Syria requests support from Turkey following sectarian violence
Syria’s interim government has formally requested military support from Turkey to boost its defence capabilities, Turkish officials said on July...
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Greece to deploy ship to Red Sea following Houthi attacks
Greece plans to send a salvage ship to the Red Sea to help with maritime emergencies and to safeguard both...
News organisations urge Israel to permit access into Gaza
International news organisations Agence France-Presse (AFP), the Associated Press (AP), Reuters, and the BBC on July 24th urged Israel to...
Human Rights Watch: Yemen’s Houthi ship attacks are war crimes
Human Rights Watch on July 23rd declared that Yemen’s Houthi rebels committed war crimes by carrying out fatal assaults that...
Egypt urges religious leader to retract Gaza statement
Egyptian authorities reportedly urged a religious leader of a prominent religious institution, Ahmed al-Tayeb, to retract a statement that denounced...
1,400 killed in Syrian sectarian violence, investigation finds
Earlier this year, over 1,400 people - mostly civilians - were killed in several days of sectarian clashes along Syria’s...
US urges Lebanon to make progress on Hezbollah’s disarmament
US envoy Tom Barrack urged Lebanon to outline a clear schedule for the disarmament of Hezbollah, following a recent military...
Nearly 60 British MPs urge the UK to ban arms sales to Israel
Nearly 60 British MPs and members of the House of Lords have urged the UK to impose a complete ban...
Israel launches air strikes on Yemen’s Houthi-controlled port
Israel launched air strikes on Yemen’s Houthi-controlled port of Hodeida on July 21st, marking the second such strike of the...
Israeli settlers accused of killing sheep in the West Bank
Palestinian Bedouins have accused Israeli settlers on July 18th of killing 117 sheep during a raid and stealing hundreds of...
Iraq inks deal with Kurds on oil exports and salaries
Iraq’s cabinet on July 17th struck a long-awaited crude oil deal with the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region, which would restore their...
Israel to increase defence spending to address security threats
Israel will raise its defence spending by 42 billion shekels ($12.5 billion) this year and in 2026, the finance and...
Israel tells mediators of buffer zone plan along Gaza border
Israel has notified Egyptian and Qatari mediators of its plan to establish a security buffer zone along the full length...
Israel launches airstrikes on Syria’s defence ministry
Israel launched a series of airstrikes on Syria’s Defence Ministry in Damascus on July 16th, injuring several people and escalating...
Iraq tries to deter US sanctions over alleged Iran oil smuggling
Iraqi officials are working to prevent the U.S. from imposing sanctions on its oil sector amid allegations that Iran is...
