Since early October 2023, the United States has spent more than $22 billion on supporting Israel’s military operations, including in the Gaza Strip, Lebanon and Syria, a report says.
Russia has officially stopped gas transit through Ukraine as of 8am Moscow time on January 1, confirming the expected end of contracts that have been in place since 2019. Russian energy giant Gazprom has announced the halt after negotiations to extend the transit agreements with Ukrainian companies Naftogaz and the Gas Transmission System Operator of Ukraine fell through.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has reported that 2024 saw the highest number of Israeli settler attacks in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem since the agency began keeping records nearly two decades ago.
Yemen’s Houthi fighters have announced they have shot down a US military MQ-9 Reaper drone in the airspace over the Yemeni central governorate of Marib
Healthcare workers and social media users from around the globe have demanded the immediate release of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, director of the Kamal Adwan hospital in the besieged Gaza Strip, who is currently being detained by Israel's military.
The United States has imposed sanctions on an entity it claims is affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) over its "interference in the 2024 US presidential elections".
Bahrain has announcement that it is continuing coordination with Iran aimed at reconciliation between Manama and Tehran and the restoration of diplomatic ties between the two Middle Eastern countries.
Syria’s de facto leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, has met senior Christian clerics amid calls for the head of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) to guarantee minority rights after seizing power in late 2024.
The United Nations has slammed Israel’s military operations targeting medical centers in the Gaza Strip, including Kamal Adwan Hospital, now rendered non-operational.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has stated that Kiev has a chance to contribute to restoring stability and security in Syria after years of Russian interference, emphasizing that this endeavour will also bolster Ukraine’s own pursuit of peace.
A group of UN experts have stressed that Israel must face the consequences of its campaign to undermine the legal framework for the protection of civilians in armed conflicts as the Israeli military onslaught continues unabated in Gaza.
Five Palestinians from the Gaza Strip died in Israeli custody within the past day after being abducted by Israeli soldiers, a monitoring group has announced.
Syria's new rulers have appointed Maysaa Sabrine, formerly a deputy governor of the Syrian central bank, to lead the institution as the first woman to do so in its more than seven-decade history, according to a senior Syrian official.
The chief of Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital, whose whereabouts have been unknown since he was detained by Israeli military after a raid on the health facility last week, is allegedly being held at an army base doubling as a detention facility, CNN has reported.
Syria’s new Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shibani says that he has accepted an invitation from his Saudi counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah to visit Saudi Arabia, in what would be his first official trip abroad.
Iran's ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations has categorically dismissed the “unfounded and politically-motivated” allegations by the United States and the United Kingdom about Tehran’s involvement in mounting tensions in the Red Sea region.
Gaza health officials say that a one-month-old baby died on Monday from "severe cold" as the war-ravaged Palestinian enclave grapples with winter weather.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has stated Moscow will not agree to a mere postponement of Kiev’s NATO membership, or to the deployment of European peacekeepers to Ukraine – two ideas reportedly proposed by advisers of US President-elect Donald Trump, as part of a potential peace deal.
