Middle East Archives | All about Middle East stories

What Trump’s victory means for Ukraine, the Middle East, China and the rest of the world

YoopyaNov 7, 2024November 7, 20240

Donald Trump’s return to the White House in January 2025, combined with a Republican-led US Senate, was widely feared among international allies and will be cheered by

Israel’s Netanyahu dismisses his defense minister as wars rage. Protests erupt across country

YoopyaNov 6, 2024November 6, 20240

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday dismissed his popular defense minister, Yoav Gallant, in a surprise announcement that came as the country is

Israel’s ban on UNRWA continues a pattern of politicizing Palestinian refugee aid – and puts millions of lives at risk

YoopyaOct 30, 2024October 30, 20240

The Israeli parliament’s vote on Oct. 28, 2024, to ban the United Nations agency that provides relief for Palestinian refugees is likely to affect millions of

Israel attacks Iran in series of pre-dawn airstrikes targeting military infrastructure

YoopyaOct 26, 2024October 26, 20240

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel attacked military targets in Iran with a series of pre-dawn airstrikes Saturday in retaliation for the barrage of ballistic missiles the Islamic Republic

What the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar could mean for the Middle East – expert Q&A

YoopyaOct 19, 2024October 19, 20240

Israel has announced it has killed Hamas military leader Yahya Sinwar in Gaza. Sinwar was apparently killed in a chance encounter on October 16 after

Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar’s death is a defining moment, but it will not end the war

YoopyaOct 18, 2024October 18, 20240

The death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, one of the masterminds behind the group’s horrific October 7 2023 attack on southern Israel, is no doubt

Israeli strikes kill at least 15 in Qana, a Lebanese town with a dark history of civilian deaths

YoopyaOct 16, 2024October 16, 20240

BEIRUT (AP) — Israeli strikes have killed at least 15 people in the southern Lebanese town of Qana, which has long been associated with civilian

IDF actions against UN peacekeepers suggest Israel may be considering occupying part of southern Lebanon

YoopyaOct 15, 2024October 15, 20240

The United Nations security council has expressed strong concern for the safety of peacekeepers in Lebanon after a series of incidents over the past week in which

Israeli strike in northern Lebanon kills at least 18 people far from Hezbollah’s main strongholds

YoopyaOct 14, 2024October 14, 20240

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli airstrike hit an apartment building in northern Lebanon on Monday, killing at least 18 people, according to

Israel: what hardliners in Netanyahu’s government want from the war

YoopyaOct 13, 2024October 13, 20240

Much recent media focus has rightly been on the anniversary of the October 7 attacks, where Hamas assailants murdered nearly 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals and abducted a further