Middle East

Authorities reportedly have ‘extreme concern’ for Asma al-Assad.
World
Will Stewart

‘Extreme concern’ for Al-Assad’s wife after divorce claims

Authorities reportedly have ‘extreme concern’ for Asma al-Assad after reports emerged she had filed for divorce from deposed dictator Bashar al-Assad.

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Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed by an Israeli bomb in Iran in July. (AP PHOTO)
Middle East
Staff Writers

Israel owns up to killing Hamas leader in chilling warning

For the first time Israel has claimed responsibility for the July assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran.

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Israel's offensive has killed more than 45,200 Palestinians, according to Gaza's health ministry. (EPA PHOTO)
Middle East

Israeli air strikes kill 20 people in Gaza: medics

Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip have killed at least 20 people, Palestinian medics say.

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Internally displaced Palestinian children queue to receive food distributed by charitable organisations in the Nasser neighborhood of Gaza City.
Middle East
The New York Times

Organised looting throws Gaza deeper into chaos

THE NEW YORK TIMES: What began as smaller-scale attempts to seize aid early in the year — often by hungry residents of Gaza — has now become ‘systematic, tactical, armed, crime-syndicate looting’.

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Medics at Kamal Adwan hospital are worried about the health of patients if the facility is closed.
Middle East
Staff Writers

Israel orders hospital closure as doctors fear for patients

Medics at a northern Gaza hospital are scrambling to rescue patients following an order from Israel to close down the facility.

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More than a dozen people were injured when a missile from Yemen struck a neighbourhood of Tel Aviv.
Middle East
Staff Writers

Yemen fires rocket into Tel Aviv as reprisal against Israel attack

A missile from Yemen has hit an area of Tel Aviv, Israel's military says, less than two days after deadly Israeli strikes on Yemen's Houthi-held capital.

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The swift overthrow of Assad raises questions about whether the rebels can ensure an orderly change. (AP PHOTO)
Politics
Humeyra Pamuk

Top US officials in Damascus to meet new Syrian rulers

US diplomats are visiting Syria for the first time since the fall of President Bashar al-Assad to hold talks in Damascus with the country's new leaders.

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Donald Trump’s threat reportedly played a ‘big factor’ in hostage and ceasefire talks, with Hamas now scrambling to make concessions.
World
Max Corstorphan

Trump threat sparks Hamas concessions, says official

A threatening message from President-elect Donald Trump has high-ranking Hamas officials scrambling to reach a truce deal with Israel, halting war in Gaza and bringing forward the release of hostages. 

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Smoke rises following an explosion in the Gaza Strip as seen from southern Israel, Wednesday, Dec.18, 2024.
World
Staff Writers

Gaza truce efforts intensify, Israeli strike kills 20

Israeli authorities have called on residents of al-Bureij camp in the centre of the Gaza Strip to leave, saying militants had fired rockets from the area.

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Israel's new Foreign Minister Gideon Saar speaks during a hand over ceremony with his predecessor at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem on November 10, 2024. - Israel's outgoing Foreign Minister Israel Katz , succeeded by Saar, was sworn in as Israel's new defence minister before parliament on November 7, after his predecessor's shock dismissal by the prime minister over a breakdown in trust during the war in Gaza. (Photo by Menahem KAHANA / AFP)
Politics
Ellen Ransley

Penny Wong lashed by Israeli counterpart in ‘sharp clash’

Israel’s foreign minister has blasted his Australian counterpart Penny Wong in a heated phone call, accusing her of turning her back on the Jewish state in its darkest hour.

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A deal could free Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip and Palestinian prisoners in Israel.
Middle East

Hope for Gaza ceasefire ‘in days’ as officials urge deal

A Gaza Strip ceasefire deal involving Hamas and Israel could be signed within days, sources say, amid talks in the Middle East.

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Palestinians in the besieged enclave are desperate for a ceasefire after 14 months of conflict.
World
The Washington Post

Faced with mounting public anger, Hamas starts to compromise

THE WASHINGTON POST: With its military power depleted and its political influence on the wane, Hamas is under growing public pressure to help bring the war in Gaza to an end.

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Khaled Nabhan with his granddaughter Reem, who was killed in November 2023 in what he said at the time was an Israeli airstrike in Al Nuseirat refugee camp in southern Gaza.
World
Abeer Salman and Nadeen Ebrahim

Grandfather whose tribute to slain granddaughter went viral is killed by Israeli fire

Khaled’s grandchildren were killed while they were sleeping in their bed. Now he has suffered a similar fate.

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Bashar al-Assad has fled to Moscow with his family after Russia granted them asylum.
Middle East
Staff Writers

‘Terrorist forces’: Assad breaks silence after fleeing Syria

Syria's ousted president Bashar al-Assad has spoken for the first time about his evacuation and newly found asylum in Russia.

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A screenshot of video taken from an Israeli strike on Syria.
Middle East
David Johns

Massive Israeli strike in Syria registers on Richter scale

A massive Israeli strike that registered on the Richter scale has targeted military sites in Syria’s coastal Tartus region.

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