Category: 2. Middle East

Over 300 parliamentarians from around the world have joined a growing international outcry over the catastrophic humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip, signing an urgent petition demanding immediate and unrestricted humanitarian access to the besieged territory.

The petition, titled “Urgent Call for Action to End Starvation in Gaza and Ensure Humanitarian Access,” highlights deliberate policies and blockades that have resulted in famine-like conditions,…

Six members of a security aid team were killed early Friday in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, due to an Israeli air strike, as reported by the Government Media Office.

The statement, sent to Safa news agency, described the incident as “a horrific massacre” and accused the Israeli military of deliberately targeting the team as part of a strategy to “engineer starvation and obstruct humanitarian relief”.

The office condemned the attack, reporting that the…

WASHINGTON – The Trump administration has named Tom Barrack, the current US ambassador to Turkey, to be the State Department’s next special envoy for Syria.

“President Trump has outlined his clear vision of a prosperous Middle East and a stable Syria at peace with itself and its neighbors,” a statement by Barrack published Friday by the US embassy in Ankara read.

“As President Trump’s representative in Türkiye, I am proud to assume the role of the US Special Envoy for Syria and…

ANKARA — Turkish police detained 45 people on Friday as part of a corruption investigation into the Istanbul municipality, where Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu has been behind bars for nearly two months.

Imamoglu, a presidential contender from the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) and a key rival of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, was detained on March 19 and subsequently jailed on March 23 on corruption charges, leading to the largest mass protests in the country in more…

An Israeli army reservist has been sentenced to 20 days in military prison for refusing to take part in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza, saying that the government of Benjamin Netanyahu has sabotaged ceasefire and hostage deal, which marked a moral breaking point.

Ron Feiner, a 26-year-old student from Haifa and former company commander in the Nahal Brigade, had already completed 270 days of reserve duty since 7 October. Despite suffering injuries and leading…

Lack of heavy equipment in Gaza has halted rescue efforts to save over 50 Palestinians trapped under the rubble of a house destroyed by an Israeli airstrike in Jabalia, northern Gaza, according to Gaza’s Civil Defence.

On a statement on Thursday evening, the Civil Defence said that its teams had retrieved the bodies of four people and rescued six others from beneath the ruins of a four-storey residential building.

It confirmed that more than 50 individuals…

President Emmanuel Macron held a meeting on Wednesday with senior ministers to examine a confidential report accusing the Muslim Brotherhood of using local networks to challenge France’s secular system, according to Reuters.

The document, which has not been made public, called for steps to address what it describes as a long-term and non-violent strategy to advance political Islam in a way that could threaten social cohesion and the integrity of state…

A group of prominent journalists and editors have issued a public appeal urging Israel to end their refusal to allow international media access to Gaza, warning that the continued ban represents “an unacceptable restriction on our professional responsibility to inform readers, viewers and listeners accurately and impartially.”

In a letter published this week, the signatories wrote: “We write to request of Israel and Egypt that international media should be…