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The combat arena: During the past day, IDF forces continued to attack Hamas terroriststrongholds in Jabalia and Shejaiya. IDF fighters surrounded the Khan Yunis area and enteredthe center of the city. According to IDF sources, it was the day of the heaviest fighting seensince the beginning of the war. Hamas …

Latest Developments The presidents of Russia and Iran praised their countries’ bilateral relationship during a meeting in Moscow on December 7. “Our relations are developing very well,” said Russia’s Vladimir Putin to Iran’s Ebrahim Raisi. “Please convey my best wishes to leader Khamenei,” referring to Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali …

The combat arena: The integrated IDF forces extended the fighting in the Gaza Strip,focusing their activity in the Jabalia and Shejaiya areas in the northern Gaza Strip and in theKhan Yunis region in the south. The Palestinian media reported a very difficult night in theKhan Yunis region and in the …

Top officials from Iran and Saudi Arabia weighed plans for regional cooperation between the two Muslim heavyweights at a meeting in Riyadh. Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud held talks on the sidelines of a joint meeting of the Organization of …

Through the intense bombardment of Khan Younis Israel wants its 1.5 million displaced people that came to assemble here to continue to move further south to Rafah on the border with Egypt. And you can guess why? Eventual exodus maybe! United States Vice-President Kamala Harris said Washington will not allow …

Israel’s military reported Tuesday it had reached the centre of Khan Younis in southern Gaza amid what a top general labelled “the most intensive day” of combat since the start of the Netanyahu regime’s genocidal onslaught on the Palestinians. The ground offensive on the city, whose population has swelled over …

After nearly six weeks of nonstop bombardment on the densely populated Gaza Strip, it has only recently started to become clear exactly how much of Gaza has been destroyed in the violent Israeli onslaught. Over 14,800 Palestinians, including 6,000 children, have been killed according to the Gaza Health Ministry since …

Unless and until a ceasefire comes into effect, the Gaza war’s destabilising impact is set to spread further across the Middle East – to say nothing about the horrifying situation inside the besieged enclave. At this point, more than seven weeks after Hamas launched its unprecedented incursion into southern Israel, …

Syria’s degree of involvement in the synthetic drug trade is the highest in the world, but the influence of neighbouring Lebanon should not be underestimated. As the conflict in Syria has rolled on over the past decade, the country’s involvement in the synthetic drug trade has grown, and the country …

Analysts say Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi fears instability at home if Palestinian refugees cross the border. Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi appears unlikely to absorb the 2.2 million Palestinians who could be displaced from the Gaza Strip during the Israel-Hamas war, experts have told Al Jazeera. “My assessment is …