The Houthis in Yemen have unilaterally released 153 prisoners of war to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the non-governmental organisation and the rebel group confirmed. The “conflict-related…
Tag: Middle East
Netherlands: ICC seeks arrest of Taliban leaders for ‘persecuting Afghan girls and women’
The top prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) says he will seek arrest warrants against senior leaders of the Taliban government in Afghanistan over the persecution of women and…
USA: Trump re-designates Yemen’s Houthis as Foreign Terrorist Organisation
US President Donald Trump has re-designated Yemen’s Houthis as a “Foreign Terrorist Organisation” over their attacks on Red Sea shipping and Israel linked to the Gaza war. “The Houthis’ activities…
Israel: Security chief says focus switching to West Bank
Days into the Gaza ceasefire, the head of Israel’s Shin Bet security service has signalled that the country’s focus is switching to Palestinian armed groups in the occupied West Bank.…
Palestine: Hamas to name next Israeli hostages set to be released
Hamas is expected to hand over to Israel the names of four hostages to be released on Saturday under the Gaza ceasefire deal. It is thought they will be soldiers…
Palestine: IDF bombed apartments killing 62 civilians including 23 children
Julia Ramadan was terrified – the war between Israel and Hezbollah was escalating and she’d had a nightmare that her family home was being bombed. When she sent her brother…
Syrian: Citizens returning home face deadly threat of landmines
Ayghad never thought that his dream of returning to his farmland could turn into a nightmare. He fights his tears as he shows us a picture of his late father,…
West Bank: Israel says it killed Palestinian attackers as Jenin raid continues
Israel says it has killed two armed men, suspected of carrying out a shooting attack that killed three Israelis in the occupied West Bank earlier this month. Qutaiba Shalabi and…
Palestine: Gaza rebuild will take ‘a lot of time’- UN official
The rebuilding process in the devastated Palestinian territory will “take an awful lot of time” despite the promised surge in humanitarian deliveries, a UN official in Gaza has warned. “We’re…
Israel: Military chief resigns over 7 October 2023 failures
Israel’s military chief has resigned, saying he recognised his responsibility for its failure on 7 October 2023, when the Palestinian armed group Hamas carried out a deadly attack on the…