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Middle East and north Africa

2 February 2025

  • Explosions in West Bank as Israel blows up buildings in Jenin refugee camp – video

    Large explosions seen in occupied West Bank as Israel destroys buildings in Jenin refugee camp
  • Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman shakes hands with Syria's interim president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, on Sunday.

    Syrian leader meets Saudi crown prince for first official foreign visit

    Ahmed al-Sharaa in Riyadh on trip that highlights reset of regional alliances after end of Iran-backed Assad regime

    • Netanyahu heads for Trump talks in US amid uncertainty over Gaza truce

    • Trump threat to deport pro-Palestinian students mirrors rightwing Heritage blueprint

    • As a surgeon in Gaza, I witnessed hell visited on children. It shames me that Britain played a part in it

      Nizam Mamode

1 February 2025

  • Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni and Libyan police chief Osama Najim.

    ‘Why did we give back this alleged criminal?’ Pressure grows on Meloni after Italy releases wanted Libyan police chief

  • A group of spotters in Hostages Square in Tel Aviv waiting for Agam Berger to be released.

    Israel’s female spotters are free – now their families want to know why warnings were ignored

  • Palestinian ambulance workers lift stretcher with a person on into an ambulance

    Rafah crossing reopening should not be underestimated – it hints at success for Gaza ceasefire

  • Released French-Israeli hostage, Ofer Kalderon.

    Middle East crisis live
    Israel-Gaza war live: Israeli hostages and freed Palestinians return home as Rafah crossing opens

  • Dozens killed as opposition RSF forces attack open market in Sudan

  • Rafah crossing reopens for Gaza’s sick and injured children after months of closure

  • Hamas releases three more hostages from Gaza under ceasefire deal with Israel – video

  • Russian spy ship fire exposes poor state of Mediterranean fleet, say experts

31 January 2025

  • Israeli captive Arbel Yehoud is escorted by Hamas and Islamic Jihad fighters to be handed over to the Red Cross in Khan Younis

    Twenty photographs of the week
    The week around the world in 20 pictures

  • Emily Damari speaks on a phone held by her mother

    Freed Gaza hostage told Starmer that Hamas held her in Unrwa premises, her mother says

  • A Palestinian man cooks with children at an Unwra school being used as a shelter in Gaza City in November, 2023

    Israel’s ban on Unrwa in Gaza and the West Bank is inhumane

  • Egyptians protest in front of the Rafah crossing, rejecting the displacement of Palestinians to Egypt and Jordan.

    Middle East crisis live
    Middle East crisis: Protests at Rafah crossing following Trump proposal to move people from Gaza to Egypt and Jordan – as it happened

  • Egyptians demonstrate against Trump plan to move Gaza Palestinians to Jordan and Egypt – video

  • Judicial review must be heard on how UK can sell F-35 parts to Israel, judge rules

  • ‘My memories are crushed and buried’: a long walk home in Gaza

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