Archives for August, 2026

A Syrian Air passenger jet lands at Aleppo airport on March 18, 2025, the first aircraft to land after it was shut during the offensive that toppled former President Bashar al-Assad.

Syrian Airlines expands Europe comeback with Vienna, Copenhagen flights

Syrian Airlines currently flies to 14 destinations across eight countries, with four additional routes planned.

A U.S. military transport plane approaches Moscow, Russia, August 25, 2026, in this screen grab taken from a social media video. Social Media/via REUTERS

US spy chief visits Russia for meetings, media reports

Reuters

Legislation severing ties with the UNRWA and banning it from operating on Israeli territory took effect in January 2025

Israel takes control of UN training centre for Palestinians

Agence France-Presse

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said countries that did not support the US economic campaign would 'share in the isolation' of Iran

Iranians queue for petrol after US announces new sanctions

Agence France-Presse

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China warns US not to interfere with Iran trade: What to know

China's Foreign Ministry said Beijing was firmly opposed to what it called “illegal unilateral sanctions” and would take “all necessary measures” to safeguard its rights.

Fatma Sobhy, mother of Egyptian rape survivor Amal Abdel Hameed, who won a landmark paternity case, hugs her granddaughter at their family home in Dakahlia Governorate, in the northeast of Egypt's Nile Delta, August 17, 2026. REUTERS/Stringer

Landmark ruling puts normal life in reach for child of Egyptian rape survivor

Reuters

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) president Mirjana Spoljaric has made a new warning over the development of 'killer robots'

World must rein in autonomous weapons: UN, Red Cross

Agence France-Presse

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks during a press conference to outline further sanctions against Iran, at the Treasury Department in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 24, 2026. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

Factbox-What's included in the new US sanctions campaign to pressure Iran's economy?

Reuters

Israeli left-wing activists and Israeli settlers scuffle as Israeli security intervenes at an Israeli outpost in the Palestinian village of Jannatah, just south of the city of Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank

West Bank settlers attack AFP journalists

Agence France-Presse

FILE PHOTO: The U.S. Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, which is supporting U.S. military operations in the war with Iran, conducts a replenishment-at-sea with fleet replenishment oiler USNS Henry J. Kaiser, August 16, 2026. U.S. Navy/Handout via REUTERS/ File Photo

USS Abraham Lincoln to dock in Thailand next week, Thai official says

Reuters

FILE PHOTO: A general view of a U.S. State Department sign outside the U.S. State Department building in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 11, 2025. REUTERS/Annabelle Gordon/File Photo

US starts returning staff to Middle East missions after Iran war evacuations, sources say

Reuters

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani (C) watches as US special envoy for Syria Tom Barrack prepares to sign an agreement in Damascus on September 16, 2025. Shaibani announced on September 16 a plan backed by Jordan and the United States to restore calm to Druze-majority Sweida province, which witnessed deadly violence in July. (Photo by LOUAI BESHARA / AFP) (Photo by LOUAI BESHARA/AFP via Getty Images)

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Israel recalibrates Syria policy, explores path to security deal

Israel is rethinking its hard-line Syria policy and seeking to repair ties with US envoy and Donald Trump's confidant Tom Barrack amid a push for a security agreement with Damascus.

In Tel Aviv, reporting on national security, Israeli politics, defense

Palestinians make a kite at a tent camp sheltering displaced people in Gaza City, August 25, 2026. REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas

Gaza parents urged to stop children flying kites after Israel warning to Hamas

Reuters

A map showing the Strait of Hormuz and a 3D printed oil pipeline are seen in this illustration taken March 23, 2026. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

Six months into Iran war, almost half of global oil flows from war zones

Reuters

Pakistan and Iran made 'significant progress' in talks on conflict, minister says

Reuters

Strait of Hormuz and raw materials: traffic six times less between February and August 2026

Six months into Iran war, Hormuz traffic way down, sailors stranded

Agence France-Presse