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Mourners take part in a funeral ceremony for late Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, in Tehran. AFP
Haniyeh killing shows Israel's high-risk assassination strategy

Experts suggest Israel has network of informants for high-profile assassinations but the strategy could have limited long-term impact

MENAAugust 01, 2024
Smoke from a bomb blast during an Israeli air strike on Ain Jalut towers in Nuseirat, central Gaza. Bloomberg
Israel's Gaza bombardment 'among deadliest for civilians' in modern warfare

Investigation by Airwars, an independent conflict monitor, lays bare intensity of bombing campaign

MENAJuly 25, 2024
The Dark Eagle hypersonic missile is the US military’s latest attempt to field a weapon that can travel at five times the speed of sound - Mach 5 - or faster.
US presses on with Dark Eagle hypersonic missile testing

Despite massive engineering challenges, the US has spent decades working on hypersonic missiles that fly five times faster than the speed of sound

NewsJuly 25, 2024
Hodeidah, Yemen, on Saturday, July 20, 2024. The Israeli army says it struck the Houthi rebels in western Yemen following a drone attack by the group in Tel Aviv. AP
Israel and Houthis clash over 1,800km distance with drones, missiles and air strikes

Israel's air strike against Hodeidah in Yemen would have posed a significant challenge, at the limit's of their jets' operational range

Middle East TodayJuly 21, 2024
Smoke rises from the site of Israeli air strikes in the port city of Hodeidah, Yemen in this handout photo released July 20, 2024. Reuters
Israel and Yemen braced for war after escalation of hostilities

Sirens sounded in the Red Sea port of Eilat on Sunday morning as a Houthi missile was shot down

MENAJuly 21, 2024
The official death toll from the war in Gaza has reached 39,000 but the true number may never be known. EPA
Counting the true cost of war from Gaza to Ukraine

In some conflicts, hunger and lack of health care kill more people than bombs and bullets, but data scientists say estimating the actual death toll is complex

NewsJuly 19, 2024
An explosion on the Chios Lion oil tanker after it was attacked in the Red Sea off Yemen by Houthi rebels. EPA
Houthi attack on tanker leaves 200km oil slick in Red Sea

Houthi militias have blockaded the Red Sea since November

MENAJuly 17, 2024
A law enforcement sniper team prepares for the arrival of former president Donald Trump on a rooftop overlooking a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. EPA
Security lapses in focus after attempt on Trump's life

Experts surprised that highly trained sniper team failed to spot gunman as he climbed onto roof

USJuly 14, 2024
An Israeli army unmanned M113 vehicle being tested in 2013, when Israel's military began experimenting with Photo: Israel Defence Force
Israel may be using vehicles as remote-controlled bombs in Gaza

Since 2013, Israel has been experimenting with turning obsolete armoured vehicles into unmanned guided systems

MENAJuly 11, 2024
Israeli police and soldiers block a road as smoke rises in the background after two people were critically wounded by a rocket in the Golan Heights. EPA
Israel strikes Syrian targets in Golan after assassinating Hezbollah weapons man

Sources say that Hassan Nasrallah's former bodyguard Yasser Kranbish was targeted by Israel for his role in smuggling weapons from Syria

MENAJuly 10, 2024
The Tuffah district east of Gaza city in July 2024. A study by medical journal The Lancet estimates Palestinian deaths may reach 186,000. AFP
Lancet journal: Gaza war death toll may have reached 186,000

Report suggests that 7.9 per cent of Gaza population has died since the war began

MENAJuly 08, 2024
Iranian warship Sahand capsizes in the port of Bandar Abbas. Authorities said the ship became unbalanced due to "water infiltration during repairs." Photo: Tasnim News Agency
Iranian warship capsizes in dock after accident

The Sahand was stationed in the southern port of Bandar Abbas

MENAJuly 07, 2024
Lebanon's Deir Ammar power station in the northern city of Tripoli could be a potential target if war breaks out between Hezbollah and Israel. AFP
SPECIAL REPORTIsrael and Hezbollah threaten to devastate power grids in war

Experts fear that infrastructure vital to every day life will be put out of action, affecting millions of civilians

MENAJuly 03, 2024
Wreckage of a US Reaper drone shot down by the Houthi rebels over northern Yemen in April. EPA
Why multimillion-dollar drones no longer rule skies above war zones

US and Israeli drones have become increasingly vulnerable to attacks from Iran-backed militant groups

MENAJune 19, 2024
A drone boat captured from Yemen's Houthi rebels. AP
Houthi drone boat attack shows growing use of tactic

Small craft laden with explosives are difficult to spot and intercept

MENAJune 13, 2024
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