/middleeast en /node/2597377/middle-east <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/120821">AP</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Thu, 2025-04-17 02:30</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> CAIRO: Egypt鈥檚 revenue from the Suez Canal plunged by almost two thirds last year, officials said Wednesday, attributing the sharp drop to regional tensions and wars in the Middle East that have impacted traffic through the key waterway.<br /> The canal is a major source of foreign currency for the Egyptian government, with about 10 percent of world trade flowing through the waterway in recent years.<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/04/17/4592911-1795910193.jpg" width="1200" height="716" alt="" title="A ship moves through the Suez Canal, before a press conference in &quot;Excellence Day&quot; as Egypt&#039;s Suez Canal Authority removes solid waste from the water in the passage in Ismalia Egypt, April 16, 2025. (Reuters)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/middleeast">Middle-East</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/egypt">Egypt</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/egypt-economy">Egypt economy</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/suez-canal">suez canal</a></div></div></div> Wed, 16 Apr 2025 23:39:48 +0000 Sajjadkk 2597377 at /node/2597367/middle-east <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/111606">AFP</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Wed, 2025-04-16 23:51</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> TEHRAN:聽Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Wednesday that Iran鈥檚 enrichment of uranium as part of its nuclear program was 鈥渘on-negotiable鈥� after US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff called for a halt.</p> <p> 鈥淚ran鈥檚 enrichment is a real, accepted matter. We are ready to build confidence in response to possible concerns, but the issue of enrichment is non-negotiable,鈥� Araghchi told reporters after a cabinet meeting.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/04/17/4592874-421788509.jpg" width="1228" height="543" alt="" title="In its latest report, the IAEA said Iran had an estimated 274.8 kilograms of uranium enriched to up to 60 percent, exceeding the 3.67 percent ceiling set by the 2015 deal, at its Natanz enrichment facility. (Reuters)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/middleeast">Middle-East</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/iran">Iran</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/abbas-araghchi">Abbas Araghchi</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/uranium-enrichment">uranium enrichment</a></div></div></div> Wed, 16 Apr 2025 21:10:02 +0000 Sajjadkk 2597367 at /node/2597365/middle-east <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/111606">AFP</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Wed, 2025-04-16 23:11</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> DAMASCUS:聽Save the Children said on Wednesday that more than 400,000 children in the Syrian Arab Republic were at risk of 鈥渟evere malnutrition鈥� after the US suspended aid, forcing the charity to slash operations in the country.</p> <p> Bujar Hoxha, Save the Children鈥檚 Syria director, in a statement called on the international community to urgently fill the funding gap, warning that needs were 鈥渉igher than ever鈥� after years of war and economic collapse.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/04/16/4592909-1287835733.jpg" width="1200" height="716" alt="" title="More than 650,000 children under five in Syria were now chronically malnourished, while more than 7.5 million children nationwide needed humanitarian assistance. (AFP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/middleeast">Middle-East</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/FallofAssad">Fall of Assad</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/tags/syria">Syria</a></div></div></div> Wed, 16 Apr 2025 20:51:08 +0000 Sajjadkk 2597365 at /node/2597362/middle-east <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/article-authors/sherouk-zakaria">Sherouk Zakaria</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Wed, 2025-04-16 22:54</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> DUBAI: Sameer Abbas Mohamed, a Syrian refugee from Qamishli who fled to Iraq in 2013, was terrified when his one-year-old son, Yusuf, was diagnosed with tuberculosis. He knew the disease was life-threatening 鈥� and highly contagious.</p> <p> 鈥淚 have two older boys, and I was scared they would catch the disease,鈥� said Mohamed, who lives in Qushtapa refugee camp for Syrians in Irbil, home to most of the 300,000 Syrian refugees in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.</p> <p> 鈥淵usuf was also very young and I worried about losing him.鈥�</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/04/16/4592888-354822206.jpg" width="1200" height="554" alt="" title="Equipped with new, cutting-edge tools and technologies, health care providers in Iraq can reach more people across the country to test for, treat and prevent the disease. (Photo courtesy of Global Fund)" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/04/16/4592902-455666508.jpg" width="1500" height="1413" alt="" title="Chest X-ray of human chest or lung to detect tuberculosis. (Getty Images)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/middleeast">Middle-East</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/editor%E2%80%99s-choice">Editor鈥檚 Choice</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/tags/iraq">Iraq</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/tuberculosis">tuberculosis</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/ai">AI</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/who">WHO</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/global-fund">Global fund</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/international-organization-migration-iom">International Organization for Migration (IOM)</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Wed, 16 Apr 2025 20:41:33 +0000 romulo 2597362 at /node/2597357/middle-east <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/111606">AFP</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Wed, 2025-04-16 22:37</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> ZABABDEH: In the mainly Christian Palestinian town of Zababdeh, the runup to Easter has been overshadowed by nearby Israeli military operations, which have proliferated in the occupied West Bank alongside the Gaza war.