The Independent - 54 min 47 sec ago
Pope Francis is due to meet Abbas, the Palestinian president, at the Vatican...
The Independent - 1 hour 22 min ago
Many from ethnic minorities are fleeing Syria after Bashar al-Assad's brutal regime was deposed on the weeekend...
The Independent - 1 hour 51 min ago
Travis Timmerman was initially mistaken by some for missing US journalist Austin Tice when he was found in Syria...
Forbes - 2 hours 46 min ago
Forbes today unveiled the 2024 Midas List Europe, the definitive ranking of the top 25 venture capital investors in Europe and the Middle East...
The Independent - 3 hours 52 min ago
The brother of Austin Tice, Jacob, says they believe every effort is being made to find the journalist in Syria...
The Independent - 4 hours 46 min ago
France joins Arab nations in criticising Israel for exploiting the Syria crisis to capture more territory near the Golan Heights...
The Independent - 5 hours 12 min ago
Israel entered the buffer zone in the Golan Heights hours after Bashar al-Assad's Syrian regime crumbled...
Forbes - 6 hours 22 min ago
The Midas List Europe seeks to be the definitive ranking of the top tech investors in Europe and the Middle East.
The Guardian - 7 hours 55 min ago
Press freedom NGO describes Israeli killing of reporters working in Gaza as an unprecedented bloodbath' Middle East crisis live updates Fifty-four journalists were killed worldwide while carrying out their work or because of their profession in 2024, a third of them by the Israeli army, according to an annual report by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) published on Thursday. According to the press freedom NGO, Israeli armed forces were responsible for the deaths of 18 journalists this year 16...
The Guardian - 8 hours 26 min ago
Abu Mohammed al-Jolani says those behind the country's notorious prison system will not evade justice No pardons for prison torturers, says Syrian rebel leader Uncertainty in Golan Heights as Israeli troops drive deeper into Syria Hello, welcome to our live coverage of events in Syria and around the Middle East. It's a little after 10am in Damascus and here are the major developments. The US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, is headed for Jordan and Turkey on Thursday , where he is expected...
The Independent - 10 hours 24 min ago
France joins Arab nations in criticising Israel for exploiting the Syria crisis to capture more territory near the Golan Heights...
The Independent - 10 hours 33 min ago
A year of relentless bombing, displacement and loss has left Gaza's children severely traumatised...
The Independent - 11 hours 54 min ago
Israeli warplane strike weapons and intelligence facilities near Damascus...
NPR - 18 hours 4 min ago
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Steven Heydemann, Middle East Studies director at Smith College, about how Syria might avoid replicating Arab countries that are worse off after overthrowing dictators.
The Guardian - 18 hours 15 min ago
This live blog is now closed. You can read our latest Middle East coverage here: See all our Middle East stories Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said that the US and Israel were behind the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria, and also appeared to point a finger of blame in the direction of Turkey. In comments reported by Iran's Tasnim news agency, Khamenei is quoted as saying: There should be no doubt that what happened in Syria is the product of a joint American...
New York Times - 18 hours 54 min ago
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken left for the Middle East on Wednesday, where the main topic of his meetings will be the future governance of Syria.
The Guardian - 20 hours 11 min ago
Abu Mohammed al-Jolani says HTS group will ask countries to hand over Assad regime officials who flee Middle East crisis live updates The Islamist rebel commander responsible for the downfall of the Syrian president Bashar al-Assad has said that those responsible for torture and killing in Syria's notorious prison system will not evade justice, after the opening of detention centres revealed the extent of the regime's crimes against its own people. Pardons or amnesties would not be granted...
The Independent - 20 hours 47 min ago
Bel Trew visits Jobar north of Damascus which was devastated by some of the fiercest battles of the civil war. She meets residents returning home for the first time in more than a decade. Both they, and Syria itself, face major challenges in starting anew...
The Guardian - 20 hours 56 min ago
Needs assessment by NGO reveals the huge psychological impact of the war with Israel on young people Middle East crisis - live updates A new study of children living through the war in Gaza has found that 96% of them feel that their death is imminent and almost half want to die as a result of the trauma they have been through. A needs assessment, carried out by a Gaza-based NGO sponsored by the War Child Alliance charity, also found that 92% of the children in the survey were "not accepting...
Newsweek - 22 hours 21 min ago
The Middle East nation was the only bid for the 2034 soccer tournament, with Amnesty International saying the decision is "reckless."...
NY Post - 23 hours 32 min ago
"If EASA says it's safe, then, frankly, thank you, we're not interested in what the unions or some pilot think," Ryanair CEO Michael O'Leary told Reuters.