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December 31, 2024 12:16 PM

Displaced Gaza newborn freezes to death and twin fights for his life as rain floods tents

Yahya Al-Batran woke up in the early hours of Sunday morning to find his wife, Noura trying to wake their newborn twin sons Jumaa and Ali as they lay together in the makeshift tent the family occupied in an encampment in the central Gaza Strip. Inte...

December 31, 2024 10:49 AM

Israel, at UN, warns Houthis risk sharing same fate as Hamas, Hezbollah

Israel's ambassador to the United Nations issued on Monday what he called a final warning to Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi militants to halt their missile attacks on Israel, saying they risked the same "miserable fate" as Hamas, Hezbollah and Syria's Ba...

December 31, 2024 10:49 AM

Syria eyes ‘strategic’ ties with Ukraine, Kyiv vows more food aid shipments

Syria hopes for strategic partnerships with Ukraine, its new foreign minister told his Ukrainian counterpart on Monday, as Kyiv moves to build ties with the new Islamist rulers in Damascus amid waning Russian influence. Russia was a staunch ally of ...

December 30, 2024 1:10 PM

WHO chief calls for end to hospital attacks in Gaza after strike

The head of the World Health Organization on Monday called for an end to attacks on hospitals in Gaza after Israel struck one and raided another in the past few days. "Hospitals in Gaza have once again become battlegrounds and the health system is u...

December 30, 2024 11:33 AM

IDF eliminates Hamas terrorists involved in October 7 massacre

The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) announced the elimination of six Hamas terrorists directly involved in the October 7 massacre in Israel, during targeted operations in Gaza's Jabaliya and Beit Lahia regions. The joint operations, conducted in collabo...

December 30, 2024 9:21 AM

External Affairs Minister Jaishankar to pay 3-day visit to Qatar to review overall bilateral ties

External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar is set to embark on a three-day official visit to the State of Qatar from December 30, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Sunday. The MEA in an official statement said that during his visit, the EAM...

December 26, 2024 6:58 PM

Syria’s new rulers declare crackdown as tensions flare in coastal area

Syria's new authorities on Thursday launched a security crackdown in a coastal region where 14 policemen were killed a day before, vowing to pursue "remnants" of the ousted Bashar al-Assad government accused of the attack, state media reported. The ...

December 26, 2024 10:59 AM

Syrian police killed in ambush as unrest spreads

Fourteen members of the Syrian police were killed in an "ambush" by forces loyal to the ousted government in the Tartous countryside, the transitional administration said early on Thursday, as demonstrations and an overnight curfew elsewhere marked t...

December 26, 2024 9:55 AM

At least 10 killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza, medics say

At least 10 people were killed, including five journalists, and more than a dozen wounded in Israeli strikes on Gaza early on Thursday, medics with the Gaza health authorities said. Five people were killed and 20 wounded in an Israeli airstrike on a...

December 24, 2024 7:26 PM

Uncertainty clouds fate of Syrians in Egypt after Assad ouster

Syrian refugees and residents in Egypt face an uncertain future as new regulations may jeopardise their right to remain in the country after Bashar al-Assad's ouster earlier this month. European countries quickly suspended Syrian asylum applications...

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