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A US Navy MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter from the "Blue Hawks" fires chaff flares during a training exercise near the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson. Reuters
US Navy clashes with Houthis amid threats of Red Sea escalation

A naval task force has shot down about 20 Houthi missiles and drones

GulfJanuary 01, 2024
A Houthi militiaman on Yemen's Red Sea shore. EPA
Houthi Red Sea threat brings new front to Gaza war

No one wants to test the capabilities of the Iran-backed militia, which says it is helping Hamas

Palestine-IsraelDecember 07, 2023
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres. Reuters
Guterres's call for UN Article 99 explained

The UN Secretary General is dismayed at the continuing failure to secure a lasting truce in Gaza

Palestine-IsraelDecember 07, 2023
US Navy ships at a base in the Bahraini capital Manama. AFP
New naval task force could be formed to protect Red Sea, US says

Yemen's Houthi militias have launched a series of attacks on tankers allegedly linked to Israel

GulfDecember 05, 2023
Gen Stanley McChrystal is seen by many as the architect of modern counterterrorism. Getty Images
Former US general says Israel gives Palestinians no reason to co-operate

Retired US commander who led special forces in Iraq war and coalition troops in Afghanistan says political solution is vital

Palestine-IsraelDecember 05, 2023
The former rebel suburb of Douma, the site of a suspected chemical weapons attack, near Damascus, on April 16, 2018. AP
Damascus again in sights of chemical weapons watchdog

Experts accuse Syrian military of still possessing highly destructive chemical weapons

MENADecember 04, 2023
Footage from an Iranian drone showing a warship accompanying the USS Eisenhower aircraft carrier in the Arabian Sea. The US on Sunday released a photograph of the drone taken from one of its aircraft. Photo: Iranian Military
US Navy posts photo of Iranian drone filming aircraft carrier

The US navy and Iran have spent years working on tactics in the event of war in the Arabian Gulf

WorldDecember 03, 2023
The USS Carney destroyer firing at Houthi missiles and drones in the Red Sea in October. AFP Photo
Houthis test US and Israeli defences with drones and missiles

Yemen's militias are trying to overstretch Israeli forces fighting Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon

WorldNovember 23, 2023
Medics prepare to transport premature babies from the Emirates Hospital in Rafah to Egypt for specialist treatment. EPA
Gaza truce: Four-day respite offers window of hope for aid

About 2.3 million people in Gaza are facing starvation after 46 days of siege and bombardment

Palestine-IsraelNovember 22, 2023
Yemen's Houthi rebels seized the Israeli-linked Galaxy Leader in the Red Sea on Sunday. AP
Houthi raid on civilian ship threatens global trade route

Iran-backed Yemeni militant group has promised to target Israeli vessels in the Red Sea, where US ships are stationed

GulfNovember 20, 2023
Members of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad parade through the streets of Gaza City on Januray 5, 2021. AFP
Who are Hamas's allies in Gaza? From Islamic Jihad to Marxist militants

Hamas is Gaza's most powerful armed group but it co-ordinates operations with as many as 11 other factions

Palestine-IsraelNovember 15, 2023
Palestinians flee Gaza city and head south during fighting between Israel and Hamas. AFP
'You can't look back': Fleeing civilians struggle as water runs out

Hundreds of thousands of Gazans are fleeing the war on foot, but fighting is raging across most of the enclave and clean drinking water is scarce

Palestine-IsraelNovember 11, 2023
Humanitarian aid being loaded on to a Jordanian military cargo plane bound for Gaza. AFP
Could Jordan's successful Gaza aid drop pave way for an air bridge?

With thousands of tonnes of aid stuck on the Egypt border due to Israeli restrictions, countries are considering workarounds

Palestine-IsraelNovember 07, 2023
Rescuers search for survivors and bodies of victims in the rubble of buildings destroyed by Israel's bombardment of Khan Yunis, southern Gaza, on October 26. AFP
Three weeks on, Israel-Gaza war has brought unprecedented death and destruction

Millions of people in Gaza face a humanitarian disaster while the rest of the region braces for a potential wider war

Palestine-IsraelOctober 28, 2023
Smoke rises from the northern part of the Gaza Strip after a barrage of Israeli air strikes. EPA
Israel's show of unguided bombs raises fears of more civilian deaths

Israel has launched one of its fiercest air campaigns in decades

Palestine-IsraelOctober 19, 2023
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