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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan responded on Monday to Israeli strikes on a Syrian military base last week, saying Ankara would not abandon its friends in the region and that no outside power could set the boundaries of Turkish foreign policy.
The United States launched a new campaign against Iran, seeking to block all of its potential sources of revenue and telling nations to cut economic ties with Tehran.
Several Palestinian sources said anxiety has emerged within the PA leadership in Ramallah following ongoing efforts by rival Palestinian factions, most notably Hamas and Mohammed Dahlan’s camp, to form a political alliance ahead of the elections for the legislative council (the Palestinian parliament) scheduled for …
Sara Netanyahu verbally abused and made extreme demands of a person employed at the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), N12 News reported on Tuesday, citing a lawsuit filed by the employee against the office.
The Hind Rajab Foundation announced on Tuesday that it had submitted a request to the US Justice Department (DOJ) to open criminal proceedings against Jerusalem Deputy Mayor Aryeh King, accusing him of involvement in what the organization describes as a “war crime of illegal population transfer” and “incitement to g…
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has held separate phone conversations with Pakistan army chief Asim Munir and Qatari Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani.
The head of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which spearheaded the fight in Syria against the ISIL (ISIS) armed group, has announced its dissolution as part of a deal struck with the government in Damascus.
Demand to urgently pass through the waterway has soared after the Iran war upended global trade routes, particularly to Asia
Demand to urgently pass through the waterway has soared after the Iran war upended global trade routes, particularly to Asia
Nearly six months into the war with Iran, the Middle East is rediscovering an old truth: when a great power becomes entangled in a prolonged conflict, small and medium-sized states begin looking for insurance.
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Syria’s removal by the United States from its “state sponsors of terrorism” list clears one of the last major hurdles to the country’s integration into the global financial system, analysts tell Al Jazeera.
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DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The commander of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces on Tuesday announced the official dissolution of the group, which once controlled a de facto autonomous zone in Syria’s northeast.
A far-right Israeli MP smashed a memorial to Palestinians killed in the conflict with Israel in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday. He committed the act under IDF escort, which has been condemned by the army and politicians in Israel.
A far-right Israeli MP smashed a memorial to Palestinians killed in the conflict with Israel in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday. He committed the act under IDF escort, which has been condemned by the army and politicians in Israel.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appointed Minister Ze’ev Elkin to lead the Likud’s immigrant outreach campaign ahead of the elections, as the party seeks to regain support among Russian-speaking voters.
The Trump administration’s threat of an “economic D-Day” against Iran sounded impressive but so far appears to have dropped to a bit of a whimper.
Una fila de automóviles en una gasolinera en Teherán el 25 de agosto del 2026. (AP foto/Vahid Salemi)
Australia, the United Kingdom and Canada should consider launching an MH17-style joint criminal investigation into the fatal Israeli drone strike that killed aid worker Zomi Frankcom and her World Central Kitchen colleagues in Gaza, some of the nation’s top international law experts have argued.
Previously, Iranian state media aired images which appeared to threaten President Donald Trump's son Barron Trump, and following this Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appears to be seizing the moment.
Secretary-General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Hissein Brahim Taha strongly condemned the Israeli raid and evacuation of the headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (Unrwa) in the Qalandiya area, north of occupied Jerusalem, on Tuesday.
High-level delegations from the Fatah movement, which dominates the Palestinian Authority (PA), and influential former top official Mohammed Dahlan’s Democratic Reform bloc have convened in the Egyptian city of Alamein for critical reconciliation talks ahead of Palestinian legislative elections.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan responded on Monday to Israeli strikes on a Syrian military base last week, saying Ankara would not abandon its friends in the region and that no outside power could set the boundaries of Turkish foreign policy.
On January 5, 2015, according to the press release still posted on the website of the Communist Party of Israel (Maki), former Knesset speaker Avraham Burg, previously a member of the Labor Party, had attended a meeting of Hadash (Democratic Front for Peace and Equality) in Nazareth two days earlier.
The Syrian government condemned Defense Minister Israel Katz's visit to Mount Hermon on Tuesday, Syria's Foreign Affairs Ministry said in an X/Twitter post, calling the action "illegal."
Most United States Democratic voters in states that will play a key role in choosing the party’s nominee in the 2028 presidential election oppose providing aid and weapons to Israel, a new poll suggests.
