Category: Middle East

Fri 24 July 2026: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz said Friday that they had ordered the army to launch a “wide-scale military operation” in Palestinian villages in the occupied West Bank. In a joint statement, Netanyahu and Katz also said the army had been instructed to demolish the home of […]

Fri 24 July 2026: An estimated 1.4 million people in Gaza are expected to face “high levels of acute food insecurity” through December, up from 1.2 million from mid-April to June, despite improvements driven by humanitarian assistance, according to a new Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis released on Thursday, Anadolu reports. The IPC said […]

Fri 24 July 2026: Tehran dispatched Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps commanders, missile technology, and gold to Yemen on a July 13 flight, multiple sources confirm. The covert deployment aims to enhance Houthi strike capabilities and expand Iranian leverage over vital Red Sea shipping lanes. Tehran secretly transported Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps personnel, military advisers, and […]

Thu 23 July 2026: US President Donald Trump said Thursday that a nuclear cooperation deal with Saudi Arabia will be subject to Riyadh joining the Abraham Accords. “The Civil Nuclear Deal (There will be no enrichment of material!) being made between the United States Department of Energy and Saudi Arabia, which pertains only to non-military […]

Thu 23 July 2026: The US and Saudi Arabia have signed a nuclear cooperation agreement, the US Energy Department said Wednesday. US Energy Secretary Chris Wright and Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman signed the peaceful nuclear cooperation agreement, commonly known as a 123 Agreement, along with a bilateral safeguards agreement, the agency said […]

Thu 23 July 2026: The US House of Representatives, led by Republicans, has narrowly approved a large $1.15 billion military spending package, despite Democratic concerns about its high cost and plans for deeper military technology collaboration with Israel. The bill passed in the House on Wednesday by a margin of 216 to 212, largely adhering […]

Wed 22 July 2026: Lebanese President Joseph Aoun has set three conditions for the possible disarmament of Hezbollah, beginning with an end to the Israeli occupation of areas in southern Lebanon, according to a Lebanese presidency statement Wednesday. Aoun made the remarks during a dinner hosted by Lebanon’s ambassador to Washington, Nada Hamadeh Mouawad, in […]