Seven years ago, I wrote about the “regional rise of Israel.” Today, its presence is greater than ever – it’s behind massive geopolitical changes in the aftermath of the October 7 attacks. After all this, how does Israel now view itself? It’s unlikely that it will settle for...

Hamas released a video Friday showing an Israeli hostage held in Gaza, appearing weak and malnourished inside a narrow concrete tunnel. “They eat what we eat. It is the occupation government that has decided to starve them,” the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades said in the caption...

Spain said Friday it had air-dropped 12 tonnes of food into Gaza, where UN-backed experts say famine is unfolding. The mission deployed 24 parachutes, each carrying 500 kilos (1,100 pounds) of food—enough to feed 11,000 people—Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares said in a...

The Embassy of the State of Qatar in Damascus announced on Friday the launch of the second phase of the project to support the electricity sector in Syria, within the framework of cooperation between the Qatar Fund for Development and the Syrian Ministry of Energy. The embassy...