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Smoke rises following an Israeli bombardment in the northern Gaza Strip as seen from southern Israel, Tuesday, March 18, 2025. Israel says it is carrying out ‘extensive strikes’ in Gaza Tue 18 Mar 2025
Israel says it is conducting “extensive strikes” against Hamas in Gaza, throwing doubt on the fragile ceasefire. In a statement, the Israel Defense Forces and Israeli... (photo: AP / Ohad Zwigenberg) CNN
Gaza   Israel   Photos   United States
Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskyy in April 2022 Ukraine, US to hold talks on Russia-Ukraine war in Saudi Arabia next week Fri 7 Mar 2025
United States and Ukrainian officials have indicated they will meet in Saudi Arabia next week to discuss a peace framework for ending the Russia-Ukraine war. This follows... (photo: Creative Commons) Al Jazeera
Photos   Saudi Arabia   Ukraine   United States   Wikipedia: Saudi Arabia
Bank of Cyprus huge offices in Aglandjia suberb of Nicosia Republic of Cyprus. Cyprus Business Now: Bank of Cyprus, Cyprus’ airports, Eurobank, Hellenic bank Fri 7 Mar 2025
The Bank of Cyprus on Thursday announced that it has received the Quality Recognition Award from global financial services firm JP Morgan Chase. The award, which the Bank... (photo: Creative Commons / Petros3) CyprusMail
  Bank of Cyprus   Eurobank   Hellenic bank   Photos   Wikipedia: Bank of Cyprus
Syrian government forces are deployed amid heightened security in Damascus, Syria Over 70 killed in Syria clashes as curfews imposed Fri 7 Mar 2025
More than 70 people were killed and dozens more wounded in Syria in fighting between government security forces and militants loyal to deposed ruler Bashar al-Assad, a... (photo: AP / Photo/Ghaith Alsayed) RTE
Damascus fall   Photos   Post-Assad   Syria crisis   Wikipedia: Fall of the Assad regime
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech to MPs of his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) at the parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Saturday, July 7, 2018. More than 133,000 Syrians have left Turkey for Syria: Erdogan Fri 7 Mar 2025
More than 133,000 Syrians living in Turkey have returned home in the three months since former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was toppled, President Recep Tayyip... (photo: AP / Burhan Ozbilici) The New Arab
  Bashar al-Assad   Photos   Recep Tayyip Erdogan   Syria   Wikipedia: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, and lawmakers congratulate Justice Minister Yariv Levin, in blue tie at right foreground, after his speech in Israel's parliament, the Knesset, just before a vote on a contentious plan to overhaul the country's legal system, in Jerusalem, early Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023. Firing Israel's attorney general won't be easy. These are Netanyahu's legal hurdles Thu 6 Mar 2025
The justice minister began ousting... (photo: AP / Maya Alleruzzo, Pool) Haaretz
  Benjamin Netanyahu   Israel's   Photos   Wikipedia: Benjamin Netanyahu   attorney general
Palestinians inspect the damaged building of Said al-Mis'hal cultural center after it was hit bombed by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018. UN experts say Israel again 'weaponising starvation' in Gaza Thu 6 Mar 2025
A group of UN human rights experts said Thursday that Israel is again "weaponising starvation" in Gaza by blocking humanitarian aid after the first phase of a ceasefire... (photo: AP / Khalil Hamra) Hindustan Times
  Gaza   Israel   Photos   UN experts   Wikipedia: Gaza
Al Danah, Abu Dhabi - United Arab Emirates 'Publicity stunt': UAE seeks dismissal of Sudan case at top UN court Thu 6 Mar 2025
The UAE deemed the case brought against it by Sudan at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) as a “cynical publicity stunt aimed at diverting attention from the... (photo: Creative Commons / trolvag) Khaleejtimes
Destabilization and Escalation   Photos   Sudan   UAE   Wikipedia: War crimes during the Sudanese civil war (2023–present)
General Mohammed Hamdan Daglo, , right, offers his condolences to Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, in Abu Dhabi, UAE Sudan launches genocide case against UAE at ICJ for alleged RSF support Thu 6 Mar 2025
Sudan has filed a case against the United Arab Emirates at the World Court for allegedly violating its obligations under the Genocide Convention by arming the... (photo: AP / Ministry of Presidential Affairs via AP/Abdulla Al Neyadi) Dawn
Darfur genocide   Photos   Sudan war   War crimes   Wikipedia: War crimes during the Sudanese civil war (2023–present)
A view of protesters demonstrating outside the campus of Columbia University in New York City. The protests are in regard to the situation in Israel, Gaza, and Palestine. Fewer Americans sympathetic toward Israel: Gallup Thu 6 Mar 2025
Americans are becoming less sympathetic toward Israel in its war against Hamas, the results of a recent survey suggest. A Gallup poll released Thursday shows 46 percent... (photo: UN / Evan Schneider) The Hill
  Gallup   Gaza ceasefire   Israel   Photos
A Palestinian Islamic Jihad militants take part in a rally with guns, vehicles and marching marking the 17th anniversary of the killing of Fathi Shiqaqi, the militant movement's founder, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on October 2, 2012. The militants have accused Israel's spy agency Mossad of assassinating Shiqaqi in Malta in 1995.Photo by Ahmad Deeb / WN With Hamas out, who will govern postwar Gaza? Thu 6 Mar 2025
"It's a Herculean task that lies ahead. While the peace settlement has gained substantial ground, it is far from being a done deal. " WITH the hostage-prisoner exchange... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb) The Manila Times
