Archives for October, 2024

First responders work amid fire and destruction after an Israeli air strike in the southern Lebanese village of Abbasiyeh near Tyre

New Hezbollah chief says open to truce with Israel if offer is made

Agence France-Presse

Attendees arrive for the yearly Future Investment Initiative (FII) conference in the Saudi capital Riyadh on Oct. 24, 2023.

Saudi Arabia pushes for Africa debt relief as private investments set to reach $25B

Saudi Arabia is pushing for debt relief for African nations burdened with more than $1 trillion in liabilities.

Lebanon's coastal city of Tyre was subjected to heavy Israeli strikes last week, leaving swathes of the centre in ruins

Israel launches fresh strikes on Tyre after 7 killed in earlier raid

Agence France-Presse

Palestinians pray over bodies of relatives, killed in an overnight Israeli airstrike in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip

Egypt proposes two-day Gaza truce in hope of full ceasefire

Agence France-Presse

Syrian Democratic Forces commander-in-chief Mazloum Abdi speaks during an interview with AFP in Syria's northeastern city of Hasakeh on Oct. 26, 2024.

Interview

Syrian Kurdish commander: Turkey-PKK talks doomed if aimed at collapsing Kurds' self rule in Syria

In an exclusive interview with Al-Monitor, the commander in chief of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, Mazlum Kobane, denied PKK assailants who attacked a defense complex in Ankara had come from northeastern Syria.

Mazlum Kobane

Mazlum Kobane

SDF commander in chief

Palestinians pray over bodies of relatives, killed in an overnight Israeli airstrike in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip

Egypt proposes two-day Gaza truce in hope of full ceasefire

Agence France-Presse

Syrian Democratic Forces commander-in-chief Mazloum Abdi told AFP that an internal probe showed 'no connection' with a deadly attack near Ankara

Syria Kurd force denies links to Ankara attack as Turkey strikes

Agence France-Presse

Lebanon says 8 killed in Israel strike near coastal city of Sidon

Agence France-Presse

Smoke billows from the site of an Israeli airstrike on the Lebanese city of Baalbek in September

War casts shadow over Lebanon's ancient Baalbek

Agence France-Presse

Defence minister urges Israel make concessions to free Gaza hostages

Agence France-Presse

Israeli air strikes triggered huge explosions in villages outside the southern Lebanese city of Tyre

Israel pounds Gaza and Lebanon after Iran strikes

Agence France-Presse

Israeli police and emergency responders recover the body of the truck driver at the site of a ramming in Ramat HaSharon, north of Tel Aviv

One dead, dozens hurt in Israel truck ramming

Agence France-Presse

A local man poses for a picture at Yasmina Lake, a seasonal lake in the village of Merzouga in the Sahara desert in southeastern Morocco

Rare Sahara floods bring Morocco's dried-up south back to life

Agence France-Presse

US President Donald Trump (L) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu enjoy a close personal relationship

Israel's Netanyahu hoping for Trump triumph

Agence France-Presse

WHO chief says north Gaza in 'catastrophic' danger

Agence France-Presse

Lebanon state media say Israel army blows up houses in border villages

Agence France-Presse