Category: 2. Middle East

The Israeli occupation forces have arrested 550 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem during the month of April, including 14 women and 52 children, a Palestinian prisoners rights group has said.

The Beirut based Palestine Center for Prisoners’ Studies said in a statement that two prisoners have died in Israeli jails last month as a result of deliberate medical negligence.

According to the center, the Israeli occupation forces carried out…

International airlines suspended on Sunday morning all flights to Israel’s Ben Gurion international airport after a missile fired by the Yemeni Houthi group landed near the airport.

Reuters said many foreign airlines have suspended flights to and from Tel Aviv after the missile hit, sending a plume of smoke into the air and causing panic among passengers in the terminal building.

Following a ceasefire deal with the Palestinian resistance group Hamas in January,…

The Israeli military announced on Sunday the failure to intercept a missile fired from Yemen toward the center of the country.  This development marks a new escalation in a series of recent ballistic missile attacks from Yemen.

Air raid sirens sounded in large areas, including Tel Aviv, Greater Jerusalem, and several West Bank settlements, causing panic and the suspension of air traffic at Ben Gurion Airport in Lod.

The Israeli Home Front Command stated that the…

Ronnie O’Sullivan, hailed as the greatest snooker player of all time, has revealed plans to leave the UK and begin a new chapter in the Middle East following a heavy semi-final defeat at the World Championship in Sheffield.

The 49-year-old Englishman was soundly beaten 17–7 by China’s Zhao Xintong on Friday, ending his campaign for a record eighth Crucible title. The loss marked O’Sullivan’s first competitive appearance since he withdrew from the…

Israel’s security cabinet approved the expansion of military operations in Gaza including the “conquest” of the Palestinian territory, an official said Monday, after the army called up tens of thousands of reservists for the offensive.

It comes as the United Nations and aid organisations have repeatedly warned of the humanitarian catastrophe on the ground, with famine again looming after more than two months of a total Israeli blockade.

The plan, approved by the cabinet overnight, includes the…

Yemen’s Huthis on Monday accused the United States of carrying out strikes in and around Sanaa, after the Iran-backed rebels claimed a missile strike on Israel’s main airport.

The Huthi-run Saba news agency said the strikes included two on Arbaeen Street in the capital and the airport road, blaming them on “American aggression”.

Sixteen people were wounded, Saba cited the Iran-backed rebels’ health ministry as saying.

The accusation came after Israel said a missile fired from Yemen struck…

Israel’s security cabinet approved the expansion of military operations in Gaza including the “conquest” of the Palestinian territory, an official said Monday, after the army called up tens of thousands of reservists for the offensive.

The plan, approved overnight, includes the holding of territories in the besieged Gaza Strip and comes alongside Israel’s promotion of Gaza’s residents to leave, the official said.

Israel resumed major operations across Gaza on March 18 amid deadlock over how to…

Several thousand Turkish Cypriots took to the streets of Nicosia on Friday to protest a new regulation allowing Islamic headscarves in secondary schools—part of a growing backlash against Turkiye’s perceived imposition of religious and political influence over the breakaway north.

The March regulation, introduced in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC)—recognised only by Turkiye—permits high school pupils to wear hijabs, with middle schools…

Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty on Saturday reaffirmed his country’s commitment to respecting the unity and sovereignty of Syrian territory and its rejection of any Israeli interference in Syrian affairs under any pretext.

During a phone call with Massad Boulos, senior advisor to US President Donald Trump on Arab and Middle Eastern affairs, Abdelatty emphasized “Egypt’s keenness to support the brotherly Syrian people, respect for the sovereignty,…

The Israel army said Saturday that it was sending call-up orders to tens of thousands of reservists to expand its offensive in the Gaza Strip.

“The tens of thousands of reservists being called up would begin to show up in the military in the coming week,” it said.

The move comes amid an already deteriorating humanitarian situation in the enclave.

Israel has blocked all aid, medicine, food and commercial goods from entering Gaza since 2 March.

Nearly 52,500…