Category: 3. Middle East

Foreign ministers for eight Muslim countries, some hostile to Israel and some friendly, issued a condemnation of Jerusalem’s “repeated violations” of the Gaza ceasefire in a letter on Sunday, after the IDF carried out a wave of…

Feb 1 (Reuters) – The top U.S. and Israeli generals held talks at the Pentagon on Friday amid soaring tensions with Iran, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Sunday, speaking on condition of anonymity.

The officials did not offer details about the…

As of early last week, Israel was holding 766 bodies of Palestinians who have been identified and at least another 10 bodies of known foreign nationals. Most of the 776 were killed by Israeli security forces while they either carrying out an…

An Iranian official on Sunday denied that the country had any plans to carry out live-fire exercises in the Strait of Hormuz this week, amid sky-high tensions in the region.

Speaking to Reuters, an Iranian official denied ever planning such…

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir was in Washington, DC, over the weekend for a series of discussions with American defense officials regarding Iran, The Times of Israel has learned.

The meetings in the United States came as US…

LONDON – After three decades deployed as a foreign correspondent to the Middle East, Africa and South Asia, British journalist Jason Burke is no stranger to demystifying religious extremism and violence. His first four books were deep-dives…

Foreign ministers of several Muslim-majority countries issued a public letter in which they “strongly condemn Israel’s repeated violations of the cease-fire in Gaza,” which they say led to the killing and wounding of over one thousand…