Gaza’s Rafah border crossing with Egypt has reopened to a limited amount of foot traffic, an Israeli security official said Monday. An Egyptian official said that 50 Palestinians would cross in each direction on the first day of the crossing’s reopeni…

Syrian Kurdish security forces announced a curfew in two northeastern cities starting early next week, ahead of implementing a deal with Damascus to integrate Kurdish military and civilian institutions into the state. Kurdish leader Mazloum Abdi said …

Iran on Sunday designated the armies of European countries as “terrorist groups” following the EU decision last week to list the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on the bloc’s list of terrorist organisations. The announcement came as the US an…

Israel on Sunday announced that it was terminating Doctors Without Borders or Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) operations in Gaza over its failure to provide a list of Palestinian staff. MSF called the decision a “pretext to obstruct humanitarian assist…

Israel on Sunday partially open the Rafah crossing – a vital gateway linking Gaza and Egypt, which has remained largely closed for more than 18 months. The crossing was initially opened to foot traffic, but Israel has not yet said how many people will…

An explosion at a building in the southern Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas on Saturday killed one person and wounded 14, according to authorities. The blast, which came a day before a planned Iranian naval drill in the strategic Strait of Hormuz, wa…

New Israeli air strikes slammed targets across Gaza on Saturday, including a Gaza City residential building and a tent camp Khan Younis, killing at least 30 people, hospital officials said. The strikes come just a day before the announced reopening of…