Month: January 1970

Condemnation grew in Iraq after a 300-year-old minaret, viewed as a heritage site by the Ministry of Culture, was demolished in the southern city of Basra on Friday.

According to a US intelligence assessment published last week, Iran has rapidly expanded its nuclear program since the assassination one of its key scientists in November 2020, but it is … Read More

Iran’s morality police will resume patrols to make women comply with strict Islamic dress codes, state media reported Sunday, 10 months after the death of a young woman in their … Read More

One Israeli man was seriously wounded and two young girls were hurt in a shooting in the West Bank, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Israeli emergency services said Sunday.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in hospital for medical evaluation but is in a “good condition,” his office said.

President Mahmoud Abbas, the 87-year-old veteran who has led the Palestinian Authority for nearly two decades, is trending on Palestinian social media — but not in the way he might … Read More

Some 100 civilians were evacuated from the besieged Syrian enclave of Eastern Ghouta to the capital Damascus on Tuesday, after a weekend of setbacks for rebels.

Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah survived an assassination attempt in northern Gaza on Tuesday morning, the Palsetinian Authority said.

Avoiding a coalition collapse that would have sent the country to snap elections a year and a half early, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu forged an agreement on a key … Read More

Satellite photos reveal how seven years of war in Syria have transformed its ancient cities into scenes of apocalyptic devastation.