Beirut, Sept. 10, (dpa/GNA) – An Israeli drone on Tuesday fired several missiles at a flat in a five-story building in the market town of Nabatieh in southern…
Middle East
Jordanians vote in parliamentary elections overshadowed by Gaza war
Cairo, Sept. 10, (dpa/GNA) – Jordanians are voting on Tuesday to elect a new parliament, as the Gaza war continues to cast its shadow on the kingdom’s…
UN commission says violence in Syria on the rise again
Geneva, Sept. 10, (dpa/GNA) – The conflict in Syria, which has been going on since 2011, is threatening to escalate again, a United Nations commission has warned. …
Israeli strikes kill at least 14 in Syria, state media says
Damascus, Sept. 9, (dpa/GNA) – Israeli airstrikes have killed 14 people in Syria’s Hama province, the official SANA news agency reported on Monday. Another 43 people were injured,…
Egyptian army official inspects Gaza border, West Bank sees deaths
Cairo/Ramallah, Sept. 6, (dpa/GNA) – Egypt’s army chief of staff Ahmed Khalifa has made a surprise visit to inspect the security situation on the border with Gaza,…
Palestinian authorities report West Bank deaths in IDF operations
Ramallah, Sept. 5, (dpa/GNA) – Five Palestinians died when the car they were travelling in was hit by a rocket fired by an Israeli drone in Tubas…
Taliban ready for direct negotiations with Germany after deportations
Berlin, Sept. 5, (dpa/GNA) – The Taliban is hoping to engage in direct negotiations with Germany, a high-ranking official said on Thursday, after Berlin deported criminals to…
Turkish, Egyptian leaders stress joint stance on Gaza conflict
Istanbul, Sept. 4, (dpa/GNA) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi on Wednesday called for a ceasefire in the besieged Gaza Strip, stressing…
Massive protests hit Israel after six hostages killed in Gaza
Jerusalem, Sept 1 (Reuters/GNA) – Massive protests swept Israel on Sunday following the death of six hostages in Gaza as frustration mounted over the failure of…
Israel and Hezbollah exchange heavy fire in major escalation
Aug 26 (BBC/GNA) – Israel has said it carried out a wave of pre-emptive strikes across southern Lebanon to thwart a large-scale rocket and…
Israeli drone strike kills three in West Bank operation
Ramallah/Tel Aviv, Aug. 22, (dpa/GNA) – Three people have been killed in an Israeli military operation in the occupied West Bank, the Health Ministry in Ramallah said…
Iran’s new foreign minister aims to warm ties with the West
Tehran, Aug. 22, (dpa/GNA) – Iran’s new Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is planning a rapprochement with the West in the face of international sanctions and political isolation.…
Sixteen civilians reported killed in clashes in Syria
Cairo, Aug 11, (dpa/GNA) – At least 16 people have been killed since violent clashes began several days ago, between pro-Iranian fighters and the…
Hamas names new leader as Iran threat puts Middle East on edge
Beirut, Aug. 7, (dpa/GNA) – Yehya al-Sinwar, the head of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, has been chosen to replace the late Ismail Haniyeh as the top…
Residents of Hezbollah stronghold leave homes, fearing onset of war
Beirut, Aug. 2, (dpa/GNA) – Residents of Beirut’s southern suburbs, a Hezbollah stronghold on the outskirts of the capital, began leaving their homes and looking for other…
Border between Israel and Lebanon heats up as they exchange fire
Beirut/Tel Aviv, Jul. 30, (dpa/GNA) – Israel struck 10 “terror targets” including a weapons depot for the pro-Iranian Hezbollah movement on Tuesday, killing one of the group’s…
Dozens feared dead after boat carrying 45 migrants capsizes off Yemen
Cairo, Jul. 25, (dpa/GNA) – Only four survivors have been found after a boat carrying 45 refugees and migrants capsized off the coast of Yemen, the United…
Militants bomb girls’ school in north-western Pakistan
Islamabad, Jul. 22, (dpa/GNA) – A girls’ school was blown up by suspected militants in north-western Pakistan near the Afghan border, in yet another incident targeting female…
Number of Palestinian children killed in West Bank surges, UN says
Geneva, Jul. 22, (dpa/GNA) – At least 143 Palestinian children and young people have been killed in the West Bank and East Jerusalem over the past nine months,…
Syria: Assad’s Baath party wins majority in parliamentary polls
Damascus, Jul. 18, (dpa/GNA) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s party and its allies have swept an expected majority of seats in the war-torn country’s parliamentary election. The…