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A bomb hit a base used by Iraq's Popular Mobilisation Forces.
Iraq investigates bombing at military base south of Baghdad

US says its forces were not behind reported strike at site housing pro-Iranian armed groups

MENAApril 19, 2024
Hadya Al Alawi
Women mourn loved ones killed overnight in the Israeli bombing of Al Najjar Hospital in Rafah, southern Gaza. AFP
Israeli army surrounds Gaza school with hundreds sheltering inside

Witnesses say soldiers are shooting Palestinians who try to leave the building in Beit Hanoun

MENAApril 16, 2024
Hadya Al Alawi
Israel has launched hundreds of air strikes on Syria since the country's civil war began in 2011. EPA
Israeli air strike kills 36 Syrian soldiers in Aleppo

Attack came as Israel intensified its strikes against Hezbollah and pro-Hamas groups in Lebanon

MENAMarch 29, 2024
Hadya Al Alawi
Members of an Iran-linked militia patrol near the Iraq-Syria border. Getty Images
Syria says US air strikes kill eight in Deir Ezzor province

Defence official says the US did not conduct any air strikes overnight

SyriaMarch 26, 2024
Hadya Al Alawi
A woman walks home with a container filled with paraffin in Qamishli, Syria, amid a shortage of cooking gas. AFP
EXCLUSIVEWomen bearing the brunt of crisis in Syria, UN Population Fund says

Nine million women and girls in dire need of humanitarian aid 13 years into the war

SyriaMarch 15, 2024
Hadya Al Alawi
A nurse at the Ibn Al Nafis Hospital, in Damascus. Only 50 per cent of Syria's hospitals are fully functional. AFP
War and sanctions leave Syria's health system on life support

Doctors warn that the struggle to obtain medicine and repair hospitals has put patients' lives at risk

SyriaMarch 14, 2024
Hadya Al Alawi
The flag of the Kataib Hezbollah militia group is raised during a protest outside the US Embassy in Baghdad in December 2019. Reuters
Exclusive'Unannounced truce' halts Iraq militia attacks against US forces

The pause agreement involves Baghdad and Tehran and was reached after the last strike on February 4

IraqMarch 07, 2024
Mohamad Ali Harisi
Kidney patients at Al Najjar Hospital, in the Rafah camp in southern Gaza. EPA
Gaza kidney patients facing death with lack of dialysis treatments

More than 1,000 kidney patients require life-saving treatment in the enclave

Palestine-IsraelMarch 05, 2024
Nagham Mohanna
The Rubymar cargo ship was damaged in a missile strike claimed by the Iran-backed Houthi rebels last month. EPA
US military condemns Houthis after sinking of the Rubymar

Central Command has warned of environmental risks due to cargo of fertiliser

Palestine-IsraelMarch 03, 2024
Hadya Al Alawi
A woman mourns loved ones killed during Israeli bombardment, at Al Aqsa hospital in Deir El Balah in central Gaza. AFP
Gaza death toll passes 30,000 as war nears its fifth month

Six children have died overnight from malnutrition, local health authorities say

Palestine-IsraelFebruary 29, 2024
Hadya Al Alawi
Displaced Palestinians live in tents in Rafah, Gaza. The UN warns of a 'large scale' loss of life if the Israeli army attacks Rafah. Getty Images
'We deserve dignity', say Gazans fearing looming Israeli attack on Rafah

The city hosts about 1.4 million Palestinians who fled fighting elsewhere in the territory, according to the UN

Palestine-IsraelFebruary 11, 2024
Nagham Mohanna
Gaza children recount being stuck under rubble. The National
Gaza family describes horror of being stuck under rubble after Israeli air strike

More than 10,000 children have been killed in the war with Israel

Palestine-IsraelJanuary 31, 2024
Hadya Al Alawi
Grain goes into a grinder to make flour for bread in Gaza city, as beleaguered Palestinians become increasingly desperate for food. AFP
Gazans grind animal feed to make bread as famine looms

UN has warned enclave is facing imminent new crisis following UNRWA funding cuts

Palestine-IsraelJanuary 31, 2024
Nagham Mohanna
US President Joe Biden's administration has been seeking to contain the war on Gaza as part of efforts to avoid a wider regional conflict. Reuters
Biden accuses Iran-backed militants as three US soldiers killed in Jordan

Republicans goad White House to strike Iranian targets after first fatalities of US troops in the region since war began in Gaza

Palestine-IsraelJanuary 28, 2024
Jihan Abdalla
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, centre, poses with counterparts from the Arab League and the Organisation of Islamic Co-operation, in Moscow on Tuesday. AFP
Arab ministers urge UN Security Council to help halt Israeli attacks

Meeting in Moscow is second leg of foreign ministers' tour, with Israel-Gaza ceasefire top of its agenda

Palestine-IsraelNovember 21, 2023
Hadya Al Alawi
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