The Israeli military has concluded that over one fifth of Israeli captives still held in Gaza are dead, according to a report in the New York Times on Tuesday.  At least 32 of 136 captives in the beseiged enclave have died since the war began on 7 October, the report stated, citing a...

“We live in a tent – the children are afraid of houses and buildings,” says Hind, a mother of five in Afrin, in northwest Syria’s Idlib province. “We are very tired.”  Where can you find refuge when your home is no longer safe? How can you comfort your children when they...

A drone attack on the largest US military base in Syria has killed at least six allied Kurdish-led fighters. The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) said its commando academy at the al-Omar oil field in the eastern province of Deir al-Zour was hit in the early hours of Monday. It accused...

Israel has been using disproportionate force against civilians and using hunger as a “weapon” in its attacks on Gaza since last October, said a UN special rapporteur on the right to food. "Israel is clearly and systematically obstructing access to food for all civilians in Gaza," Michael...