Category: Middle East

Fri 16 May 2025: Israel is expanding the “buffer zone” in Gaza, which now accounts for approximately 35% of the enclave’s total area of 360 square kilometers, an Israeli broadcaster said in its report on Wednesday, Anadolu reports. “While international discourse remains preoccupied with whether Israel will carry out a full-scale ground invasion in Gaza, the reality […]

Thu 15 May 2025: Around 90 per cent of Gaza’s 2.4 million population has been forcibly displaced by Israel’s ongoing war on the enclave, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said today. As Palestinians mark the 77th anniversary of their expulsion from their towns in historical Palestine after attacks by Zionist gangs and the […]

Thu 15 May 2025: US President Donald Trump said today that the United States was getting very close to securing a nuclear deal with Iran, and Tehran had “sort of” agreed to the terms, Reuters reports. “We’re in very serious negotiations with Iran for long-term peace,” Trump said on a tour of the Gulf, according to a […]

Wed 14 May 2025: US president says ‘all sanctions’ on Damascus will be dropped, after talks with Saudi and Turkish leaders. United States President Donald Trump says Washington is considering the normalisation of ties with Damascus after he met Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa, the first such encounter between the two nations’ leaders in 25 years. […]

Tue 13 May 2025: US President Donald Trump has arrived in Saudi Arabia, in what will be the first stop of a three-day tour that will also see him visit Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, also known as MBS, has greeted Trump upon arrival in Riyadh. The White House says […]

Mon 12 May 2025: The Palestinian group says the US citizen was released “a short while ago following contacts with the US administration”. Edan Alexander was taken from his military base in southern Israel during Hamas’ cross-border attack on October 7, 2023, which set off the war in Gaza. His release would be the first […]

Mon 12 May 2025: Move by Kurdish armed group follows February call by jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan to lay down arms. The Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, has announced that it plans to disband and disarm, potentially bringing decades of conflict with Turkiye to an end. The move was reported on Monday by the Firat […]

Mon 12 May 2025: At least 1,500 Palestinians in Gaza have lost their eyesight since the war began, according to the head of Gaza’s Eye Hospital. Dr Abdul Salam Sabbah told Al Jazeera Arabic that the ongoing Israeli assault has left thousands more at risk of going blind due to severe shortages in medical supplies […]

Sun 11 May 2025: The US and Iran concluded the fourth round of diplomatic talks in the Omani capital Muscat on Sunday, officials from both sides confirmed. High-level diplomatic discussions, attended by Steve Witkoff, US President Donald Trump’s senior adviser and special envoy, lasted more than three hours and included both direct and indirect exchanges, […]