</p> <p> This year unusually Easter falls on the same weekend for all of the town鈥檚 main Christian communities 鈥� Catholic, Orthodox and Anglican 鈥� and residents have attempted to busy themselves with holiday traditions like making date cakes or getting ready for the scout parade.</p> <p> But their minds have been elsewhere.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/04/16/4592837-1982341279.jpg" width="1300" height="766" alt="" title="Students walk through a Christian school in the Palestinian town of Zababdeh, Israeli-occupied West Bank. (AFP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/middleeast">Middle-East</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/west-bank">West Bank</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/easter">Easter</a></div></div></div> Wed, 16 Apr 2025 19:42:07 +0000 abdulkareem.aldaham 2597357 at /node/2597344/middle-east <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/111606">AFP</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-id field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">ID:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">1744829393384080200</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Wed, 2025-04-16 18:48</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> SANAA: Houthi media said more than a dozen air strikes hit the militia-held capital Sanaa on Wednesday, blaming them on the United States.<br /> Houthi-held areas of Yemen have endured near-daily strikes, blamed on the United States, since Washington launched an air campaign against the militia on March 15 in an attempt to end their threats to shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.<br /> 鈥淔ourteen air strikes carried out by American aggression hit the Al-Hafa area in the Al-Sabeen district in the capital,鈥� the Houthis鈥� Al-Masirah TV reported.<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/04/16/4592816-2114213075.jpg" width="1130" height="753" alt="People inspect the site of a reported US airstrike in Sanaa, a day after the attack. (File/AFP)" title="People inspect the site of a reported US airstrike in Sanaa, a day after the attack. (File/AFP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/middleeast">Middle-East</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/SecondNakba">War on Gaza</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/houthis">Houthis</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/yemen">Yemen</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/sanaa">Sanaa</a></div></div></div> Wed, 16 Apr 2025 18:53:56 +0000 rbksa 2597344 at /node/2597339/middle-east <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/111606">AFP</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-id field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">ID:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">1744826984153867300</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Wed, 2025-04-16 18:00</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> PORT SUDAN: At least 8,000 people were reported missing in war-ravaged Sudan in 2024, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Wednesday, adding that the figure is just 鈥渢he tip of the iceberg.鈥�<br /> 鈥淭hese are just the cases we have collected directly,鈥� Daniel O鈥橫alley, head of the ICRC delegation in Sudan, told AFP. 鈥淲e know this is just a small percentage 鈥� the tip of the iceberg 鈥� of the whole caseload of missing.鈥�</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/04/16/4592804-533991241.jpg" width="1129" height="753" alt="" title="Displaced Sudanese children, who are mostly from the capital Khartoum, play at &quot;Abdallah Nagi&quot; shelter camp, in Port Sudan on Tuesday. (Reuters)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/middleeast">Middle-East</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/sudan">Sudan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/clashes-sudan">Clashes in Sudan</a></div></div></div> Wed, 16 Apr 2025 18:15:28 +0000 rbksa 2597339 at /node/2597332/middle-east <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/111606">AFP</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-id field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">ID:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">1744821978753080200</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Wed, 2025-04-16 19:53</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> DOHA: Qatar is to renew a $60 million grant to pay the salaries of Lebanon鈥檚 army and provide 162 military vehicles, the two countries said on Wednesday following Lebanese President Joseph Aoun鈥檚 first official visit to the Gulf state.<br /> Qatar鈥檚 ruler Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani 鈥渁nnounced the renewal of the Qatari grant to support the salaries of the Lebanese army, amounting to USD 60 million, in addition to 162 military vehicles,鈥� a joint statement said.