War in the Middle East

Aid Turns Deadly: Nearly 800 Killed Seeking Food in Gaza, Says UN
Aid Turns Deadly: Nearly 800 Killed Seeking Food in Gaza, Says UN

Gaza's civil defense agency said Israeli forces killed 18 people on Friday, including 10 who were waiting for aid in the south of the war-ravaged territory. The fresh deaths came as the United Nations said nearly 800 people had been killed trying to access food in Gaza since late May, when Israel began easing a more than two-month total ...

One Killed Five Injured in Israeli Strike on a Car in Nmairiya, South Lebanon
One Killed Five Injured in Israeli Strike on a Car in Nmairiya, South Lebanon

One person was killed and five others were injured on Friday afternoon in an Israeli drone strike that targeted a car traveling on the Nmairiya–Sharqiya road in the Nabatiyeh district. Four missiles were fired at the vehicle.  On the evening, the Arabic-speaking spokesman for the Israeli army, Avichay Adraee, announced that “the ...

Farming the Red Zone: Between Fear and Resilience
Farming the Red Zone: Between Fear and Resilience

Farming has always been a challenge in Lebanon—especially in the country’s south. Long overlooked by authorities, the agricultural sector has struggled to stay afloat. Over the past two years, the burden has only grown heavier. Regional instability, economic hardship, and institutional neglect are pushing the land—and those who tend it—to ...

Will Lebanon Install Observation Towers Along Its Border with Israel?
Will Lebanon Install Observation Towers Along Its Border with Israel?

A renewed proposal to build surveillance towers along Lebanon’s southern border with Israel is back on the table—ambitious in scope, but hindered by political and security complications. Originally floated by the British government in 2024, the plan was presented twice to Lebanese authorities amid intense negotiations around the ceasefire ...

Houthi Attack in the Red Sea: Ten Rescued, Several Missing
Houthi Attack in the Red Sea: Ten Rescued, Several Missing

Ten people were rescued after a ship was attacked in the Red Sea by the Houthis from Yemen, while three others were killed and twelve remain missing, according to the European mission Aspides. This attack, one of the deadliest carried out by the Yemeni group against the merchant navy, marks an escalation in this maritime zone essential for global ...

Gaza Civil Defense Reports Death Toll Rises to 52
Gaza Civil Defense Reports Death Toll Rises to 52

Gaza's civil defense agency on Thursday said that at least 52 people were killed, updating a previous toll. Civil defense official Mohammad al-Mughair told AFP that 17 people were killed, in an Israeli air strike in front of a medical point in Deir el-Balah in central Gaza. AFP has contacted the Israeli military for comment on the civil ...

From Nasser to Khamenei: The End of Resistance Politics in the Middle East
Op-edFrom Nasser to Khamenei: The End of Resistance Politics in the Middle East

For decades, the Palestinian cause served as both a rallying banner and a political tool, used by leaders from Cairo to Tehran not always to uplift Palestinians, but to build empires. Radicalism on the Palestinian issue was once a measure of legitimacy for Middle Eastern leaders. Now, something is shifting. With Arab states striking deals with ...

Israel Intercepts Missile Launched From Yemen
Israel Intercepts Missile Launched From Yemen

The Israeli army announced on Thursday that it had intercepted a missile launched from Yemen, just days after carrying out a series of attacks on Houthi infrastructure in the country. The attack was claimed by the Yemeni group. "Following the recent activation of warning sirens in several regions of Israel, a missile launched from Yemen ...

Hamas Says Agreed to Release 10 Hostages as Part of Gaza Truce Talks
Hamas Says Agreed to Release 10 Hostages as Part of Gaza Truce Talks

Hamas said Wednesday it agreed to release 10 hostages held in Gaza as part of ongoing ceasefire talks with Israel, adding it was working to overcome hurdles despite the "difficulty of negotiations." "In the framework of (Hamas's) commitment to ensuring the success of ongoing efforts, the movement displayed the required flexibility and agreed to ...

Trump and Netanyahu Optimistic About Gaza Ceasefire Deal This Week
Trump and Netanyahu Optimistic About Gaza Ceasefire Deal This Week

U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed optimism on Tuesday about an imminent ceasefire in Gaza. Speaking from Washington, Trump said there is a “very good chance” a settlement could be reached this week or next, calling it a “great opportunity.” Netanyahu, in an interview with ...

Yemen's Houthis Claim Recent Deadly Red Sea Attack on Merchant Ship
Yemen's Houthis Claim Recent Deadly Red Sea Attack on Merchant Ship

Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis claimed responsibility Wednesday for a deadly attack earlier this week that sank a merchant vessel, the second ship to be hit in less than 24 hours as the rebels resume their campaign in the key waterway. Operation Aspides, the EU naval task force deployed to the Red Sea in response to the Houthi attacks, has said ...

 Israel Claims Killing of Hezbollah Official
Israel Claims Killing of Hezbollah Official

The Israeli army claimed responsibility on Wednesday morning for a targeted strike carried out the previous day in Babliyeh (Saida), which killed Hussein Ali Mezher, the official in charge of fire management in the Zahrani sector of Hezbollah’s Badr Unit. In a statement posted on his X account, the Israeli army’s Arabic spokesperson, Avichay ...