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: 24 DECEMBER 2024 Gaps narrow in Gaza ceasefire deal talks, say officials; Jordan ‘ready to help Syria rebuild’ 6 min 0 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
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
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 10 DECEMBER 2024 IDF strikes air defence installation near Syrian port; Israel ‘more optimistic’ about hostage deal in Gaza 7 min 6 By Reuters
ISS TODAY OP-ED US-SA relations among key bilateral tussles to watch as Africa readies for Trump comeback 5 min 1 By Emmaculate Liaga and Zenge Simakoloyi
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 9 DECEMBER 2024 Assad and family reportedly in Moscow after Russia grants asylum; Israel watches Syria after 'historic' government collapse 6 min 8 By Reuters
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 6 DECEMBER 2024 Israel responds to Amnesty International proclaiming genocide in Gaza; Hezbollah pays $50m to families affected by war 8 min 23 By Reuters
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS: 5 DECEMBER Israeli troops advance in Khan Younis; deaths of six hostages ‘probably linked to IDF strike’ 6 min 3 By Reuters
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 4 DECEMBER 2024 IDF kills three Hamas members in West Bank; Israel hails Trump's hostages pledge, but Gazans fear the worst 7 min 8 By Reuters
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 3 DECEMBER 2024 IDF bombards homes in north Gaza - medics; Hezbollah strikes Israeli military position over 'ceasefire breach' 6 min 3 By Reuters