<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/04/16/4592786-1074984243.jpg" width="1130" height="753" alt="" title="This handout picture released by the press office of the Lebanese presidency shows Qatar鈥檚 Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani during a meeting with Lebanon鈥檚 President Joseph Aoun at the Royal Palace in Doha on Apr. 16, 2025. (AFP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/middleeast">Middle-East</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/lebanon">Lebanon</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/tags/qatar">Qatar</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/emir-sheikh-tamim-bin-hamad-al-thani">Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/lebanese-president-joseph-aoun">Lebanese President Joseph Aoun</a></div></div></div> Wed, 16 Apr 2025 16:53:29 +0000 rbksa 2597332 at /node/2597324/middle-east <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/212101">NAJIA HOUSSARI</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Wed, 2025-04-16 18:41</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> BEIRUT: Lebanese President Joseph Aoun was briefed by Jordan鈥檚 King Abdullah on Wednesday on the results of investigations into a missile manufacturing cell uncovered in Jordan, two members of which had been sent to Lebanon for training.</p> <p> According to his media office, Aoun expressed Lebanon鈥檚 鈥渇ull readiness for coordination and cooperation鈥� between the two countries and instructed Justice Minister Adel Nassar to work with his Jordanian counterpart, in cooperation with the security and judicial agencies, on the investigations and the exchange of information.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/04/16/4592847-1604500825.jpg" width="1000" height="589" alt="" title="Jordan鈥檚 King Abdullah and Lebanese President Joseph Aoun. (File/AFP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/middleeast">Middle-East</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/jordan">Jordan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/lebanon">Lebanon</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/jordan%E2%80%99s-king-abdullah">Jordan鈥檚 King Abdullah</a></div></div></div> Wed, 16 Apr 2025 15:57:36 +0000 zaynab.khojji 2597324 at /node/2597323/middle-east <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/111606">AFP</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Reuters</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-id field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">ID:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">1744818643382887600</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Wed, 2025-04-16 18:52</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> BAGHDAD: Iraq has summoned Lebanon鈥檚 envoy over remarks by Lebanese President Joseph Aoun concerning Iraq鈥檚 popular mobilization forces (PMF), Iraq鈥檚 state news agency said on Wednesday citing a statement from the foreign ministry.<br /> Aoun said during an interview with Al-Araby Al-Jadeed published on Wednesday that Lebanon would not emulate Iraq鈥檚 PMF 鈥� a state security force made up of several armed factions, including some that have enjoyed the backing of Iran 鈥� when it came to enforcing the state鈥檚 monopoly on weapons.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/04/16/4592759-195716989.jpg" width="1039" height="549" alt="" title="Iraq has summoned Lebanon&#039;s envoy over remarks by Lebanese President Joseph Aoun concerning Iraq&#039;s popular mobilization forces (PMF), Iraq&#039;s state news agency said on Wednesday citing a statement from the foreign ministry. (AFP/File)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/middleeast">Middle-East</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/lebanese-president-joseph-aoun">Lebanese President Joseph Aoun</a></div></div></div> Wed, 16 Apr 2025 15:53:55 +0000 rbksa 2597323 at /node/2597319/middle-east <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/111606">AFP</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-id field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">ID:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">1744808323551275000</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Wed, 2025-04-16 18:06</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> JERUSALEM: Israel said Wednesday it would keep blocking humanitarian aid from entering Gaza, where a relentless military offensive has turned the Palestinian territory into a 鈥渕ass grave,鈥� a medical charity reported.<br /> Air and ground attacks resumed across the Gaza Strip on March 18, ending a two-month ceasefire with Hamas that had largely halted hostilities in the territory.<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/04/16/4592743-894618015.jpg" width="1130" height="753" alt="" title="A partial view shows tents housing displaced Palestinians in the campus of the Islamic University in Gaza City on Apr. 16, 2025. (AFP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/middleeast">Middle-East</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/SecondNakba">War on Gaza</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/israel-katz">Israel Katz</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/israel">Israel</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/tags/hamas">Hamas</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/humanitarian-aid">humanitarian aid</a></div></div></div> Wed, 16 Apr 2025 15:14:32 +0000 rbksa 2597319 at /node/2597254/middle-east <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/111606">AFP</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">AFP</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-id field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">ID:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">1744796192590184000</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Wed, 2025-04-16 09:32</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> BEIRUT: Lebanon reported two dead in separate Israeli strikes on the country鈥檚 south Wednesday, as Israel鈥檚 military said it had killed a Hezbollah operative, despite a ceasefire between the two sides.