A Palestinian journalist was killed Tuesday in Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, pushing the death toll for members of the press targeted by Israel since Oct. 7 to 123, the Gaza Media Office said in a statement. Rizk Al-Gharabli, director of the Palestinian Media Center in the Gaza...

At least four people, including a child, were wounded when an explosive device planted in a motorcycle detonated in Afrin city, north of Aleppo province, the Civil Defense agency said on Tuesday.  The rescue group teams inspected the place and provided first aid to one of the injured...

A series of overnight Israeli airstrikes on Wednesday caused several casualties among civilians in the Syrian province of Homs and its countryside areas, according to the state-run news agency SANA. 
"A number of civilians were killed and injured along with material damage from the Israeli...

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 live in fear of...

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 Fakhri...

Eight missiles launched from southern Lebanon targeted the northern border of Israel, Israeli Channel 12 reported on Monday. Sirens sounded in several Israeli towns near the Lebanese border in the Upper Galilee region following the attack from Lebanon. The Israeli army responded with...

Without safe water, many more people will die from deprivation and disease, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said Sunday.  “Our UNRWA team has delivered nearly 20,000,000 liters of water to people in Gaza,” the agency said on X. “But it's not enough to meet the needs....

At least 30 Palestinians were killed in the Deir al-Balah region of central Gaza in the last 24 hours as Israel continued its onslaught on the besieged enclave, local officials said Sunday. The Israeli army carried out air attacks on the homes of civilians in Deir al-Balah and bombed a...

The US and the UK carried out strikes Saturday against 36 Houthi targets in 13 locations in Yemen in response to attacks against commercial ships in the Red Sea. "These precision strikes are intended to disrupt and degrade the capabilities that the Houthis use to threaten global trade, and the...

The EU and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on Friday expressed "grave concerns" over developments in the Middle East, and condemned the attacks against civilians. In a joint statement following the 24th EU-ASEAN Ministerial Meeting, the two regional blocs said they agreed...

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said Friday a pause in fighting in the Gaza Strip may not apply to fighting Hezbollah on the Lebanese-Israeli border. "If Hezbollah thinks that when there is a cease-fire in the south it will hold fire and we’ll stop, it’s making a big mistake," he said...

The  United States  on Friday evening launched its first series of retaliatory strikes against Iran-backed groups in Iraq and Syria, following a series of strikes on an American outpost in Jordan that killed three soldiers. US Central Command released a statement saying its forces...

UNICEF estimates that almost all the children in the Gaza Strip require mental health support. Prior to 7 October, the agency estimated that 50,000 children were in need of help. “They present symptoms like extremely high levels of persistent anxiety, loss of appetite. They can’t sleep,...

he Syrian military says it downed a number of Israeli missiles launched from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights that were targeting south Damascus on Friday morning, state news agency SANA reported citing a military source, according to Reuters. Reports of an explosion in the vicinity of...

Israeli forces have released an 82-year-old Gaza woman suffering from Alzheimer's disease after detaining her because she was considered an "unlawful combatant," Israel’s Haaretz daily newspaper reported Thursday. Fahamiya Khalidi was taken into custody by Israeli forces in early December at...

US forces destroyed two drones near the Red Sea on Thursday amid continued attacks by Yemen's Houthi rebels and retaliatory strikes from American and allied militaries. US Central Command (CENTCOM) said an aerial drone was downed over the Gulf of Aden, which sits between the Red Sea and the...

Members of the Syrian regime forces and militias supported by Russia and Iran were killed and wounded on Thursday in an attack by Islamic State militants in the desert of Raqqa province, northeastern Syria, an informed source told Zaman al-Wasl.   At least 5 members of the regime forces...

Two Palestinians were injured and 37 others detained in Israeli military raids in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, according to local sources. Israeli forces raided the city of Tubas in the northern West Bank, triggering clashes with Palestinian residents, eyewitnesses said. Two...