Category: 3. Middle East

DUBAI, Jan 23 (Reuters) – An influential Iranian cleric warned on Friday that Iran may target U.S.-linked investments in the region in retaliation for any U.S. attack on the Islamic Republic, Iranian news agencies reported.

President Donald Trump…

By Alexander Cornwell

TEL AVIV, Jan 23 (Reuters) – Israel wants to restrict the number of Palestinians entering Gaza through the border crossing with Egypt to ensure that more are allowed out than in, three sources briefed on the matter said ahead…

The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold an emergency session on Friday to discuss the “alarming violence” used in Iran against anti-regime protesters, while a group of states will call on UN investigators to document alleged…

Poor security at a camp in Syria housing thousands of suspected relatives of Islamic State group jihadists has prevented UN agency staff from entering, days after Kurdish forces withdrew and the army deployed at the site.

Two former employees at…

Europeans were among 150 senior Islamic State group detainees transferred this week by the US military from Kurdish custody in Syria to Iraq, whose premier urged EU countries to repatriate their nationals.

They were among an estimated 7,000…

Jordan has been using Israeli digital forensic tools since 2020 in its efforts against civil society activists, including people protesting over the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, according to a new report by the Citizen Lab research…

By Olivia Le Poidevin

GENEVA, Jan 23 (Reuters) – A training centre for hundreds of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank could be closed within days by Israeli authorities, jeopardising the education of students, the U.N. Palestinian refugee…

LONDON, Jan 23 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s comments that NATO troops stayed off the front line in Afghanistan were “deeply disappointing”, a British minister said on Friday, noting that many European soldiers had died supporting…