Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem warned the Lebanese government on Friday against confronting the Iran-backed militant group, saying there would be "no life" in Lebanon in that event.
Majid al-Kareem is poorly equipped for his 500 km pilgrimage by foot through the scorching deserts of southern Iraq. He wears sandals and black clothes that absorb the heat, and carries a wooden broom handle for a walking stick.
A mayor from Turkey's main opposition party joined President Tayyip Erdogan's ruling AK Party on Thursday amid a crackdown on the opposition in which 15 mayors have been detained.
Weakened by war and diplomatic deadlock, Iran’s clerical elite stands at a crossroads: defy pressure to halt its nuclear activity and risk further Israeli and U.S. attack, or concede and risk a leadership fracture.
Iraq has defended a “memorandum of understanding” signed this week with Iran, stressing that it is merely a continuation of a previous border cooperation deal and not a broader security agreement, as some reports have suggested.
War crimes were likely committed by members of interim government forces as well as by fighters loyal to Syria's former rulers during an outbreak of sectarian violence in Syria's coastal areas that culminated in a series of March massacres, a U.N. team of investigators found in a report on Thursday.
When U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin met in Helsinki in 2018, the pair alarmed allies with a friendly encounter where Trump sided with the Russian leader over his own intelligence agencies on election interference.
Turkey will help Syria with the provision of weapons systems and logistical tools under a military cooperation accord signed on Wednesday, a Turkish defence Ministry source said on Thursday, adding that Ankara would also train Syria's army in the use of such equipment if needed.
Israeli forces demolished houses in eastern areas of Gaza City overnight, killing at least 11 people in aerial and tank fire, Hamas health authorities said, as the Palestinian Islamist group told mediators it was ready to resume ceasefire talks.
French President Emmanuel Macron likes to say he is a “friend” of Israel. But when we set aside the rhetoric and examine the last 18 months of his policy moves, a different picture emerges — one in which Paris has consistently undercut Israel’s strategic position, elevated Egypt’s leverage over Gaza, and nudged Europe’s Middle East posture in a direction that limits Israeli autonomy.
South Sudan is not in talks with Israel to resettle Palestinians from war-torn Gaza, South Sudan's foreign ministry said on Wednesday.
Russia said on Wednesday that its stance on ending the war in Ukraine has not changed since President Vladimir Putin set out his conditions last year: the full withdrawal of Kyiv's forces from key Ukrainian regions and the abandonment of its NATO ambitions.
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