Category: 3. Middle East

JERUSALEM/PALM BEACH, Florida, Dec 28 – U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to push for progress in the stalled ceasefire in Gaza when he meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday for talks that will include Israel’s…

The leader of Yemen’s Houthi rebels warned that any Israeli presence in Somaliland would be considered a “military target,” according to a statement from the group published Sunday.

“We consider any Israeli presence in Somaliland a…

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer was under pressure Sunday after “abhorrent” social media posts by a British-Egyptian activist came to light, days after the premier welcomed the former prisoner’s return to the country.

Alaa Abd…

LATAKIA, Syria (AP) — Clashes broke out on Syria’s coast between protesters from the Alawite religious minority and counterdemonstrators on Sunday, killing at least three people and injuring dozens of others, health officials said.

The…

Covert Israeli forces on the Hamas-controlled side of the Gaza ceasefire line have reportedly detained a Palestinian Islamic Jihad operative linked to the abduction of slain police Master Sgt. Ran Gvili, the last Israeli hostage still being…

People gathered in several towns in the breakaway region of Somaliland on Sunday to celebrate its recognition by Israel — a decision condemned by the Somali president as a “threat” to stability in the Horn of Africa.

Israel announced on Friday it…

All five of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s meetings this year with US President Donald Trump were important landmarks for Israel’s security and standing in the world. Yet the sixth, slated for Monday at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort,…

The Defense Ministry announced on Sunday the delivery of the first operational high-power laser interception system developed by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd., dubbed “Iron Beam,” to the Israel Defense Forces.

The system, which…

Israel’s recognition of the breakaway region of Somaliland “is [a] threat to the security and stability of the world and the region,” Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud told an emergency parliamentary session Sunday.

Prime…