Category: Middle East News
‘Bombing’ hits Iraq military base, 1 killed
NEW DELHI: An overnight “bombing” wounded several individuals at the Calso military base in Babylon province, south of Baghdad, where Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces, or…
Humanitarian airdrop in Gaza claims five lives, says Medic
NEW DELHI: A medic at Gaza’s largest hospital said that a humanitarian airdrop in the north of the Palestinian territory resulted in the tragic death…
Israel incensed after Brazil’s Lula likens Gaza war to Holocaust
JERUSALEM: Israel accused Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of trivialising the Holocaust and causing offence to the Jewish people on Sunday after he…
Israel opposes ‘unilateral’ imposition of Palestinian state
JERUSALEM: Israel on Sunday formalised its opposition to what it called the “unilateral recognition” of Palestinian statehood, and said any such agreement must be reached…
Besieged Gaza hospital ‘no more functional’
GAZA: The WHO said Sunday that one of the last functioning hospitals in the Gaza Strip was no longer capable of serving the dozens of…
Israeli airstrikes in Rafah result in deaths of 28 Palestinians
RAFAH: Israeli airstrikes have caused significant casualties in the city of Rafah, resulting in the deaths of at least 28 Palestinians. The airstrikes were conducted…
Israeli PM Netanyahu orders military to chalk out plan for ‘evacuation of population’ from Rafah
TEL AVIV: Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the military to plan the evacuation of the population from Rafah, a southern Gaza city. The…
Iranian strikes in Pakistan and Iraq inflame regional tensions
BAGHDAD: Iran hit its neighbours Pakistan and Iraq with missile strikes Tuesday, prompting strong denunciations from both countries and raising fears that upheaval in West…
Kirkuk: Security forces deploy in Iraqi oil city after four protesters killed in ethnic clashes
SULAIMANIYA: Iraqi security forces deployed in the northern Iraqi oil city of Kirkuk on Sunday to prevent further violence as the death toll in clashes…
Hamas: Palestinian authorities say an explosion at a Hamas site in Gaza has killed 1 militant
GAZA CITY: An explosion ripped through a Hamas militant site in the central Gaza Strip on Thursday, Palestinian authorities said, killing one militant and seriously…