Fri 13 March 2026: Friends of Al-Aqsa (FOA) have today welcomed the recent joint statement by the Foreign Ministers of the UAE, Turkiye, Egypt, Jordan, Indonesia, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar condemning Israel’s closure of Masjid Al-Aqsa. The organisation, however, pointed out that while these concerns are important, they are obliged to emphasise that statements […]
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Fri 13 March 2026: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif arrived in Saudi Arabia on Thursday for a brief official visit, a day after holding a phone call with the Iranian president, amid ongoing conflict in the Middle East, state media reported. During the visit, Sharif will hold a meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. […]
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Fri 13 March 2026: The UN warned on Thursday that more than 4.1 million people have been internally displaced across the Middle East since the beginning of the current military escalation, with humanitarian needs growing rapidly in several countries. Highlighting that “the region is home to some of the largest numbers of people in need […]
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Thu 12 March 2026: Russia is reportedly sharing drone warfare tactics learned in Ukraine with Iran, potentially boosting Tehran’s ability to target US and Gulf interests in the Middle East, according to a Western intelligence official cited by CNN. Russia is reportedly assisting Iran with advanced drone tactics developed during its war in Ukraine, potentially […]
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Wed 11 March 2026: Kharg Island, a scrubby stretch of land in the northern Gulf, roughly 30 km off Iran’s coast in Bushehr province, is far more significant than its size suggests. The 20-square-kilometre island functions as Iran’s principal oil export terminal and handles almost all of Iran’s crude exports. It collects oil coming by pipeline from Iran’s […]
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Wed 11 March 2026: Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has announced that residents of all Jewish neighbourhoods in Jerusalem will now be eligible to obtain gun licences based solely on their place of residence. According to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, the decision will allow around 300,000 additional Jewish residents of Jerusalem to apply for licences […]
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Wed 11 March 2026: The Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, warned on Tuesday of the consequences of the continued closure of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound for the 11th consecutive day and the prevention of worshippers from performing Taraweeh prayers and religious retreat during the holy month of Ramadan. In a statement, the movement said the closure represents […]
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Wed 11 March 2026: Global oil prices climbed sharply as the ongoing Israeli-US war on Iran continues to rattle energy markets and raised concerns over crude supplies. The international benchmark, Brent North Sea crude, rose by 5.1 percent to reach $92.23 per barrel during trading. Meanwhile, the main US benchmark, West Texas Intermediate, recorded an […]
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Wed 11 March 2026: Iran’s new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei was reportedly injured in his legs during the opening day of US-Israeli strikes on the country, according to reports by The New York Times citing both Israeli and Iranian sources. Khamenei, 56, was announced as the successor to his father, Ali Khamenei, who was killed […]
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Tue 10 March 2026: The Trump administration is mulling a ground operation to retrieve Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium, according to a media report published on Monday. The highly enriched uranium is believed to be sitting in a storage facility deep underground, according to military officials who spoke to CNN. The officials said that US President Donald Trump’s […]
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