Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa has stated that his country’s reconstruction should be driven by investment rather than foreign aid, emphasizing Syria’s strategic role in regional stability and its growing economic ties with Saudi Arabia.
An overwhelming majority of Palestinians are opposed to Hamas's disarmament and are deeply sceptical that US President Donald Trump’s peace plan will lead to a permanent end to Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip.
Israel’s army has carried out another deadly attack in northern Gaza despite claiming to resume the fragile ceasefire, which was already teetering from a wave of deadly bombardment it waged the night before.
Fifty-five Israeli ministers and members of parliament have urged President Isaac Herzog to pardon Jewish Israeli prisoners convicted of murdering Palestinians.
The Israeli military has killed tens of Palestinians in attacks across the Gaza Strip after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered “powerful” strikes following an exchange of gunfire in southern Rafah, during which one Israeli soldier was wounded.
Pope Leo will visit eight cities and towns in Turkey and Lebanon in 2025, the Vatican announced on Monday. It will be his first trip outside Italy as pontiff, during which he is expected to make appeals for peace across the region.
A former United States colonel who worked on a team that compiled a report on the Israeli military’s killing of Al Jazeera journalist and US citizen Shireen Abu Akleh has accused the administration of former US President Joe Biden of softening its findings in favour of Tel Aviv.
Hamas has handed over the remains of another dead captive to Tel Aviv, hours after an Israeli drone attack in southern Gaza killed two Palestinians amid a fragile ceasefire.
Tel Aviv has allowed the Palestinian group Hamas to enter areas under the military’s control in the Gaza Strip to search for hostage remains, Israeli media reported on Monday.
British journalist Sami Hamdi was reportedly detained on Sunday morning by federal immigration authorities at San Francisco international airport, and the Council on American-Islamic Relations (Cair) announced that action is apparent retaliation for the Muslim political commentator’s criticism of Israel while touring the US.
Red Cross and Egyptian teams have been allowed beyond the “yellow line” in the Gaza Strip to help in the search for hostage remains, a government spokesperson has stated.
The Israeli army has allowed the transfer of large quantities of waste and construction debris from settlements adjacent to the Gaza Strip into the Palestinian enclave, according to a report.
The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) has announced it is withdrawing all its forces from Turkey to northern Iraq as part of a peace process with Ankara, bringing an end to a months-long disarming process following a four-decade armed conflict that killed tens of thousands of people.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has stated that U.S. officials are getting input on a possible United Nations resolution or international agreement to authorize a multinational force in Gaza and will discuss the issue in Qatar.
Egypt will send a special team to the Gaza Strip to assist in the search for the bodies of deceased Israeli hostages, the Egyptian television has reported.
The demining of Gaza and the disposal of unexploded mines and shells left in the Palestinian enclave after two years of Israeli military operations could take about 30 years, a representative of an international non-governmental organization operating under the UN auspices has announced.