Archives for December, 2025

Forces of Yemen's main separatist group, the Southern Transitional Council, arrive in a mountainous area where they are launching a military operation in the southern province of Abyan, Yemen, December 15, 2025. REUTERS/Stringer

Saudi Arabia says national security is a red line as UAE forces asked to leave Yemen

Reuters

Shopkeepers and traders protested in Tehran against economic hardship and Iran's embattled currency

Students join Iran demonstrations after shopkeepers protest

Agence France-Presse

Osama Twayyer looks at his burned room in his house in the countryside of Jableh, Latakia, Syria September 17, 2025. REUTERS/Yamam Al Shaar

Facing Alawite backlash, Syria’s new leaders take controversial steps to win loyalty

Reuters

Forces of Yemen's main separatist group, the Southern Transitional Council, arrive in a mountainous area where they are launching a military operation in the southern province of Abyan, Yemen, December 15, 2025. REUTERS/Stringer

Saudi-backed head of Yemen's presidential council tells UAE to leave

Reuters

A general view of the house where Turkish security forces launched an operation believed to contain suspected Islamic State militants, and where, three Turkish police officers and six Islamic State militants were killed in a gunfight, according to authorities, in Yalova province, Turkey, December 29, 2025. REUTERS/Umit Bektas/File Photo

Turkey detains 110 suspects in operation targeting Islamic State after deadly clash

Reuters

U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a press conference after meeting at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., December 29, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Trump, top aides asked Netanyahu to change policy in occupied West Bank, Axios says

Reuters

Members of the Sabahiha tribes of Lahj gather during a rally to show their support for the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council in Aden on December 14

UAE to pull forces out of Yemen as 24-hour deadline set

Agence France-Presse

An F-15 jet releases a flare as it flies over Gaza, as seen from the Israeli side of the Israel-Gaza border, July 20, 2025. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

Pentagon announces $8.6 billion Boeing contract for F-15 jets for Israel

Reuters

Israel's Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Brett Jonathan Miller addresses delegates during a meeting on the situation in the Middle East, after Israel's security cabinet approved a plan to take control of Gaza City, at U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., August 10, 2025. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

Israel defends Somaliland move at UN amid concerns over Gaza motives

Reuters

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) said US President Donald Trump (R) would be awarded the Israel Prize, his country's highest civilian honor

Israel hands Trump another international award, after Nobel snub

Agence France-Presse

U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a press conference after meeting at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., December 29, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Trump says he and Netanyahu don't fully agree on West Bank

Reuters

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures as he is welcomed by U.S. President Donald Trump for meetings at the Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., December 29, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

Trump says Netanyahu pardon 'on its way'; Herzog's office disputes it

Reuters

A picture taken at the port of Dilovasi, outside Istanbul, on June 20, 2019, shows the drilling ship Yavuz scheduled to search for oil and gas off Cyprus.

Turkey eyes offshore energy pact with Syria in 2026 amid East Med isolation

Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar has offered up details on a deal with Syria that could unsettle regional rivals in the gas-rich Eastern Mediterranean.

Haibat al-Halbussi arriving at the parliament building ahead of the session in which he was elected speaker

Iraq parliament elects new speaker

Agence France-Presse

Shopkeepers and traders in Tehran protest against the economic hardships and sharp swings in Iran's embattled currency

Tehran shopkeepers shut stores over economic conditions

Agence France-Presse

This aerial view shows residents waving Somaliland flags as they gather to celebrate Israel's announcement recognizing Somaliland's statehood in downtown Hargeisa, on Dec. 26, 2025.

Somalia’s president heads to Turkey as Israel’s Somaliland recognition rattles region

The Somali leader’s visit comes amid a heightened Turkish-Israeli rivalry, fueled by Israel’s recognition of Somaliland, in the region and beyond.