War in the Middle East

Houthis Threaten to Resume Sea Attacks if Aid to Gaza Remains Blocked
Houthis Threaten to Resume Sea Attacks if Aid to Gaza Remains Blocked

Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis will resume attacks on Israeli shipping if aid supplies to Gaza do not resume in four days, the movement’s leader said on Friday. "If the Israeli enemy continues after the first four days to prevent the entry of aid into the Gaza Strip... then we will resume our naval operations against the Israeli enemy," Abdulmalik ...

How the Center for a New Middle East Is Rethinking Regional Integration
How the Center for a New Middle East Is Rethinking Regional Integration

The American Jewish Committee (AJC) convened a high-level gathering in Washington, D.C., bringing together Trump Administration officials, diplomats, and thought leaders to launch the AJC Center for a New Middle East. The event underscored the organization's vision for fostering greater regional cooperation in the wake of the October 7 attacks and ...

Gaza: $53 Billion for a Fresh Start
Gaza: $53 Billion for a Fresh Start

The estimated cost to implement the reconstruction plan for the Gaza Strip, which was presented by Egypt and endorsed by the Arab leaders’ summit in Cairo on Tuesday, is $53 billion. This staggering figure – if someone earned $1 million per day, it would take them 145 years to accumulate $53 billion – reflects a comprehensive assessment of ...

Amnesty International Calls for War Crimes Investigation into Israeli Strikes in Lebanon
Amnesty International Calls for War Crimes Investigation into Israeli Strikes in Lebanon

Amnesty International called, on Wednesday, for an investigation into the Israeli army's attacks on healthcare facilities in southern Lebanon during the war with Hezbollah that began on October 8, 2023. “Israel’s unlawful attacks on medical facilities and personnel are not only serious violations of international humanitarian law and likely ...

France Backs Arab Plan for Gaza Reconstruction, Rejects Hamas Governance
France Backs Arab Plan for Gaza Reconstruction, Rejects Hamas Governance

France welcomed an Arab plan to rebuild the Gaza Strip under the future administration of the Palestinian Authority, adding Islamist militant group Hamas should be "entirely" excluded from running the territory. The proposal from Arab leaders "constitutes a serious and credible basis to respond to reconstruction, governance, and security needs ...

A US Bill That Aims to Dismantle Hezbollah?  
Op-edA US Bill That Aims to Dismantle Hezbollah?  

The US Congress has taken things to a whole new level. Dubbed the “Preventing Armed Groups from Engaging in Extremism Act” (PAGER Act), this legislation, spearheaded by Republican Congressman Greg Steube, is not just about sanctioning Hezbollah—it’s about forcing Lebanon into a political and military reckoning. The bill lays out an ...

Vehicle Targeted in Ras Naqoura, Several Injuries Reported
Vehicle Targeted in Ras Naqoura, Several Injuries Reported

Several people were injured on Wednesday morning after an Israeli drone fired a missile and dropped bombs on a van in Ras Naqoura. The vehicle, belonging to two brothers of the Jouheir family, was targeted as its owners were travelling to the area to inspect land belonging to them. The van's passengers were seriously injured, but survived the ...

Lebanon Must Relearn Democracy, Debate Peace with Israel
Op-edLebanon Must Relearn Democracy, Debate Peace with Israel

Druze lawmaker Wael Abou-Faour said that U.S. officials have broached the subject of peace between Lebanon and Israel with top Lebanese leaders, but argued that peace would spark clashes and civil strife, and therefore, his bloc thinks that truce with the Hebrew state was the most that Lebanon could accept. The merits of peace aside, ...

Israel PM Warns Hamas of Consequences It 'Cannot Imagine' if Gaza Hostages Not Released
Israel PM Warns Hamas of Consequences It 'Cannot Imagine' if Gaza Hostages Not Released

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Hamas on Monday of consequences it "cannot imagine" if the Palestinian Islamist movement does not release the hostages held in Gaza. "I tell Hamas: If you do not release our hostages, there will be consequences that you cannot imagine," Netanyahu said during a speech at the ...

One Dead in Israel Stabbing Attack, Assailant Killed
One Dead in Israel Stabbing Attack, Assailant Killed

A stabbing attack on Monday at a transport station in the Israeli city of Haifa left one person dead and several wounded, medics said, in what police called a "terror attack" whose perpetrator was killed. The attack came with negotiations between Israel and Hamas Palestinian militants over Gaza's ceasefire stalled after the deal's first phase ...

Israel Announces Suspension of Entry of Supplies into Gaza
Israel Announces Suspension of Entry of Supplies into Gaza

Israel announced Sunday that it was suspending the entry of supplies into Gaza, and threatened "consequences" for Hamas if it did not accept a proposal for a temporary extension of the truce in the Palestinian territory. "Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decided that, from this morning, all entry of goods and supplies into the ...