The removal of Syria from the US list of state sponsors of terrorism clears one of the biggest remaining obstacles to investment, opening the door for greater access to international banking, technology and capital. as the country rebuilds its war-ravaged economy.
Iran and Oman on Tuesday discussed a proposal to establish a temporary joint shipping route through the Strait of Hormuz as well as a mission to clear mines from the key oil export corridor.
United Nations chief Antonio Guterres on Tuesday condemned an incursion by Israeli forces on a training center run by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa) in an east Jerusalem suburb.
Public diplomacy activist Yoseph Haddad announced on Tuesday that he was joining Ofer Winter's Amcha Yisrael party as its number two after extensive public speculation if he’d be entering the political sphere.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that the "evacuation" of a United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (Unrwa) facility in the occupied West Bank carried out by Israeli forces on Tuesday was "in accordance with my directive and following the law we passed".
US “economic D-Day” sanctions threaten to further squeeze China’s imports of Iranian crude, which have fallen 48 per cent since the Iran war began, as the Strait of Hormuz blockade and Houthi attacks on the Bab Al Mandeb disrupt supply.
Egypt faces a region erupting in crisis, Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty has said, as Cairo works to mediate between the US and Iran, contain the war in Gaza and protect its share of the Nile waters.
Three Palestinians were killed and others injured on Tuesday after an Israeli drone attack in the vicinity of a United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (Unrwa) school sheltering displaced people in Jabalia refugee camp, in the northern Gaza Strip, Wafa news reported.
Nearly six months since the United States and Israel launched the first missiles in their war on Iran, Washington is pivoting to a strategy of tougher sanctions and economic isolation in a bid to force Tehran to accept its terms for a peace deal.
The rial dropped to 2.02 million to the U.S. dollar as trading opened on currency markets. The currency had already been under pressure before the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on Feb. 28 - now Trump’s administration has promised even stronger sanctions than those already in place would be announced Monday, includin…
Israeli air strikes have targeted al-Mansouri and the town of Sarbin in southern Lebanon, Lebanon's National News Agency (NNA) reported on Tuesday.
Oman and Iran have agreed on a proposed framework to resume safe navigation through the Strait of Hormuz that includes establishing a joint temporary shipping lane and a mine-clearing project in the waterway, they said in a joint statement on Tuesday.
The Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) is involved in the search for Haymanot Kasau, an Israeli child missing for over 900 days after disappearing on February 25, 2024, President Isaac Herzog said on Tuesday during a meeting with the Kasau family.
Syria condemned a visit by Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz on Tuesday to troops in the country's south where he vowed to keep forces while "threats" persisted.
El técnico de Irak Graham Arnold durante una rueda de prensa previo al partido contra Senegal en la Copa del Mundo, el 25 de junio de 2026, en Toronto. (AP Foto/Stephanie Scarbrough)
CAIRO/WASHINGTON, D.C. — Iran pledged to retaliate against expanded United States economic sanctions that the Americans said would cut off Iran’s economic lifeline, with Tehran expressing confidence that major trading partners would resist Washington’s pressure campaign.
OUR barangay (village) elections got another jolt. First, it was oil prices from the Middle East war. Now it’s a Senate bill resetting the polls to 2028 and stretching barangay terms to five years over the objection of election watchdogs, including the National Citizens Movement for Free Elections. Commission on Ele…
TIM Cone admitted Gilas Pilipinas will just have to play with an all-Filipino crew starting Friday against Jordan as the two other prospects who could fill in the void vacated by Justin Brownlee are unavailable.
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Montreal city council adopted an amended motion regarding the Middle East conflict on Monday. The final version of the motion passed during a council session by a 54-6 vote, stripping out initial opposition proposals that called on the city to sever institutional ties with Israel or accuse the state of apartheid and…
The United States continues to hold discussions with Israel, Turkey, and Syria amid recent regional tensions, with Washington saying that restraint and dialogue are the best way to prevent further escalation, a State Department spokesperson told Maariv.
Brig.-Gen. (res.) Ofer Winter officially launched his new party on Tuesday ahead of the upcoming October election.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 (Yonhap) -- U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that all mines have been removed or detonated from the Strait of Hormuz, warning Iran that any ship placing new mines will be destroyed.