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Tehran seeks to bolster influence over Damascus as Gulf states move to normalise relations with AssadEbrahim Raisi has flown to Damascus for the first state visit by an Iranian president to Syria since the civil war broke out in 2011, as Tehran seeks t…
Religious laws are increasingly being used to silence civil society and human rights groups, say activistsSix Libyans are facing the death penalty for converting to Christianity and proselytising under laws increasingly being used to silence civil soci…
Rockets were fired towards Israel from Gaza after the death of Khader Adnan was announcedIsraeli jets struck targets across Gaza as armed groups there fired rocket barrages toward Israel in response to the death of a Palestinian hunger striker in Israe…
Several people killed outside East Nile hospital as civilian groups step in to help people caught in conflictFierce street fighting, including the use of heavy weaponry and artillery fire, has consumed centralKhartoum as worsening violence tests a dete…
Access to PCV jabs in South Sudan, Somalia, Guinea and Chad ‘could save 40,000 children a year’Delays in rolling out a vaccine against childhood pneumonia in four of the world’s poorest countries have been blamed for thousands of unnecessary deaths.Sou…
Adnan, who was affiliated with the Palestinian militant Islamic Jihad group, was found unconscious in his cell early on TuesdayMilitants in the blockaded Gaza Strip have launched rockets at Israel in response to the death after a hunger strike of a wel…
Long dispute creates unwanted uncertainties as increased migration and outside actors enter the conflictFears remain that Sudan – riven by fighting between the Sudanese army and its paramilitary rival, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) – could plunge into…
Critical shortages of basic goods including water, and bodies piling in streets creating ‘environmental catastrophe’Sudanese medics have described seeing piles of bodies in the streets of the capital, Khartoum, people drinking polluted water, and docto…
Unclear whether all British evacuees will be able to reach Port Sudan, more than 500 miles from KhartoumBritish forces will oversee an additional evacuation flight out of Sudan as fighting continues to rage in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum.British pas…
New UN envoy to the region warns that humanitarian situation is ‘reaching breaking point’Sudan’s rival military forces have accused each other of violating a fresh ceasefire as the deadly conflict rumbles on for a third week despite warnings of a slide…