Mena Today

There’s no easing into the 2025 Dakar Rally for this year’s competitors, as organisers have thrown some of the biggest challenges at them immediately. 

The Israeli government has announced plans for the return of northern residents to their homes starting March 1, provided the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah holds. 

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that Syria's new leadership is determined to root out separatists there, as Ankara said its military had "neutralised" 32 members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, in the country.

Syria's finance minister said on Sunday the government would hike salaries for many public sector employees by 400% next month after completing an administrative restructuring of ministries to boost efficiency and accountability.

Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdel Aaty and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken held a phone conversation on Sunday to discuss the latest developments in Gaza and Syria, emphasizing efforts to promote peace and provide humanitarian relief in the region.

Israeli airstrikes killed at least 14 members of Hamas and Islamic Jihad on Sunday during multiple attacks on Gaza.

Nine civilians including women and children were killed in an attack on a vehicle in Mali's Segou region last week, a civil society group and a rebel coalition said late on Saturday, accusing the army and Russian mercenaries of being responsible.

Turkey said on Sunday its armed forces "neutralised" 32 members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, in military operations in northern Syria.

The head of Jordan’s Civil Aviation Regulatory Commission (CARC) announced on Sunday that no decision has been made to resume flights from Amman to Damascus. 

More than 100 fighters have been killed over the past two days in fierce clashes in northern Syria between Turkish-backed armed factions and Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on Sunday.

Syria's new Islamist rulers said on Sunday that U.S. sanctions on Syria were an obstacle to the war-torn country's rapid recovery and urged Washington to lift them during a visit by Syrian officials to Qatar.

The recent surge in attacks against Israel by the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen demands a strong and unified response from the international community.