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France has issued a new arrest warrant for former Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad on charges related to war crimes committed in 2017, according to a source close to the case. Tuesday, January 21, 2025 from Breaking news from the MIDDLE EAST
The death toll in Israel’s massive military operation in Jenin in the occupied West Bank rose to 10 late Tuesday, the Ramallah-based Palestinian health ministry said. Israel’s Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu announced the raids on...Tuesday, January 21, 2025 from Middle East and North Africa | The Guardian
Israel's campaign of intense aerial bombardment has left the Gaza Strip's infrastructure devastated. Drone footage from the southern city of Rafah shows entire neirghbourhoods reduced to piles of rubble Palestinians begin search for...Tuesday, January 21, 2025 from BBC News - Middle East
Unrwa's Gaza director says rebuilding homes, infrastructure and people's lives will "take an awful lot of time".Wednesday, January 22, 2025 from NYT > Middle East
At least 10 people have been killed in the raids, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. Dozens have been arrested, Palestinian officials told the Wafa news agency.Tuesday, January 21, 2025 from Breaking news from the MIDDLE EAST
A long-awaited ceasefire between Hamas and Israel went into force on Sunday, followed by the first exchange of hostages and detainees by the two sides. The ceasefire and the process of releasing the hostages and prisoners will continue...Wednesday, January 22, 2025 from NPR Topics: Middle East
Lebanese volunteers are anxious to get back to sea turtle conservation on southern beaches that were off-limits to civilians when fighting escalated between Israel and Hezbollah.Tuesday, January 21, 2025 from Breaking news from the MIDDLE EAST
US President Donald Trump was not confident a ceasefire deal in Gaza would hold, despite trumpeting his diplomacy to secure it ahead of his inauguration. Yet the property tycoon turned populist politician believed that Gaza could see a...Tuesday, January 21, 2025 from BBC News - Middle East
BBC Verify's Nick Eardley examines Hamas' footage of the moment three hostages were handed over.Wednesday, January 22, 2025 from Breaking news from the MIDDLE EAST
Israeli PM Binyamin Netanyahu on Wednesday denied a report in a Saudi-owned news outlet that it agreed to allow the Palestinian Authority (PA) to take control of the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt. Reporting from Jerusalem, FRANCE...Tuesday, January 21, 2025 from Middle East and North Africa | The Guardian
Osama Najim was arrested amid claims he used detained migrants in ‘a form of slavery’, but then freed after after a mistake by prosecutors A Libyan general wanted for alleged war crimes and violence against inmates at a prison near...Tuesday, January 21, 2025 from NPR Topics: Middle East
A fragile ceasefire has been in place in Gaza since Sunday, bringing an end to the fighting between Israel and Hamas at least temporarily. Some Palestinians are feeling safe enough to return to homes they fled during the way. Our...Monday, January 20, 2025 from NYT > Middle East
The first phase of the cease-fire deal calls for the release of 33 hostages, including women, children, men over 50 and sick and wounded people. Three hostages were released on the first day of the deal.Monday, January 20, 2025 from Middle East - Los Angeles Times
Donald Trump took the oath of office to become the 47th president in a historic Inauguration Day.Tuesday, January 21, 2025 from Middle East - Los Angeles Times
The president freed the Jan. 6 insurrectionists, disparaged California firefighters and welcomed the members of a new American oligarchy to Washington.Wednesday, January 22, 2025 from NYT > Middle East
The Iranian-backed rebel group in Yemen had earlier said they would scale back attacks given the cease-fire in the conflict in Gaza.Wednesday, January 22, 2025 from NYT > Middle East
Armed with a camera and tape recorder, he spent decades documenting the ancient traditions of nomadic Bedouin tribes, creating a record of a vanishing culture.Monday, January 20, 2025 from BBC News - Middle East
The 28-year-old is among the first three people to be released from captivity in Gaza.Monday, January 20, 2025 from Middle East
As Donald Trump returns to the White House on Monday, French President Emmanuel Macron is positioning himself as a crucial bridge between Europe and an administration that shows early signs of seeking to divide its traditional allies. Tuesday, January 21, 2025 from Breaking news from the MIDDLE EAST
Newly sworn-in US President Donald Trump has said he's "not confident" that the Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement will hold as the hard-won truce entered its third day on Tuesday. Speaking after his inauguration, Trump described Gaza as...Tuesday, January 21, 2025 from Middle East - Los Angeles Times
In his first day as the 47th U.S. president, Donald Trump took action to reverse many of the Biden administration's efforts to move the country toward a green-energy economy.Tuesday, January 21, 2025 from NPR Topics: Middle East
Palestinians get a first glimpse at the destroyed southern city of Rafah in Gaza after Israeli troops withdrew following the ceasefire agreement with Hamas.Tuesday, January 21, 2025 from Middle East - Los Angeles Times
Mexico's President Sheinbaum says she will work with Trump on deportations, border issues and cartels, but laughs at his 'Gulf of America' order.Wednesday, January 22, 2025 from BBC News - Middle East
The group said it was "in support of Gaza and the ceasefire agreement" between Hamas and Israel.Tuesday, January 21, 2025 from BBC News - Middle East
Lt Gen Herzi Halevi says "the terrible failure" to prevent the Hamas attack "accompanies me every day".Tuesday, January 21, 2025 from Middle East and North Africa | The Guardian
