MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 13 JANUARY 2025 Biden urges immediate ceasefire in call with Netanyahu; Israeli security delegation in Qatar for Gaza talks 6 min 6 By Reuters
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 10 JANUARY 2025 US, Arab mediators ‘make some progress’ in Gaza peace talks; Lebanon’s army chief elected president 8 min 8 By Reuters
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 9 JANUARY 2025 Israeli airstrikes kill dozens in Gaza amid ceasefire push; IDF troops recover body of hostage 6 min 33 By Reuters
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 8 JANUARY 2025 No hostage deal until Israel ends war, reiterates Hamas; UAE, Israeli foreign ministers discuss Gaza crisis 9 min 17 By Reuters
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 7 JANUARY 2025 Blinken pushes to get Gaza truce deal over ‘finish line’; three Israelis killed in West Bank shooting 6 min 6 By Reuters
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 6 JANUARY 2025 Israeli airstrikes kill 14 in Gaza as mediators strive for truce deal; US plans $8bn arms sale to Israel 7 min 39 By Reuters
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 3 JANUARY 2025 Israeli airstrikes kill 43 across Gaza Strip - medics; IDF commandos raided missile plant in Syria in September 5 min 2 By Reuters
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 2 JANUARY 2025 Israel's ex-defence chief Yoav Gallant resigns from Parliament; IDF strikes Gaza City suburb - medics 5 min 13 By Reuters
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 31 DECEMBER 2024 WHO chief calls for end to hospital attacks in Gaza; Syria appoints some foreign Islamist fighters to military - sources 7 min 2 By Reuters
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 30 DECEMBER 2024 Israel orders new evacuation of besieged Gaza town; hostages were tortured, says new report 5 min 12 By Reuters
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 27 DECEMBER 2024 Israel strikes airport and ports in Yemen; airstrike in Gaza ‘kills five journalists’ 9 min 2 By Reuters
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 23 DECEMBER 2024 Israel orders evacuation of Gaza hospital; Syria’s de facto ruler reassures minorities 6 min 8 By Reuters
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 20 DECEMBER 2024 UN seeks ICJ opinion on Israel’s aid duty; Human Rights Watch: depriving Gaza of water is ‘an act of genocide’ 10 min 9 By Reuters
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 19 DECEMBER 2024 UN torture expert visits Israeli scenes of Hamas attack; brother of hostage slams Security Council's 'deafening silence' 7 min 30 By Reuters
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 18 DECEMBER 2024 Palestinian security forces battle Islamists in West Bank; Swiss Parliament votes to outlaw Hezbollah 9 min 5 By Reuters
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 17 DECEMBER 2024 IDF air and ground strikes kill dozens in Gaza; Israel accuses Irish PM of anti-Semitism 8 min 1 By Reuters
GUEST ESSAY Global power shift in real time — from Hamas’s own goal to Assad’s fall and Iran’s huge blunder 5 min 64 By Steven Boykey Sidley
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 13 DECEMBER 2024 Israeli airstrikes kill 13 people ‘protecting humanitarian aid trucks’; US's Sullivan hints at Gaza ceasefire deal 6 min 7 By Reuters
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 12 DECEMBER 2024 Biden's top aides head for talks on Gaza, Syria; Israeli minister sees chance for deal to free all hostages 6 min 3 By Reuters
INTERVIEW ‘Iran hates me’ — Imtiaz Sooliman opens up about Jihadism, Hamas and The Kiffness 14 min 181 By Kevin Bloom
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 11 DECEMBER 2024 Netanyahu assails Israeli media during corruption trial testimony; Israel creates ‘sterile defence zone’ in southern Syria 7 min 18 By Reuters
