Five serving SAS soldiers are under investigation over an incident involving allegations of potential war crimes in Syria several years ago. They have not been arrested but the Defence Serious Crimes Unit is investigating, the BBC has been told. A number of UK Special Forces have been...

It has now been more than one month since the International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivered an interim ruling calling on Israel to take measures to prevent acts of genocide in Gaza.  The provisional measures were announced on 26 January, weeks after South Africa had taken Israel to the...

Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani held talks with Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh on Monday to discuss efforts to reach a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip. The discussions dwelt on Palestinian developments and Qatari efforts to reach an immediate and durable cease-fire in Gaza,...

Sexual abuse, beatings, yelling, deprivation of food, lack of medical care and psychological torment.  This was life in Israeli detention for Amena Hussain*. The Palestinian mother of three was abducted by Israeli forces from her place of refuge in the war-torn Gaza Strip in late...