Arab World

US issues new sanctions in response to latest Houthi attacks in Middle East

The US Treasury Department issued new counter-terrorism sanctions against individuals and entities linked to the Iran-backed Houthis on Thursday. The US designated…

Read More »

Saudi F-15 fighter jet crashes, kills all crew members

Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Defense said that one of its fighter jets crashed during a training mission on Thursday, killing all the…

Read More »

Israel’s military says its troops in Gaza are operating ‘in the heart of Khan Younis’

Israel’s military said late on Wednesday that its forces in Gaza were operating “in the heart of Khan Younis” for…

Read More »

UNESCO recognizes Lebanese flatbread manoushe

The UN cultural agency on Wednesday said it was adding Lebanon’s iconic flatbread, manoushe, to its list of intangible cultural heritage. The…

Read More »

Displaced Gazans cram into Rafah despite fears of attack

Tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians have crammed into the Rafah area on Gaza’s border with Egypt to escape Israeli bombardments, the…

Read More »

Israel bombs house in southern Gaza killing nine: Palestinian medical sources

Nine Palestinians were killed and several others were injured in an Israeli bombardment of a house in Rafah in the…

Read More »

Netanyahu says Israeli troops surround house of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israeli forces were encircling the Gaza house of top Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar on…

Read More »