- — Israel launches ‘warning strike’ on Syrian troops as clashes with Druze fighters intensify
- Druze leadership in Syria said contact has been made with Tel Aviv on the second day of heavy fighting between security forces and armed members of the minority group
- — Indian PM gives army complete operational freedom to respond to Kashmir attack
- Islamabad has warned of an 'imminent' Indian military incursion after New Delhi blamed the Islamic Republic for a terror attack that killed 26 civilians in Indian-administered Kashmir
- — Hamas, Israel deny reports of ‘breakthrough’ in Gaza ceasefire talks
- The UN has warned that the food crisis in Gaza is worsening due to Israel’s brutal war and siege
- — Syrian govt forces move to take control of strategic Tishreen Dam
- The Kurdish-backed SDF is merging forces with the Syrian army following a 10 March agreement with Damascus
- — Pakistan downs Indian drone as officials warn of imminent incursion by New Delhi
- Islamabad is planning legal action against New Delhi in response to its suspension of a water treaty between the two countries
- — Iraqi MP files lawsuit against Syrian president over terrorist past
- Iraq extended an invitation for the former Al-Qaeda leader to attend the Arab League Summit in Baghdad next month
- — UN probes UAE arms transfers to RSF militia in Sudan
- Khartoum accuses the UAE of complicity in genocide for supporting the Rapid Support Forces militia in its war against the Sudanese army
- — ICC bars chief prosecutor from publicizing arrest warrants against Israeli suspects
- Judges at the court are reportedly ‘frustrated’ with Karim Khan’s approach, which they view as a deviation from his predecessor’s discretion
- — Jordans Brotherhood crackdown: Will Ammans security measures backfire?
- Jordan’s decision to ban the Muslim Brotherhood marks a decisive shift in its security policy, but risks alienating key segments of its population and exacerbating political divisions ahead of the crown prince’s succession.
- — Deadly clashes erupt between Druze fighters, Syrian security forces
- Calls for sectarian violence flooded social media after a Druze cleric was accused of insulting the Prophet Muhammad
- — UK firm supplies engines for Israels fleet of killer drones
- British arms manufacturers are exploiting legal loopholes to continue support for Israel's genocide of Palestinians in Gaza
- — US, Israel led record-breaking surge in military spending in 2024
- Israel boosted its military spending by 65 percent, reaching 8.8 percent of its GDP, to finance its genocide against Palestinians in Gaza
- — Saudi Arabia, Qatar pledge $15m to eliminate Syrias World Bank debt
- The new Syrian government is seeking to open the country to international lenders and impose austerity measures such as slashing subsidies and mass public sector layoffs
- — Iran vows to probe ‘mistakes’ leading to deadly port explosion
- In an interview that has been deleted, an Iranian lawmaker accused Israel of orchestrating the blast at Shahid Rajaee Port
- — Lebanese president vows full state control of arms, declares no return to language of war’
- The US has been increasing pressure on the Lebanese government to disarm Hezbollah, which has rejected any surrender of its weapons
- — Putin thanks North Korean troops for assistance in retaking Kursk from Ukraine
- Pyongyang acknowledged for the first time its deployment of troops to assist Russia in its war against Ukraine
- — Full-fledged war crime: US airstrikes kill dozens of African migrants in Yemen
- The US Navy has been conducting indiscriminate attacks across Yemen nearly every day for over a month
- — UAE detains Syrian Defense Ministry official at Dubai airport
- Buwaydani is the head of Jaish al-Islam, a faction in Syria’s new military that has committed many war crimes, including using civilians as human shields
- — India–Pakistan standoff: Who is fanning nuclear flames?
- Amid escalating tensions between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan, a deadly attack by unknown forces in Kashmir has sparked a dangerous chain of events, drawing in global powers and pushing the region closer to the brink of war – raising questions about who stands to gain from the conflict.
- — Syrian president condemns Kurdish calls for federalism
- Kurds and other minorities in Syria are concerned Ahmad al-Sharaa is constructing an extremist religious government that excludes non-Sunnis
- — Mahmoud Abbas names top aide as PLO Vice President in move deemed ‘illegitimate, divisive’
- Hussein al-Sheikh has for years been in charge of security coordination between Ramallah and Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank
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