middle east

Gaza crisis

Turkish President talks with Guterres, remarks Israel’s ‘flagrant’ disregard for law

President Erdogan states that Israel continues to 'brazenly' violate international law, the laws of war, and humanitarian principles with impunity, highlighting the necessity for Israel to be held accountable for its actions before international law.
Palestinian politics

The beginning of the end? The hypothetical future of Palestinian politics

The masked Qassam Brigades fighter adjusts his AK-47 assault rifle before he slides into a chair in the Gaza office of Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas.
Israel-Palestine conflict

Israel-Palestine conflict: A brief history in maps and charts

Israel’s deadly bombardment of Gaza has killed nearly 15,000 people, including 10,000 women and children, in over 50 days, making it the deadliest war for the besieged Palestinian enclave till date.
World Halal Summit

Istanbul hosts World Halal Summit, Halal Expo, marking halal economy potential

Istanbul is hosting the 9th World Halal Summit and the 10th Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Halal Expo, two major events for products and services conforming to Islamic guidelines, known as halal.
Israel’s bombing

In Gaza, Ahmad lost his family then his legs to Israel’s bombing

Ahmad Shabat lost his legs in an Israeli air attack outside a United Nations school in Nuseirat refugee camp that killed his uncle.
Israel’s Gaza bombing

‘Can’t sleep’: Trapped British nationals try to flee Israel’s Gaza bombing

Hungry and desperate, some British Palestinians are having to leave family members behind in Gaza. Others can’t escape because of the incessant bombing – even of ambulances.
bombarded Gaza

Israel pounds Gaza, evacuates town near Lebanon ahead of expected ground offensive against Hamas

Israel bombarded Gaza early Friday, hitting areas in the south where Palestinians had been told to seek safety, and it began evacuating a sizable Israeli town in the north near the Lebanese border, the latest sign of a potential ground invasion of Gaza that could trigger regional turmoil.
Israel Gaza attacks

Palestinian Authority cracks down on protests over Israel Gaza attacks

A young Palestinian girl was shot and killed by Palestinian Authority (PA) security forces on Tuesday during protests in the northern West Bank city of Jenin in response to the deadly explosion at a hospital in the besieged Gaza Strip.
robust US support

Israel warns of protracted war against Palestine as Blinken offers support

The Biden administration has stopped short of calling for a ceasefire and Blinken sought to rally support against Hamas on stops to six Arab countries.
Gaza’s oldest church

‘War knows no religion’: Gaza’s oldest church shelters Muslims, Christians

When an Israeli air raid destroyed Walaa Sobeh’s house and much of her neighborhood, the Palestinian Muslim sought shelter in Gaza’s oldest church. At the Church of Saint Porphyrius, she found not just sanctuary, but a feeling of belonging to “one family” — united by both the terror of bombs exploding around them and a hope that they could survive Israel’s attacks.

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