Category: Middle East
Israel signals tactics shift, troop pullback as US carrier heads home
An Israeli soldier walks by tanks, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, near the Israel-Gaza border [...]
Israel’s Supreme Court strikes down disputed law that limited court oversight
President of the Supreme Court of Israel Esther Hayut and all fifteen justices assemble to hear petitions against the reasonableness standard law [...]
Baghdad condemns US strike on Iraqi military positions
A fighter of the Iraqi Kataib Hezbollah militia group and a man inspect the site of a U.S. airstrike, in Hilla, Iraq December 26, 2023. REUTERS/A [...]
Yemen’s Houthis claim responsibility for Red Sea container ship attack
Newly recruited fighters who joined a Houthi military force intended to be sent to fight in support of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, march [...]
Israel budget plans for Gaza war to last through February, widening deficit
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich attends an inauguration event for Israel's new light rail line for the Tel Aviv metropolitan area, in P [...]
Turkey retaliates at home, abroad after troops killed in Iraq
Turkish forces regularly carry out strikes in neighbouring Iraq as part of its offensive against PKK militants based there [Getty]
On Monday, [...]
U.S. Red Sea taskforce gets limited backing from some allies
The U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney transits the Suez Canal, Egypt October 18, 2023. U.S. Navy/Mass Communicati [...]
Houthi leader threatens to attack US warships if Washington targets Yemen
Newly recruited fighters who joined a Houthi military force intended to be sent to fight in support of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, march [...]
US launches Red Sea force as ships reroute to avoid attacks
The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Carney sets sail in the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey, July 14, 2019.
Yoruk Isik/Reuters, FILE
On Tuesday, the [...]
Hamas turns Gaza streets into deadly maze for Israeli troops
An Israeli soldier takes position during the ongoing ground operation of the Israeli army against Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, at a location [...]