Gaza ceasefire   Gaza reconstruction   Hamas   Photos
Israelis killed by Hamas militants lie on the road near Sderot, Israel Getty Images Charges Thousands of Dollars for Oct.7 Video Calling Jews “Dogs” Thu 6 Mar 2025
Great Job! May Allah keep you healthy!” a Gaza cameraman is heard saying off-camera to a Palestinian civilian who brags about “unloading” his gun... (photo: AP / Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, File) Honest Reporting
  Antisemitism   Getty Images   Oct.7 massacre   Photos   Wikipedia: October 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel
IDF soldiers prepare for expected "Naqsa Day" riots in Majdal Shams near the Israeli-Syrian border Israel’s new defense policy keeps troops abroad, maybe for good Thu 6 Mar 2025
From Syria and Lebanon to Gaza and the West Bank, Israeli troops are establishing positions they are unlikely to abandon anytime soon. Quietly, as a result of the Hamas... (photo: Creative Commons / Israel Defense Forces) Stars and Stripes
Gaza   Israeli settlements   West Bank   Wikipedia: Israeli invasion of Syria (2024–present)   Photos
In this Sept. 2, 2015 photo rig is seen in Tamar natural gas field in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Israel. The discovery of natural gas fields off its Mediterranean coast has provided Israel a geopolitical boost with its neighbors. It’s tightened relations with Arab allies and built new bridges in a historically hostile region, even without significant progress being made toward peace with the Palestinians. (AP Photo/Marc Israel Sellem) Is Egypt being forced to keep buying Israel's stolen gas? Thu 6 Mar 2025
There is no doubt that Egypt's economic security has become directly bound up with Israel in recent years, especially when it comes to energy security, and meeting... (photo: AP / arc Israel Sellem) The New Arab
Egypt   Gas smuggling   Gaza reconstruction   Wikipedia: Natural gas in the Gaza Strip   Photos
Israel's incoming military chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir, second right, stands with outgoing chief Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi, second left and eyal krim ,right, Shmuel Rabinovitch, left in the Western Wall ,the the holiest site where Jews can pray, in Jerusalem's Old City IDF Chief of Staff: 'We must defeat Hamas, we are preparing to return to battle' Thu 6 Mar 2025
IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir met with local leaders in the Gaza envelope and pledged: 'The hostages are our top priority.' ...... (photo: AP / Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg) Israel National News
  Gaza   Hamas   Israel Defense Forces   Wikipedia: Gaza war   Photos
Bern Lombachweg 34 36 Embassy of Palestine in Switzerland DSC01375 The international conference that Switzerland doesn’t want but must organise Thu 6 Mar 2025
Switzerland is set to host a conference on the occupied Palestinian territories on Friday. Keen to avoid taking a position on the Middle East... (photo: Creative Commons / Beat Estermann https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Beat_Estermann) Swissinfo
  Middle East conflict   Palestine recognition   Photos   Switzerland
Turkish Air Force fighter jet at Wittmundhafen Air Base Türkiye kills 26 Kurdish militants in past week despite PKK's ceasefire declaration Thu 6 Mar 2025
ANKARA, March 6 (Xinhua) -- The Turkish Defense Ministry said Thursday its forces have killed 26 Kurdish militants in Iraq and Syria in the past week, despite the... (photo: Creative Commons / Jerry Gunner) Xinhua
Kurdistan   PKK ceasefire   Türkiye   Wikipedia: Kurdistan Workers' Party insurgency   Photos
Kenyan President William Ruto addresses delegates during the closing session of the Africa Climate Summit at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre in Nairobi, Kenya, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023 Peacemaker or peacebreaker? Why Kenya’s good neighbour reputation is marred Thu 6 Mar 2025
On a weekday in February, politicians and military men packed into a popular events centre in Nairobi’s central business district and came to a consensus over forming a... (photo: AP / Khalil Senosi) Al Jazeera
East Africa crisis   Kenya   Peacekeeping   Photos   Wikipedia: Kenya
File - A logo adorns a wall on a branch of the Israeli tech company NSO Group, near the southern Israeli town of Sapir, Aug. 24, 2021. Shalev Hulio, the chief executive of embattled Israeli spyware maker NSO, has stepped down as part of a reorganization, the company announced Sunday, Aug. 21, 2022. NSO, maker of the powerful Pegasus phone surveillance software, has been connected to a number of scandals resulting from alleged misuse of its products by customers. Revealed: Israeli military creating ChatGPT-like tool using vast collection of Palestinian surveillance data Thu 6 Mar 2025
The powerful new AI model is designed to analyze intercepted communications – but experts say such systems can exacerbate biases and are prone to making mistakes... (photo: AP / Sebastian Scheiner, File) The Guardian
Data surveillance   Israel   Mass data collection & Monitoring   Photos   Wikipedia: Dataveillance
Syrian opposition fighters ride in a truck in Talhiya, Idlib province, Syria Syria monitor reports 11 killed in ex-Assad bastion, clashes in south Thu 6 Mar 2025
A Syria war monitor said Wednesday that four civilians had been killed in a security operation in a former pro-government bastion this week, while clashes in the south... (photo: AP / Photo/Ghaith Alsayed) Naharnet
Latakia   Photos   Post-Assad   Syria   Wikipedia: Fall of the Assad regime