Category: 3. Middle East

The Israel Defense Forces said Friday that it carried out a wave of airstrikes in southern Lebanon targeting Hezbollah sites, including a training facility used by the terror group’s elite Radwan Force.

It marked the second time in the…

By Dave Sherwood and Marianna Parraga

HAVANA/HOUSTON, Dec 12 (Reuters) – A U.S. move this week to seize an oil tanker out of ​Venezuela is poised to make a bad situation worse for a ​crisis-stricken Cuba already struggling to source enough…

By Olivia Le Poidevin

GENEVA, Dec 12 (Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of ​displaced Gazans face flooding of ​their tents and shelters by heavy rains, and materials for shelters ⁠and sandbags are not being allowed to enter the enclave, the…

ANKARA, Dec 12 (Reuters) – Turkey and the United States are ​discussing the U.S. sanctions and obstacles ​to Ankara rejoining the F-35 jet programme but nothing has changed ⁠with respect to its possession of Russian S-400 air defences, the…

GENEVA, Dec 12 (Reuters) – ​Iraq’s former ​president Barham ⁠Salih has been chosen as the ​next high ‍commissioner for ​refugees for the United Nations, a letter ⁠showed on Friday.

The letter signed by United Nations Chief Antonio…

His only official job title at the White House is son-in-law. But Jared Kushner has staged a remarkable — and sometimes controversial — comeback to US President Donald Trump’s inner circle.

Four years after leaving the White House,…

Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Lazar Focus. Each Friday, join host deputy editor Amanda Borschel-Dan and diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman for a deep dive into what’s behind the news that spins the globe.

This week, US bureau chief…

When a small group of lawmakers gathered at the US Capitol Visitors Center on Tuesday for a B’nai B’rith event, it was to show support for Israel — and to mark 50 years since the UN passed its notorious Resolution 3379 declaring…

By John O’Donnell and Padraic Halpin

DUBLIN, Dec 12 (Reuters) – Ireland’s planned curbs on trade with Israeli settlements will be limited strictly to goods, ​a minister told Reuters, offering the first clear signal on the scope of ​the…