Palestinians retrieve belongings from West Bank camp
Dozens of residents from the West Bank’s emptied Nur Shams refugee camp returned on Wednesday to retrieve belongings ahead of the Israeli military’s demolition of 25 residential buildings there...
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Syrian who killed Americans was part of security forces
Syria’s interior ministry said Sunday the gunman who killed three Americans in the central Palmyra region the previous day was a member of the security forces who was to have been fired for extremism...
Guterres marks end of UN mission in Iraq
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Saturday marked in Baghdad the end of the United Nations’ political mission in Iraq, which supported the country’s transition following the US-led invasion.
US, Syrian soldiers wounded in Syria shooting
Several Syrian and American soldiers were wounded when shots were fired at a joint military delegation in Palmyra in central Syria on Saturday, state media said...
Series of Israeli strikes hit Lebanon
A series of Israeli strikes hit south and east Lebanon on Friday, state media reported, as Israel’s army said it was targeting Hezbollah sites, the latest such raids despite a year-old ceasefire.
Iran arrests Nobel-prize winning activist Narges Mohammadi
Iranian security forces on Friday ‘violently’ arrested the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi at a memorial ceremony for a lawyer who died earlier this month, her supporters said.
Hamas proposes weapons ‘freeze’ in return for long-term truce
A top Hamas leader told Qatari news channel Al Jazeera on Wednesday that the militant group is open to a weapons ‘freeze’, but rejects the demand for disarmament put forward in the US-sponsored peace plan for Gaza. ‘The idea of total disarmament is unacceptable to the resistance (Hamas). What is being proposed is a freeze, or storage (of weapons) to provide guarantees against any military escalation from Gaza with the Israeli occupation,’ said Khaled Mishaal in an interview aired Wednesday...
Hamas says no Gaza truce second phase
Hamas said on Tuesday that the Gaza ceasefire plan cannot proceed to its second phase as long as Israeli ‘violations’ persist and called on mediators to pressure Israel to respect the agreement...
Israel launches series of strikes on southern Lebanon
Israel launched a series of strikes on southern Lebanon on Tuesday, Lebanese state media reported, with the Israeli army saying it hit a Hezbollah training centre and other targets...
Syria’s Sharaa urges unity for post-Assad rebuild
President Ahmed al-Sharaa on Monday urged Syrians to work together to rebuild their country, still marred by insecurity and divisions, as they marked a year since the ousting of long-time ruler Bashar al-Assad...
Israel, Qatar, US hold meeting in New York
The United States, Israel and Qatar held a trilateral meeting in New York Sunday, a senior White House official told AFP, months after Israeli jets conducted an airstrike in Doha, unsuccessfully targeting Hamas leadership.
