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Thousands of people fled the central Syrian city of Homs overnight and into Friday morning, a war monitoring group and residents said, as rebel forces sought to push their lightning offensive against government forces further south. “Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and allied factions have reached five kilometres from the outskirts of Homs city after controlling […]

Alaa Abdel-Fattah’s mother argues that her son is illegally jailed and should have been released end of September. [Getty] The family of jailed British-Egyptian political activist Alaa Abdel-Fattah filed earlier this week a petition for a presidential pardon for his release, as his 68-year-old mother, Laila Soueif, has vowed to continue her over two-month-long hunger

Gunfights erupted in Jenin in the north of the occupied West Bank on Thursday between militants and Palestinian security forces following the theft of vehicles belonging to the Palestinian Authority, according to AFP journalists in the city. The intense exchanges of fire began around 9:30 PM (1930 GMT) and followed the deployment of members of

Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem has expressed support for Syrian tyrant Bashar al-Assad [Getty] Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem said Thursday that his Lebanese militant group, an ally of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, would be by Damascus’s side as rebels continue a sweeping offensive. In a televised address, Qassem denounced “terrorist groups” who want to “destroy Syria

Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami — invited by FIFA to compete despite criticism from many in the soccer world — will play the Club World Cup’s first match on 15 June against Egyptian club Al Ahly, as part of a group that will also feature Palmeiras and Porto. Other opening matches include Paris Saint-Germain vs. Atletico

Two Romanian nationals have been charged over the stabbing of an Iranian journalist outside his home in London earlier this year, UK law enforcement said Thursday. Nandito Badea, 19, and George Stana, 23, were arrested in Romania on Wednesday and charged with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and wounding, the Crown Prosecution Service said.

Since the onset of Israel’s attacks on 7 October, a devastating humanitarian crisis has unfolded in Gaza, leaving families struggling with no certainty of when life will return to normal. As stated previously by UNICEF, during times of war and conflict, the greatest and most devastating impacts are often felt by the most vulnerable, particularly children,

Israel’s protracted war in Gaza over the past 14 months has been nothing short of devastating. The conflict, which erupted as a response to the Hamas-led 7 October attack, has led to the death of over 44,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and the effective displacement of the enclave’s entire population. But for all the

Influential Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr urged his country Thursday to stay out of the fighting in neighbouring Syria triggered by a lightning rebel offensive launched last week. Sadr stressed in a post on X the “necessity of Iraq’s government, people, parties, militias and security forces not getting involved in the Syrian issue”, urging the

Two UN human rights experts on Wednesday urged Saudi Arabia to stop the imminent execution of three foreign nationals, with Riyadh having executed more than 300 people this year, a record tally. Four more people were put to death on Tuesday: three people convicted of drug smuggling and another convicted of murder, the official Saudi