OverviewThe southern arena: During the past few days the IDF forces continued operations at ShifaHospital and in several other neighborhoods in Gaza City. In the northern Gaza Strip theyoperated in Beit Hanoun, Zeitoun, Beit Lahia and Jabalia, and destroyed a Palestinian IslamicJihad (PIJ) post where they found a large quantity …

Introduction Yemen’s population of around 30 million is over 99 percent Muslim, with about one-third of Yemenis belonging to the Zaidi Shia sect and two-thirds belonging to the Shafa’i school of Sunni Islam. Nevertheless, minorities of Jews, Christians, Hindus, and Baha’is have lived in Yemen for hundreds or in some …

Hezbollah and Israel traded rocket and missile fire in areas near the Lebanese-Israeli border on Saturday, officials on both sides said, in the latest flare-up of violence which the United States worries will cause conflict to spiral in the Middle East. The Iran-backed Hezbollah said it shot down an Israeli …