U.S. President Donald Trump's Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff will travel to Europe this week for meetings on Israel's war in Gaza and a range of other issues, a U.S. official said on Tuesday, adding Witkoff will continue pushing for a ceasefire in the Palestinian enclave.
The German government has cleared the way for the delivery of 40 Eurofighter Typhoon jets to Turkey following a positive decision by the federal security council, the Spiegel news magazine reported on Wednesday.
The Syrian defence ministry said on Tuesday it was aware of reports of "shocking violations" by people wearing military fatigues in the country's predominantly Druze city of Sweida, and said it would launch an investigation.
A Syrian government fact-finding committee said on Tuesday that 1,426 people had died in March in attacks on security forces and subsequent mass killings of Alawites, but concluded that commanders had not given orders for the revenge attacks.
A troubling pattern has emerged in the ongoing conflict in Gaza: the near-daily publication—often without verification—of casualty figures released by Hamas-controlled sources, presented as objective truth by major Western and Arab media outlets.
The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on what it said was a Houthi-linked petroleum smuggling and sanctions evasion network across Yemen and the United Arab Emirates in fresh action targeting the Iran-backed militant group.
Recent remarks by EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas raise serious concerns about the bloc’s understanding—and handling—of the war in Gaza.
President Donald Trump pulled the United States out of the U.N. culture and education agency UNESCO on Tuesday, repeating a move he had already ordered during his first term, which had been reversed under Joe Biden.
Lebanon’s Foreign Minister Joe Raggi has called on the Kingdom of Bahrain to reopen its embassy in Beirut and reestablish full diplomatic ties, amid signs of easing tensions between Lebanon and Gulf nations.
Reimposing international sanctions on Iran would make the "situation" over its nuclear programme more complex, state media quoted Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi as saying on Tuesday.
A growing number of Druze residents in the Golan Heights are applying for Israeli citizenship in what appears to be a historic realignment of identity and loyalty within the community.
In an unusually political speech on the eve of Belgium’s National Day, King Philippe made strong comments on the war in Gaza, calling the situation “a disgrace to humanity” and denouncing what he described as “serious humanitarian abuses.”
To make this website run properly and to improve your experience, we use cookies. For more detailed information, please check our Cookie Policy.
Necessary cookies enable core functionality. The website cannot function properly without these cookies, and can only be disabled by changing your browser preferences.