Two World Bank reports show that more than one in four Syrians live in extreme poverty, which was virtually non-existent before the war.
Military investigators give their first statement on the helicopter crash that killed president Ebrahim Raisi last Sunday.
The 63-year-old leader, widely seen as a candidate to succeed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, died four days earlier in a helicopter crash.
The captives’ families hoped the footage would increase pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to agree a truce with Hamas and secure the hostages’ release.
Qatar is emerging as a potential destination for Chinese businesses and investment looking to find a way into the Middle East or Africa, with more companies showing interest in setting up a foothold in the Persian Gulf.
Norway, Ireland and Spain announced that they will recognise a Palestinian state, prompting Israel to immediately recall envoys.
President Ebrahim Raisi and his entourage died in a helicopter crash on Sunday. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has declared five days of national mourning.
The UN World Food Programme said a new US$320 million Gaza floating pier project may fail after crowds of desperate Palestinians intercepted and looted trucks, causing a halt to deliveries.
The confiscation of the news agency’s equipment was condemned by the US, journalism organisations and Israel’s opposition leader Yair Lapid, who called it ‘an act of madness’.
Tens of thousands of Iranians gathered on Tuesday to mourn president Ebrahim Raisi and seven members of his entourage who were killed in a helicopter crash on a fog-shrouded mountainside in the northwest.
The International Criminal Court prosecutor’s office is seeking the arrest of Israeli and Hamas leaders, including Benjamin Netanyahu. Here is a look at what happens next.
Tehran has stressed political continuity, even as analysts caution that a ‘harsh struggle’ is expected in the race to become Iran’s next president.
The United States said that arch-enemy Iran sought assistance over a helicopter crash that killed president Ebrahim Raisi, as Washington meanwhile offered condolences.
Three former US foreign policy officials in Donald Trump’s administration met Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other public figures in Israel.
Iran proclaimed five days of mourning for President Ebrahim Raisi, though the muted atmosphere revealed little of the spectacular public grief that accompanied the deaths of other senior figures.
While Raisi’s death is unlikely to affect foreign policy, Iran lacks charismatic candidates to succeed him and eventually Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, experts say.
Israel, Hamas and the United States have blasted the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court after he applied for arrest warrants for Israel’s prime minister, defence minister as well as three Hamas leaders.
Mohammad Mokhber is expected to serve as caretaker president for some 50 days before mandatory presidential elections in Iran.
Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash on Sunday aged 63, was contender to succeed Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Iran’s president was declared dead on Monday after rescue teams found his crashed helicopter in a fog-shrouded western mountain region.
Women and children among the dead in air strike on Nuseirat, a refugee camp in central Gaza.