Syria’s defence ministry says it has completed a military operation in the country’s western coastal region, after days of violence in which hundreds of people have been killed. Security forces…
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Palestine: Israel cuts off electricity supply to Gaza, minister says
Israel ordered all of Gaza’s electricity supply to be cut off on Sunday in an effort to pressure Hamas into releasing the remaining Israeli hostages held in the territory. Energy…
USA: Man accused of aiding Kabul airport bombing charged in US court
A man accused of helping to plan the Kabul airport bombing during the US military withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021 appeared in court on Wednesday. The US Department of…
Afghanistan: Afghan women who fled Taliban to study abroad face imminent return after USAID cuts
More than 80 Afghan women who fled the Taliban to pursue higher education in Oman now face imminent return back to Afghanistan, following the Trump administration’s sweeping cuts to foreign…
Palestine: European leaders back ‘realistic’ Arab plan for Gaza
Leading European nations have said they support an Arab-backed plan for the reconstruction of Gaza that would cost $53 billion (£41 billion) and avoid displacing Palestinians from the territory. The…
Iran: Supreme leader criticises ‘bullying countries’ after Trump letter for nuclear talks
Iran’s Supreme leader has criticised “bullying” countries in an apparent response to Donald Trump’s letter demanding negotiations over its nuclear programme. Trump said on Friday he had warned Tehran in…
Syria: President Ahmed Sharaa calls for peace after hundreds of civilians killed
Syria’s leader Ahmed Sharaa has called for peace after days of clashes where Syrian security forces have allegedly killed hundreds of civilians from the Alawite religious minority. The UK-based Syrian…
Syria: Government still faces threat from Assad loyalists
In January, days after the first-month anniversary of the fall of the Assad regime in a lightning Islamist-led rebel offensive in Syria, a group of young men – some of…
Syria: Security forces accused of killing hundreds of civilians
Syrian security forces are alleged to have killed hundreds of civilians belonging to the Alawite religious minority in continuing violence along the country’s coast, according to a war monitoring group.…
Jordan: Indian killed was victim of job scam, family say
The family of an Indian man who was shot dead while illegally crossing into Israel say he was a victim of a job scam. Thomas Gabriel Perera was killed by…