Middle East

Gaza

Fighting in Gaza rages near hospital as Blinken seeks postwar plan

The latest news from the Israel Hamas war.

10/01/2024

Economy

Turkey's home prices so high even central bank governor can't pay rent

"When even the head of the central bank cannot afford rent, what can public servants or minimum wage earners do?" Turkish citizens ask on social media.

09/01/2024

Cyprus

Cyprus president shakes up Cabinet with major reshuffle

Cypriot ministers of defence, health, justice and environment as well as the deputy ministers responsible for digital policy and European affairs have been changed.

08/01/2024

Egypt

Euroviews. In Egypt, al-Sisi’s reelection is a replay of his first bid for power

The embrace of Russian state interests in spreading anti-Western and anti-Ukrainian narratives by Egyptian punditry is just one of the peculiarities surrounding al-Sisi’s new term, Nathaniel Greenberg writes.

08/01/2024

Saudi Arabia

Antony Blinken: 'This conflict could easily metastasize'

US and EU diplomatics are continuing their efforts in the Middle East to keep the Israel - Hamas war from spreading.

08/01/2024

Israel

Netanyahu threatens Hezbollah, who strike Israeli control base

The latest developments from the Israel-Hamas war

08/01/2024

Gaza

Will the Israel Hamas war escalate regionally?

Fighting in Gaza has already caused an uptick in violence across the Middle East - but could things get worse?

08/01/2024

Jordan

Blinken in Jordan to discuss regional tensions over Gaza war

The top US diplomat has met with Jordan's king and foreign minister during a tour of the Middle East, aiming to stop the Gaza war from spreading.

07/01/2024

Gaza

Violence flares up in West Bank as Al Jazeera journalist's son killed

The latest developments from the Israel Hamas war.

07/01/2024

Lebanon

'Nobody will win' from wider Middle East conflict - Borrell

The EU foreign policy chief said escalating violence in the region was getting more concerning.

06/01/2024

Turkey

Blinken visits Greece on lightning diplomatic tour

The top US diplomat is on his fourth international tour in three months, amid growing worries the Israel Hamas war may escalate regionally.

06/01/2024

Turkey

Turkey: 15 suspects jailed ahead of Israel spying trial

The move comes as tensions simmer between Turkish leader Erdogan and his Israeli counterpart over the ongoing Israel Hamas war.

06/01/2024

Gaza

Israeli jets strike Lebanon following Hezbollah rocket fire

The latest developments from the Israel Hamas war.

06/01/2024

Israel

Blinken arrives in Turkey ahead of fourth high-stakes Middle East tour

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is making his fourth tour to the Middle East in just three months in a bid to ease fears that the Israel-Hamas war could erupt into a wider regional conflict.

05/01/2024

Israel

Hostage dies as Israel lays out vision for post-war Gaza

Israel has come under strong international pressure to outline its vision for the future of the Palestinian enclave, but has not done so until now.

05/01/2024

Lebanon

Israel vows to hunt down Hamas leaders after Lebanon strike

A strike in southern Beirut has fuelled fears that low-intensity fighting along Lebanon's border could burst into all-out war.

04/01/2024

Israel

Hezbollah leader vows retribution for Hamas leader's death

Israel is on high alert for an escalation with the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah after a top Hamas official was killed in an Israeli strike on Beirut - fuelling concerns about further escalation of conflict in the Middle East.

03/01/2024

Economy

Turkey inflation soars to over one-year high at 64.8%

Turkey’s inflation jumped to its highest level since November 2022, driven by higher housing and utilities prices

03/01/2024

Lebanon

Protests in the West Bank over the killing of Hamas leader

Palestinians in the West Bank protested the killing of top Hamas official Saleh Arouri and six other members of the militant group in a drone strike in Beirut on Tuesday.

03/01/2024

Turkey

Turkey detains 33 people suspected of spying on behalf of Israel

The Turkish government's normalisation of relations with Israel has gone sharply into reverse since the start of the latest attacks on Gaza.

02/01/2024

Gaza

Thousands of Israeli troops pulled from Gaza as new offensive looms

The planned troop withdrawal came on the same day that Israel's Supreme Court struck down part of Netanyahu's polarising judicial overhaul.

02/01/2024

Gaza

Israel army says war will continue throughout 2024

Israeli strikes in central Gaza killed at least 35 people Sunday, hospital officials said, as fighting raged across the tiny enclave a day after Israel’s prime minister said the war will continue for “many more months,” resisting international calls for a ceasefire.

01/01/2024

Yemen

US forces shoot down Houthi missiles in Red Sea

A US spokesperson says their forces also killed several gunmen during the attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels.

31/12/2023

Gaza

Israeli strikes in central Gaza kill at least 35

Israel's prime minister has again pushed back against international calls for a ceasefire.

31/12/2023

Europe News

Euroviews. Will the new year bring a positive change in EU-Turkey relations?

In the European corridors of power, people are very well aware that if the necessary reforms are not implemented, 2024 will open another cycle of blame and threats that will poison EU-Turkey relations once again, Christos Kourtelis and Caglar Ozturk write.

30/12/2023

Gaza

Gaza death toll climbs amid fierce fighting in south

The latest developments from the Israel Hamas war.

30/12/2023