The Houthis began targeting commercial shipping on November 19, 2023, and claimed their first attack on a U.S. warship on January 9, 2024. In response, the UN Security Council passed Resolution 2722 ...

Three Middle East conflicts have reignited, threatening the wider region. Israel is bombing Gaza, the U.S. launched strikes against the Houthis in Yemen, and Syria's civil war is boiling again.

The leader of a far-right party on Wednesday returned to Israel’s government as national security minister after it carried ...

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Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was imploring the Palestinian leader to accept a deal he believed could have brought peace to the Middle East ... West Bank. The map Olmert had drawn up ...

American president Donald Trump challenged the post-Cold War international system by insisting that U.S. allies in Europe and the Middle East take care of their own strategic interests instead of ...

This blog brings you the latest from the conflict in Gaza and the wider Middle East region. On Saturday, the Palestinian militant group Hamas is due to release six Israeli hostages held in Gaza ...