(MENAFN) The World Bank has projected that rebuilding war-ravaged Syria will require between $140 billion and $345 billion, with a conservative estimate of around $216 billion. According to the development organization’s report The Syrian...
(MENAFN) On Monday, Iraq emphasized its firm stance on not allowing the use of its land or airspace to threaten Iran or any other neighboring nation. National Security Adviser Qasim al-Araji made the statement during a joint press conference in...
(MENAFN) The Gaza government reported that at least 97 Palestinians have been killed and 230 injured by Israeli forces since a ceasefire went into effect on October 10, with 21 violations documented on Sunday alone. In a statement, the Gaza...
(MENAFN) Since October 2023, more than 20,000 Palestinian students have died, and over 31,000 have been injured in Israeli assaults across the Gaza Strip and West Bank, according to official reports released on Tuesday. The Palestinian Education...
(MENAFN) The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) initiated widespread aerial and ground operations throughout Gaza on Sunday. These actions were described by the Israeli military as a reaction to what they termed a “blatant violation” of the existing...
(MENAFN) The Israeli administration is preparing to submit a legislative proposal on Monday that could potentially lead to a reassessment of the corruption allegations involving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, according to reports from a...
BAGHDAD, IRAQ, October 21, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Abwaab, Iraq’s leading online education platform, announced today that it has received an official license from the Ministry of Education and the Directorate of Educational Television,...
(MENAFN) One week after US President Donald Trump received a hero’s welcome in Israel for brokering the Gaza ceasefire and facilitating the exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners, the truce has already faced a major challenge. On...
(MENAFN) Since the ceasefire took effect in the Gaza Strip on October 10, at least 97 Palestinians have lost their lives and 230 have been wounded due to actions by the Israeli military, with 21 violations reported on Sunday alone, according to...
(MENAFN) US President Donald Trump stated on Sunday that the ceasefire in Gaza remains active despite multiple Israeli attacks that have resulted in dozens of deaths, stressing Washington’s goal of maintaining calm between Israel and Hamas. “We’re...
Today’s episode is another review, this time focusing on the United States and the Middle East. How big of a deal is the U.S. government shutdown? Andrew Miiller catches us up to speed on this, as well as the “No Kings” protests. Revealing the...
“When guests arrive, they should feel an Emirati welcome,” says Scott Richardson, the academic dean of Les Roches Abu Dhabi. We’re sitting in the sleek rotunda of the Swiss hospitality school’s new campus, where students in chef whites are...
Information Cutoff: 2:00 PM ET The Critical Threats Project (CTP) at the American Enterprise Institute and the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) publish the Iran Update, which provides insights into Iranian and Iranian-sponsored activities that...
Syrian forces said on Wednesday (Oct. 22) they had surrounded a camp housing a prominent French jihadist wanted by his government, sparking clashes according to a monitoring group.The operation in northwest Syria was the Islamist-led government's...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hinted on Wednesday at his opposition to any role for Turkish security forces in the Gaza Strip as part of a mission to monitor a US-backed ceasefire with the Palestinian militant group Hamas. Speaking in...
Israel’s prime minister toughened his stance Wednesday by declaring that his country is in charge of its own security and isn’t an American protectorate as he prepared to discuss progress on Gaza’s fragile ceasefire agreement with US Vice...
Syrian forces said they had surrounded on Wednesday a camp housing a prominent French jihadist wanted by his government, sparking clashes at the site according to a monitoring group. The operation in northwest Syria was the Islamist-led...
Shafaq News – Erbil Renas H. Salim (pseudonym), a Yazidi teacher in Duhok, often reminds her pupils that “languages are bridges you can walk across,” a lesson vividly illustrated last Nowruz when her class sang in Kurmanji, Arabic, and Syriac as...
Iran will not return to negotiations with the United States as long as Washington makes "unreasonable demands," the Iranian foreign minister said on Wednesday, according to the semi-official Tasnim news agency. Tehran and Washington engaged in...
Israel has identified the bodies of two more hostages, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said yesterday, as US Vice President J.D. Vance sounded a buoyant note about progress in Gaza’s fragile ceasefire during a visit to Israel....
