Category: 3. Middle East

By Olivia Le Poidevin and Suleiman Al-Khalidi

GENEVA, Dec 10 (Reuters) – Israeli Druze leader Sheikh Mowafaq Tarif ​urged the United States to guarantee the security ​of the Druze community in Syria to prevent a recurrence of intense violence…

By Fedja Grulovic

SOFIA, Dec 10 (Reuters) – A Bulgarian court has ​rejected Lebanon’s request to extradite a ​Russian shipowner linked to the 2020 Beirut port blast, citing ⁠insufficient security guarantees from Lebanese authorities.

Igor…

Israel has rejected a claim by Palestinian Islamic Jihad that it has returned all the hostages it was holding, with an official reportedly saying the terror group knows the location of the remains of Ran Gvili, the last deceased captive…

JERUSALEM, Dec 10 (Reuters) – Israel has given final approval for ​764 housing units to be ​built in three settlements in the occupied West Bank, ⁠Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said on Wednesday.

The ultra-nationalist Smotrich, who…

At a cafe in a bustling Cairo neighbourhood, Liverpool games once drew wall-to-wall crowds, but with Mohamed Salah off the pitch, his Egyptian fans would now rather play cards or quietly doomscroll than watch the Reds play.

Salah, one of the…

At a Damascus air base once off-limits under Bashar al-Assad, a crew now films a TV series about the final months of the ousted leader’s rule as seen through the eyes of a Syrian family.

“It’s hard to believe we’re filming here,” director Mohamad…

Dec 10 (Reuters) – Groups operating from Israeli-held areas of Gaza say they will continue to fight Hamas despite the killing of their most prominent commander, reporting more recruits since an October ceasefire as they eye a role in the…