Middle East

Latest Middle East News – Read the latest news from Middle East covered by Iranian media.

Americas

38% of Americans say US doing too much to support Israel: Poll

IFP Media Wire -
Nearly four in 10 Americans have stated that the United States is doing too much to support Israel in the onslaught against the Gaza Strip.
Middle East

Israelis protest to demand captive swap deal

IFP Media Wire -
Hundreds of Israelis demonstrated Saturday in Rehovot near Tel Aviv to demand the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip.
Middle East

UN warns northern Gaza in ‘full-blown famine’

IFP Media Wire -
Northern Gaza is experiencing a “full-blown famine”, the head of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has stated, warning that it is “moving its way south”.
Foreign Policy

Saudi Arabia calls for Riyadh-Tehran cooperation to defuse Netanyahu’s warmongerings

IFP Editorial Staff -
Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan has considered the continuation of the Tehran-Riyadh collaboration necessary to counter Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's warmongering plots in West Asia.
Middle East

Official says Qatar considers future of Hamas office in Doha

IFP Media Wire -
Doha could close the political office of Hamas as part of a broader review of its role as a mediator in the war between Israel and the Palestinian group, according to an official familiar with the Qatari government's reassessment.
Middle East

Israel weighing sharing power with US, Arab states in postwar Gaza: Report

IFP Media Wire -
Tel Aviv could offer to share control over the Gaza Strip with the US and a coalition of Arab nations, after the current devastating war against the besieged enclave ends, the New York Times has reported, citing officials.
Foreign Policy

OIC conference kicks off in Gambia

IFP Editorial Staff -
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation’s conference kicks off in Gambia’s capital Banjul.
Middle East

WHO warns Israel’s military operation in Gaza’s Rafah could lead to “bloodbath”

IFP Media Wire -
An Israeli military incursion into Gaza's southern city of Rafah could lead to a "bloodbath", the World Health Organization has warned.
Middle East

UN warns majority of Rafah’s 600,000 children face injury, illness, malnutrition, trauma, disabilities

IFP Media Wire -
The United Nations has issued a stark warning on the potential consequences of an Israeli military ground operation in the city of Rafah, emphasizing the grave threat it poses to the lives of some 600,000 children in the city in Gaza.
Middle East

Yemen’s Houthis warn they will target Israel-bound ships anywhere within their range

IFP Media Wire -
Yemen’s Houthis will target ships heading to Israeli ports in any area within their range, the armed group’s military spokesperson Yahya Saree has stated in a televised speech.
Middle East

Over half of Israelis prefer captive swap to Rafah attack: Poll

IFP Media Wire -
More than half of Israelis prefer a ceasefire agreement with Hamas, including a hostage swap, to a military operation in the city of Rafah in Southern Gaza Strip, a new survey showed.
Middle East

UNRWA: 37 children lose mothers every day in Gaza Strip amid war

IFP Media Wire -
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, has reported "appalling" conditions faced by Palestinian women in Gaza, with over 10,000 killed and 19,000 wounded since early October 2023.
Middle East

ICC deplores retaliation threats after Israeli arrest warrant reports

IFP Media Wire -
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has hit out at threats of retaliation against the court and its staff, following days of speculation about arrest warrants being issued for Israeli officials over actions taken during the war on the Gaza Strip which has so far killed 34,500 people.
Americas

Arrests at pro-Palestinian rallies on US campuses top 2,100

IFP Media Wire -
More than 2,100 people have been detained on over 40 campuses across at least 25 states as pro-Palestinian protests continue to sweep college campuses across the United States.
Middle East

UN estimates Gaza reconstruction to take decades, cost more than $40bn

IFP Media Wire -
The reconstruction in the Gaza Strip is estimated to take decades and cost more than $40 billion, the director of the Arab States Regional Bureau of the UN Development Program (UNDP) has stated.
Middle East

Saudi Arabia arrests people for anti-Israel social media posts: Report

IFP Media Wire -
Riyadh has reportedly launched a crackdown on citizens who express views critical of Israel’s ongoing war on the Gaza Strip online.
Middle East

US admits strike killed civilian, not al Qaeda leader, in Syria last year

IFP Media Wire -
The Pentagon has acknowledged that it mistakenly killed a civilian in a 2023 air attack in northwest Syria after U.S. service members misidentified the victim as a senior al Qaeda leader.
Europe

Pro-Palestine students set up encampments at UK universities

IFP Media Wire -
Pro-Palestine students at campuses across the United Kingdom have set up encampments demanding that their academic institutions divest from companies involved in the weapons trade with Israel amid the war in the Gaza Strip.
Middle East

Israel threatens to retaliate against Palestine if ICC issues arrest warrants: Report

IFP Media Wire -
Tel Aviv has threatened that it will retaliate against the Palestinian Authority (PA) if the International Criminal Court (ICC) issues arrest warrants for senior Israeli officials over the Gaza war, according to a report.
Middle East

1k Gaza workers in Israel ‘remain missing’: Palestinian rights groups

IFP Media Wire -
Palestinian human rights organisations have reported that there is no information available about 1,000 workers from the Gaza Strip who were working in Israel on October 7.
Middle East

UN reports at least 800 Israeli settler attacks since start of Gaza war

IFP Media Wire -
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) announced Thursday that it recorded at least 800 Israeli settler attacks against Palestinians in the West Bank that resulted in casualties or property damage since Oct. 7.
Int'l Relations

Iran says has right to respond to any Israeli act of aggression

IFP Media Wire -
Iran told the United Nations it reserves the right to respond to any assault by Israel, following an unprecedented retaliatory strike by the Iranian armed forces that hit targets deep inside the Israeli-occupied territories last month.
Middle East

US increases pressure on Israel over Gaza aid as truce negotiations continue

IFP Media Wire -
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has called on Israeli officials to improve the facilitation of humanitarian aid supplies to the Gaza Strip amid warnings from the United Nations and aid agencies of a looming famine in parts of the war-ravaged Palestinian enclave.
Middle East

Turkey says to join S. Africa’s genocide case against Israel over Gaza war before ICJ

IFP Media Wire -
Ankara will join South Africa in its genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan stated on Wednesday.
Americas

Colombia says to break diplomatic relations with Israel amid Gaza war

IFP Media Wire -
Colombian President Gustavo Petro has stated he will break diplomatic relations with Israel over its actions in the Gaza Strip which has so far killed over 34,500.
1...525354...402Page 53 of 402

Latest news

© All Content by IFP News ( Iran Front Page ) is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

About Us

Popular Articles

Editor Picks