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Live: Israel calls Erdogan an ‘anti-Semitic dictator’ after Turkey issues Netanyahu arrest warrant

Turkey issued an international arrest warrant for Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as part of an investigation into Israel's interception of an aid flotilla for Gaza and its detention of hundreds of activists on board, Justice Minister Akin Gur

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US urges allies and China to join Iran economic pressure campaign

The United States on Thursday urged allies and China to join its campaign to isolate Iran's economy, as President Donald Trump seeks to intensify pressure on Tehran amid a stalemate in the war and growing domestic criticism.

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Netanyahu focused on reelection as Israeli govt grows 'less concerned' about international isolation

Annette Young is pleased to welcome Dr. Aaron Y. Zelin, Senior Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. He sees Israel’s recent actions in the West Bank and Syria as part of a broader shift in its strategic posture. Since October 7, the I

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France, Germany, UK and Italy slam Israel's 'E1' West Bank settler project

Paris, Berlin, London and Rome on Thursday condemned Israel's decision to open bidding for a planned settlement project in the occupied West Bank. The sprawling "E1" development, which like all Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory is

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Investigation into killing of Hind Rajab and Gaza paramedics comes ‘extremely late’

The investigation into the killing of Hind Rajab and paramedics in Gaza launched by the Israeli army came as a “surprise” in the country, “because so much time has passed” since the events took place, FRANCE 24 correspondent Noga Tarnopolsky said. “The t

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Israeli army admits firing on car in death of 5-year-old Hind Rajab

The Israeli military on Wednesday admitted its troops fired on a car carrying five-year-old Hind Rajab in Gaza in 2024, saying it had ordered a criminal investigation into the killing which drew international outrage. The military also published reviews

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Wednesday, august 19, 2026

Fresh US aircraft carrier strike group arrives in Middle East

The USS George Washington aircraft carrier strike group has arrived in the Middle East, the US military announced Thursday. The aircraft carrier will replace the long-deployed USS Abraham Lincoln after apparently deteriorating living conditions on board

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PA financial crisis: No budget for 'essential services' including infrastructure, education & health

Annette Young is pleased to welcome Joost Hiltermann, Special Adviser for MENA and training for the International Crisis Group. He sees the Palestinian Authority’s financial crisis not as an approaching emergency, but as an ongoing process of institution

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Israeli army launches criminal probe into killing of 5-year-old Hind Rajab in Gaza

The Israeli military will open internal criminal investigations into its troops' 2024 killing of 5-year-old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab alongside six of her relatives, as well as the killings of 15 medics and humanitarian workers in 2025, it announced We

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Palestinian-American citizen raises US flag over besieged West Bank home

A Palestinian-American has raised the US flag on his home besieged by Israeli settlers, as the United States renewed criticism of the siege that has generated condemnation around the world.

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France slams far-right Israeli minister's 'inhumane' call for mass killings in Gaza

France and Germany on Wednesday slammed remarks by Israel's far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir calling for Israel to kill "30 or 40" people every night in the Gaza Strip. French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot condemned the comments a

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Tuesday, august 18, 2026

Trump says no Iran talks planned as UAE suspends trade with Tehran

US President Donald Trump said Tuesday no talks with Iran were planned and insisted the Strait of Hormuz remained open despite reduced shipping traffic. Oman and Iran neared a deal on the waterway as a projectile struck a vessel, while the UAE said two I

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'Tons' of nuclear material found at undisclosed Syrian site, IAEA chief says

UN nuclear watchdog head Rafael Mariano Grossi said Tuesday that his agency had found several "tons of nuclear materials" at a previously undeclared site dating from the rule of Syria's previous authorities. Syria's Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani sai

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Palestinian American challenges Israeli army outside his home in the West Bank

For more than a week, militant Israeli settlers have encircled Palestinian homes in the West Bank village of Qusra, despite the deployment of the Israeli military. The ongoing siege has prompted Palestinian-American Loui Ridi to come back to his hometow

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More and more Christian families pressured to leave the West Bank by Israeli settlers

Christian leaders and religious figures in the West Bank say difficult living conditions are pushing an increasing number of Christian families to leave their homes. The reality is threatening the historic presence of Christians in Palestinian territorie

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West Bank village of Qusra under siege by extremist Israeli settlers

In the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian village of Qusra remains under siege by extremist Israeli settlers. They are trying to force families off their land through tactics including cutting off access to food and water. A Palestinian-American who own

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Trump threatens to bomb Oman, as its ally tires to mediate Iran negotiations

