of thousands of civilians, especially children and infant,” it…