Palestinian health ministry says six killed in operation launched day after Donald Trump lifted sanctions on violent settlers Middle East crisis – live updates Israeli security forces have launched an operation in the West Bank city of...Monday, January 20, 2025 from NYT > Middle East
Hunger has gripped the enclave, besieged by Israel, and the surge is a step toward alleviating it. But with Hamas asserting its grip on Gaza, questions remain about how aid is distributed.Tuesday, January 21, 2025 from BBC News - Middle East
Gaza's Civil Defence agency said it feared there were more than 10,000 bodies still buried under rubble.Tuesday, January 21, 2025 from NYT > Middle East
Palestinians returning to parts of the enclave have been picking their way through vast piles of rubble and trying to salvage what they can.Tuesday, January 21, 2025 from Middle East
Just hours after his inauguration as the 47th President of the United States, Donald Trump signed a record 78 executive orders aimed at reversing or undermining politics set out by his predecessor Joe Biden and strengthening his own...Tuesday, January 21, 2025 from BBC News - Middle East
The attacker, believed to be a Moroccan citizen with US residency, was shot dead at the scene.Wednesday, January 22, 2025 from Middle East - Los Angeles Times
Musk made the gestures during a giddy speech celebrating Trump's return to power at a rally Monday at Capital One Arena in Washington.Monday, January 20, 2025 from Middle East
The European Union stands "ready" to defend its interests, the bloc's economy commissioner said Monday, after US President Donald Trump promised a policy of tariffs and taxes on other countries in his inaugural address.Tuesday, January 21, 2025 from Middle East
French President Emmanuel Macron warned on Monday that Russia's war against Ukraine would not end imminently despite Donald Trump's pre-investiture pledges to terminate the fighting soon after his formal return to the White House.Wednesday, January 22, 2025 from BBC News - Middle East
Israel's prime minister says the "extensive" operation aims to "defeat terrorism" in the West Bank city.Wednesday, January 22, 2025 from Middle East and North Africa | The Guardian
The Iraqi parliament has passed a ‘terrifying’ law permitting children as young as nine to marry Iraqi MPs and women’s rights groups have reacted with horror to the Iraqi parliament passing a law permitting children as young as nine...Tuesday, January 21, 2025 from Middle East - Los Angeles Times
President Trump signed executive orders Monday asserting that the U.S. government recognizes only two sexes that are "not changeable," and reversing Biden administration directives on LGBTQ+ rights.Tuesday, January 21, 2025 from Middle East and North Africa | The Guardian
Wiwwaeo Sriaoun, whose son Watchara is one of six Thais held by Hamas, says ceasefire deal has given her more hope Middle East crisis – live updates The mother of a Thai man held in Gaza has pleaded for her son to be freed, saying the...Tuesday, January 21, 2025 from Middle East - Los Angeles Times
The pledge to rename Denali was opposed by environmental groups and Alaskan politicians, including Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski.Tuesday, January 21, 2025 from Middle East - Los Angeles Times
Rioters who were convicted and imprisoned for their roles in the violent attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6 were being released after receiving pardons and commutations from Trump.Monday, January 20, 2025 from NYT > Middle East
Israel is expected on Sunday to begin releasing more than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners, according to the terms of the cease-fire and hostage release agreement with Hamas.Tuesday, January 21, 2025 from Middle East and North Africa | The Guardian
Cheaper foodstuffs and being able to go out without fear of death or mutilation bring relief but conditions remain dire On the first morning of the first day after the ceasefire, the market of Asdaa camp, a sprawling area of tents and...Wednesday, January 22, 2025 from Breaking news from the MIDDLE EAST
Some Israeli media have interpreted the military's deadly operations in the West Bank on Tuesday as a gesture of appeasement to Israel's right-wing ministers angry over the ceasefire deal in Gaza, but the deadly operation's in Jenin...Wednesday, January 22, 2025 from Middle East
Just a few hours after being sworn in as American President, Donald Trump signed a series of decrees targeting immigration, a key theme of his program. His plans to restrict asylum rights and crackdown on illegal immigration has many...Wednesday, January 22, 2025 from NPR Topics: Middle East
Several other schools have recently settled similar lawsuits, and suits are pending against others, including the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University.Wednesday, January 22, 2025 from NYT > Middle East
Some had returned to the hotel year after year. Their deaths — amid dozens of others at the hotel — have stirred grief and outrage.Monday, January 20, 2025 from BBC News - Middle East
Bushra al-Tawil, a 32-year-old journalist, has been freed as part of the first stage of the ceasefire agreement.Wednesday, January 22, 2025 from Middle East and North Africa | The Guardian
Jordan's foreign minister, Ayman Safadi, has warned that the occupied West Bank could explode as Israel launched a deadly military operation in the city of Jenin. Asked by a Palestinian delegate at the World Economic Forum in Davos about...Wednesday, January 22, 2025 from NPR Topics: Middle East
Israel has begun a military operation in the occupied West Bank focused on the city of Jenin. Palestinians there worry the focus of the conflict is shifting over to them following a ceasefire in Gaza.Wednesday, January 22, 2025 from Middle East - Los Angeles Times
Immigrants rights groups are already contesting President Trump's sweeping executive orders aimed at combating illegal immigration.