<br /> A 鈥渄rone strike launched by the Israeli enemy on a vehicle in Wadi Al-Hujair killed one person,鈥� Lebanon鈥檚 health ministry said in a statement, referring to an area around 12 kilometers (seven miles) from the border.<br /> It later said a separate Israeli strike in Hanin, elsewhere in the south near the border, 鈥渒illed one person and wounded another.鈥�<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/04/16/4592690-739586898.jpg" width="1242" height="735" alt="" title="Lebanon reported two dead in separate Israeli strikes on the country&#039;s south Wednesday, as Israel&#039;s military said it had killed a Hezbollah operative, despite a ceasefire between the two sides. (X/@MajaletAzhar_)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/middleeast">Middle-East</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/BattlefieldLebanon">Battlefield Lebanon</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/lebanon">Lebanon</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/israel">Israel</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase update"> Update </span> Wed, 16 Apr 2025 09:41:53 +0000 rbksa 2597254 at /node/2597250/middle-east <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/120821">AP</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">BY SAMY MAGDY | AP</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-id field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">ID:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">1744794635900103700</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Wed, 2025-04-16 09:05</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> CAIRO: A notorious paramilitary group fighting against the Sudanese military announced that it was forming a rival government, which will rule parts of the country controlled by the group including the western Darfur region where the United Nations says recent attacks by the group have killed over 400 people.<br /> Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, commander of the Rapid Support Forces, announced the move in a speech on Tuesday as the northeastern African nation marked two years of civil war.<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/04/16/4592538-1359679498.jpg" width="1130" height="753" alt="" title="In this image grab taken from handout video footage released by the Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on April 23, 2023, fighters wave assault rifles as they cross a street in the East Nile district of greater Khartoum. (AFP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/middleeast">Middle-East</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/ClashesInSudan">Sudan Unrest</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/sudan">Sudan</a></div></div></div> Wed, 16 Apr 2025 09:13:29 +0000 rbksa 2597250 at /node/2597243/middle-east <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/225841">Reuters</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Associated Press</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-id field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">ID:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">1744790461729804800</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Wed, 2025-04-16 07:58</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> JERUSALEM/CAIRO: Israeli troops will remain in the buffer zones they have created in Gaza even after any settlement to end the war, Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Wednesday, as efforts to revive a ceasefire agreement faltered.<br /> Since resuming their operation last month, Israeli forces have carved out a broad 鈥渟ecurity zone鈥� extending deep into Gaza and squeezing more than 2 million Palestinians into ever smaller areas in the south and along the coastline.<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/04/16/4592521-543434341.jpg" width="1129" height="753" alt="" title="This handout picture released by the Israeli government press office (GPO) shows Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C) during a visit to the northern Gaza Strip, on April 15, 2025. (AFP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/middleeast">Middle-East</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/SecondNakba">War on Gaza</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/BattlefieldLebanon">Battlefield Lebanon</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/syria">Syria</a></div></div></div> Wed, 16 Apr 2025 08:20:51 +0000 rbksa 2597243 at /node/2597231/middle-east <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/111606">AFP</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-id field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">ID:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">1744784834889440700</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Wed, 2025-04-16 06:22</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> NAZARETH: The director of Gaza鈥檚 Kamal Adwan hospital who was detained by Israeli forces in December is being held in 鈥渋nhumane鈥� conditions by Israel and subjected to 鈥減hysical and psychological intimidation,鈥� his lawyer told AFP.<br /> Hussam Abu Safiya, a 52-year-old paediatrician, rose to prominence last year by posting about the dire conditions in his besieged hospital in Beit Lahia during a major Israeli offensive.<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025/04/16/4592493-1097546739.jpg" width="1130" height="753" alt="" title="Hussam Abu Safiya, the director of the Kamal Adwan Hospital, is treated by colleagues for his injuries following an Israeli strike that according to the civil defence in Gaza hit the medical compound in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip, late on November 23, 2024. (AFP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/middleeast">Middle-East</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/SecondNakba">War on Gaza</a></div></div></div> Wed, 16 Apr 2025 06:31:49 +0000 rbksa 2597231 at