Abdulkafi in front of the Aleppo Citadel, in the heart of the Syrian city/ Abdulkafi, an English teacher from the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, saw his father for the first time in 20 years on Monday. “He is 85, an old man. He never dreamed he would see me again before he died,” Abdulkafi told ...
Israeli soldiers on patrol in northern Israel near the border with Lebanon. Photo: 2 December 2024/ Israel said it struck targets in Lebanon on Monday evening after vowing to retaliate for an attack by Hezbollah on a military post, with both sides accusing each other of violating last week's ...
Rihab Faour at her temporary home in Beirut. ‘I have to find something to fill my days,’ she said/ Rihab Faour fled her home. Then she fled again. Then a third time. Then a fourth. And by the fourth time, a year after the first, she had been fleeing Israeli bombs for so long that nowhere in ...
The reignited war in Syria is the latest fallout from the turmoil that has gripped the Middle East since the Hamas attacks on Israel on 7 October last year. The attacks, and Israel’s response, upended the status quo. Events in Syria in the last few days are more proof that the war gripping the ...
The biggest UN agency providing aid to Palestinians has said it is suspending deliveries through the main crossing between Israel and Gaza because of security concerns. The head of Unrwa, Philippe Lazzarini, said two recent convoys had been looted by armed gangs near the Kerem Shalom crossing ...
Syrian government forces have withdrawn from the city of Aleppo following an offensive by rebels opposed to the rule of President Bashar al-Assad. The army acknowledged that rebels had entered "large parts" of the city, the country's second largest, but vowed to stage a counterattack. The ...
The wreckage of a car seen following an Israeli strike in southern Gaza/ The charity World Central Kitchen (WCK) has said it is pausing its operations in Gaza after a vehicle carrying its staff members was hit by an Israeli air strike. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the target of the ...
The crater left behind by the massive Israeli air strike that killed Hassan Nasrallah was lit up in red for the event/ Thousands of people have descended on the site where former Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed by an Israeli air strike, after the group allowed access to the area for ...
Rebel forces launched the largest offensive against the Syrian government in years on Wednesday. The surprise offensive prompted the first Russian strikes on Aleppo since 2016, and saw Syria's military withdraw its troops from the city. The attack was led by the Islamist militant group Hayat ...
Qassem Abu Khalaf and his wife Malak Hijaz have a library of hundreds of ingredients/ A young Palestinian couple in Jerusalem have produced a range of perfumes to embody the heritage of their people. Despite the horror of the war in Gaza, they hope their scents can still summon memories of a ...
