The UN relief chief stressed Tuesday that nearly 17 million people in Syria need humanitarian assistance. "A staggering 16.7 million people now require humanitarian assistance – nearly three-quarters of the population and the highest number of people in need since the start of the crisis,"...

Yemen’s Houthis on Tuesday dismissed Israeli allegations that they had targeted submarine communications cables in the Red Sea. Hebrew-language financial daily Globes reported that four underwater communications cables between Saudi Arabia and Djibouti have been taken out of commission due...

Israel’s ongoing war on Gaza has made it increasingly difficult to sell Israeli dates in the European market in the run-up to the holy month of Ramadan, according to Israeli media reports.  About a third of annual date exports by Israeli producers occur during the month of Ramadan but...

Planes airdropped shipments of humanitarian aid to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Monday amid an Israeli offensive on the enclave, according to witnesses. The aid supplies were airlifted to the cities of Deir al-Balah and Rafah in the central and southern Gaza Strip, witnesses said....