Syria
In its first ground raid into Syria, Israel seizes a man it says spied for Iran
A pro-government Syrian radio station reported Israeli forces carried out a “kidnapping operation” in the country’s south.
- by Melanie Lidman and Samy Magdy
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Middle East at war
Hezbollah fires barrage of rockets; Israel vows to hit more ‘vaults of cash and gold’
At least 15 branches of the bank-like institution Al-Qard Al-Hasan have been hit in southern Beirut.
- by Sarah El Deeb and Samy Magdy
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Middle East tensions
Israeli military warns several Lebanese communities near the border to evacuate
The Israeli military has warned people to evacuate nearly two dozen Lebanese border communities hours after launching what it said was a limited ground incursion against the Hezbollah militant group.
- by Matthew Lee, Samy Magdy, Abby Sewell, Julia Frankel and Bassem Mroue
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Israel pounds Lebanon, disrupting Hezbollah leader’s major speech
The barrage followed two days of attacks blamed on Mossad that blew up Hezbollah radios and pagers, killing 37 people and wounding about 3000.
- by Kareem Chehayeb
This Middle East one-pot wonder’s secret? It’s served upside down
The exact origins of dishes in this region are impossible to untangle. Indeed, many foods date back to times before modern borders existed.
- by Ben Groundwater
Germany to step up deportations after stabbing
Visiting the site of last weekend’s stabbing, which has emboldened his far-right opposition, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called it ‘terrorism against us all’.
- by Rachel More
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
What Iranian president’s helicopter crash means for the Middle East
Iran views itself as the chief patron of Palestinian resistance to Israeli rule, and top officials have called for Israel to be wiped off the map.
- by Joseph Krauss
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Middle East tensions
US strikes over 85 targets against Iranian-backed groups over deadly drone attack
US leaders have been warning for days that they would strike back at the militias and they made it clear that it wouldn’t be just one hit.
- by Tara Copp and Abdulrahman Zeyad
Israeli airstrike kills ‘high-ranking’ Iranian advisers in Syria
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani condemned the Israeli strike and said that “without any doubt, the blood of these high-ranking martyrs will not be wasted”.
- by Albert Aji and Bassem Mroue
France issues arrest warrant for Syria’s Assad over chemical ‘war crimes’
The warrants follow a criminal investigation into chemical attacks in the town of Douma that killed more than 1000 people.
- by Layli Foroudi
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Xi wanted to broker peace in the Middle East. He wasn’t counting on a new war
Beijing has spent years building up goodwill in the region. A vacuum left by the US helped. Now the surprise attack by Hamas on Israel brings complicates things.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
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