9 minutes ago Middle East crisis live: US stealth bombers strike Houthi targets in Yemen

Pentagon says US air force used long-range B-2 stealth bombers to target ‘five hardened underground weapons storage locations’ of Iran-backed Houthis See all our Middle East coverageA brief update on the Israeli strikes on Syrian coastal city Latakia (see earlier post here).Two people were injured and there was some damage to private properties, Syrian state media reported citing a military statement. Continue reading...

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6 hours ago Humanitarian appeal launched to address ‘overwhelming’ need in Middle East

Millions are in urgent need of medication, food and shelter in Gaza, Lebanon and the wider area, the Disasters Emergency Committee has said.

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10 hours ago Europe, Middle East and Africa Hires, Promotions: London & Regional Hotels names new C

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12 hours ago US demands proof that Israel does not have starvation policy in northern Gaza

Pressure grows on Israel to allow in more aid, as UN ambassador says US ‘will be watching’ its actions on the groundMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe US has demanded proof on the ground that Israel does not have a policy of starvation in northern Gaza as it turned up the pressure on the Netanyahu government to allow more aid into the territory.The US ambassador to the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, told the security council on Wednesday at a meeting convened by France UK and Algeria that such a policy “would not just be horrific and unacceptable” but also had “implications under international and US law”. Continue reading...

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14 hours ago EU and Gulf leaders meet for first summit against background of Mideast turmoil

The leaders of the European Union and six Gulf nations are meeting in an inaugural summit against a backdrop of turmoil in the Middle East and struggles to find a unified position on the war in Ukraine

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15 hours ago Israel hits Beirut for first time in nearly a week as fresh strikes kill Lebanon mayor

Strikes on Beirut come after the Prime Minister was assured Israel would descalate

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19 hours ago Middle East crisis live: Lebanese governor decries ‘massacre’ after mayor among those killed in Israeli attack

Mayor of Nabatiyeh among those killed in Israeli strikes on the municipality of the southern Lebanese city, where Hezbollah hold sway, authorities saidAid has arrived in northern Gaza for the first time in two weeks, according to an update by Cogat, the Israeli body that oversees the Palestinian territories and coordinates with aid groups.In a social media post shared on Wednesday morning, Cogat said that 145 humanitarian aid trucks, containing food, hygiene products, baby formula, and shelter equipment, had entered Gaza via the Kerem Shalom and Erez crossings.A convoy of 28 trucks entered Gaza directly through Gate 96. The rotation coordination of humanitarian personnel has been successfully completed. 12 bakeries are operational in Gaza, 4 bakeries in northern Gaza, and 8 bakeries sou...

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24 hours ago Middle East crisis live: Israel launches strikes on southern Beirut for first time in almost a week

IDF says the airstrike targeted an underground Hezbollah weapons storage facility in the Dahiyeh area of southern BeirutUS warns Israel of potential halt to arms transfers if Gaza aid is not distributedIran’s foreign minister Abbas Araqchi is visiting Jordan, Egypt and Turkey as part of Tehran’s diplomatic outreach to countries in the region “to end genocide, atrocity and aggression”, the Iranian foreign ministry’s spokesperson said on Wednesday in a post on X, Reuters reports.The IDF says it has hit an underground Hezbollah strategic weapons storage depot in the Dahiyeh area in the southern suburbs of Beirut, in a statement posted on X. Continue reading...

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28 hours ago UN says Yemen risks being dragged into Mideast conflict that could spiral out of control

Yemen risks being dragged further into the military escalation in the Middle East and could spiral out of control, the U.N. special envoy for the Arab world’s poorest nation says

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