Archives for January, 2024

Security and emergency personnel search the rubble of a building destroyed in a reported Israeli strike in Damascus on January 20, 2024. An Israeli strike on Damascus killed the Iranian Revolutionary Guards' intelligence chief for Syria and three other Guards members on January 20, Iran said, in an attack that tore into a multi-storey residential building. (Photo by Louai BESHARA / AFP) (Photo by LOUAI BESHARA/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel carries out strikes in Syria targeting south Damascus: government

A number of Iranian IRGC members have been killed in strikes in Syria attributed to Israel in recent weeks.

French President Emmanuel Macron (L) speaks with Commissioner general of UNRWA Philippe Lazzarini during an international humanitary conference for civilians in Gaza, at the Elysee Presidential Palace, in Paris, on November 9, 2023. Thousands of civilians, both Palestinians and Israelis, have died since October 7, 2023, after Palestinian Hamas militants based in the Gaza Strip entered southern Israel in an unprecedented attack triggering a war declared by Israel on Hamas with retaliatory bombings on Gaza. (

Analysis

EU split on UNRWA funding: Germany, Italy suspend while others call for audit

Several Western countries have decided to follow the Americans and suspend their donations to UNRWA, at least until an investigation is carried out into allegations that some of their staff participated in the Oct. 7 Hamas attack.

Rina Bassist

By Rina Bassist

In Paris, reporting on Israeli politics and European affairs

This picture taken during a media tour organised by the Israeli military on January 27, 2024 shows an Israeli army tank rolling in Gaza's main southern city of Khan Yunis

Tanks and tunnels: Khan Yunis, epicentre of Gaza war

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Campaigners warn that more executions will inevitably follow without tougher international action

Iran hangs four Kurds on Israel spying charges

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UNRWA could run out of Gaza funding in a month as many in West cut aid

Several countries including the United States have halted their funding to UNRWA in Gaza over Israeli allegations that some of the agency’s employees were involved in Hamas’ attack on Israel, putting the crucial humanitarian work in the enclave at risk.

Smoke plumes trail from a salvo of rockets fired towards Israel, pictured from the southern Gaza Strip

Qatar says Gaza truce proposal to be sent to Hamas as war rages on

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Pakistan Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani (right) with his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in a Pakistan government handout photo

Iran, Pakistan to strengthen dialogue after tit-for-tat air strikes

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Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian's (left) visit to Pakistan comes as the neighbours seek to de-escalate after cross-border strikes threatened relations

Iran FM in Pakistan for talks after tit-for-tat air strikes

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Huthi fighters seized the Galaxy Leader cargo ship last year, one of several attacks on Red Sea shipping

Yemen's Houthi rebels open seized cargo ship to sightseers

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WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 17: Pro-Palestinian supporters march and take over the street near Capitol One Arena, in the Chinatown area of the city on December 17, 2023 in Washington, DC. Protesters are calling for an immediate ceasefire and condemning the Israeli attacks in Gaza. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

How American town halls became Gaza cease-fire hotspots

Citing a lack of action in Washington, constituents have turned to local governments to see Gaza cease-fire resolutions passed that while merely symbolic, are causing tensions across cities in America.

The Menkaure pyramid, pictured in February 2023, was originally encased in granite but over time lost part of its covering

Egypt pyramid renovation sparks debate

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A handout satellite picture released by Planet Labs PBC and captured on October 12, 2023 shows a view of the base, known as Tower 22, operated by US troops that suffered a drone attack killing three American troops

US vows decisive response to deadly drone attack in Jordan

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US soldiers participate in the annual military exercises known as "Eager Lion", near Maan some 200 kilometres south of the capital Amman on May 17, 2017.

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3 US troops killed, 25 wounded in Iran-backed drone attack in Jordan

President Joe Biden has vowed to respond after US troops were killed by a suspected Iran-backed militia for first time since Israel's war in Gaza began.

Swedish European Union diplomat Johan Floderus during the final hearing in his trial, at a court in Tehran

Iran wraps up trial of Swedish EU diplomat

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Jesus Casas has taken Iraq to the last 16 in Qatar

Iraq coach warns one Asian Cup mistake and it's 'bye bye'

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UNRWA's chief said its operations in besieged Gaza were nearing collapse

Israel says heavy fighting in south Gaza, as Paris meeting seeks halt

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