As the 60-day ceasefire deadline passes, US President Donald Trump is lashing out at an American ally trying to mediate negotiations between the US and Iran. Using an expletive, Trump threatened to bomb Oman if it "gets in the way." This isn’t the first

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In Jerusalem, US negotiator Jared Kushner presses Netanyahu about Gaza deal

Mideast negotiator and Trump son-in-law Jared Kushner was meeting Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, days after the premier rejected the US-backed road map to move the ceasefire deal forward in Gaza. The meeting follows Kushner's meet

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Syria sentences to death detained cousin of ousted president Assad

Wassim al-Assad, a cousin of overthrown long-time Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad, was convicted of multiple murders and murder accompanied by torture and brutality. A Damascus court issued a death sentence on Tuesday.

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Israel says strikes on Syrian military airfield were to ensure its security

Israel said it had struck an airfield in the northwestern province of Idlib on Tuesday because of threats to its security after Syria allowed Turkish troops to amass near the airbase close to Aleppo. Earlier, Washington called the strikes an "unecessary

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Monday, august 17, 2026

Netanyahu, Kushner agree US general to verify Hamas disarmament before Israel withdraws from Gaza

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US envoy Jared Kushner agreed Monday that an American general would oversee the disarmament of Hamas, an Israeli official said, as Netanyahu insisted Israel would not withdraw from Gaza until the group gives

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Trump’s Gaza plan: What is at stake for Netanyahu?

The Trump administration is stepping up diplomatic efforts to secure a peace plan for Gaza. US envoy Jared Kushner is set to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a bid to persuade him to back the proposal. With Netanyahu facing major politic

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West Bank : UN delivers aid to besieged Palestinian families in Qusra

The UN delivered aid to Qusra in the West Bank after Israeli settlers cut off several Palestinian families from food, water and electricity. Residents say they have faced months of harassment and attacks, while rights groups accuse settlers of trying to

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Middle East : Kushner to meet Netanyahu after talks with Hamas on Gaza plan

US envoy Jared Kushner is due to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday after holding talks with Hamas leaders in Egypt aimed at reviving a US-backed Gaza peace plan that Israel has so far rejected. Noga Tarnopolsky, FRANCE 24's corresp

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Trump threatens to bomb Oman if it 'gets in the way' of Hormuz shipping deal

US President Donald Trump on Monday threatened to bomb Oman if it "gets in the way" of a deal over shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. His threat came after the prime minister's office in Iraqi Kurdistan was targeted by two Iranian drones overnight, author

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Sunday, august 16, 2026

Iran offers $30,000 bounty for killing or capturing US soldiers

The Iranian military announced on Sunday it would be offering a $30,000 reward for the killing or capturing of US soldiers, with the bounty doubled if conducted by a woman. There have been no known deployments of US ground troops in Iran during the war e

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West Bank: Activist recounts life under settler siege in Qusra

A week after Israeli settlers began besieging Palestinian homes in the West Bank village of Qusra, human rights activist Netanael Hanadaro joined FRANCE 24 to recount what he witnessed there. He said he and other NGO members reached the isolated homes on

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South Lebanon: How will Israeli strikes affect negotiations?

Israel killed 11 people in strikes on southern Lebanon on Saturday, in what has been described as the biggest threat to the peace talks since the June agreement. Ziad Majed, Professor of Middle East Studies at the American University of Paris, spoke to F

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Kushner, Hamas delegation in Egypt for talks on Gaza peace plan

A Hamas delegation held talks with Egyptian intelligence chief Hassan Rashad in Egypt on Sunday, followed by talks with US envoy Jared Kushner. Kushner had met shortly before with President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in an effort to break the deadlock over the

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South Lebanon: Doctor describes escalating humanitarian toll

Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon have killed at least 11 people, in what local authorities describe as the largest escalation since the June agreement. Speaking to FRANCE 24, Pierre Catoire, an emergency doctor working in the area, described a deterio

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West Bank: Palestinian families besieged for a week as settler violence continues

Several Palestinian homes in the West Bank village of Qusra have been under siege for a week, with families trapped inside as supplies dwindle and water and electricity are cut off. Settlers have continued their attacks openly, despite the presence of Is

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Saturday, august 15, 2026

Israeli strikes kill 11 in southern Lebanon, Hezbollah threatens to retaliate

Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon killed at least 11 people Saturday, some of the deadliest since deals in June eased hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah. Israel's military said the strikes were in retaliation for an attack by Hezbollah on its

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Deadly Israeli strikes in Lebanon put peace talks at risk

At least 11 people, including three children, have been killed in Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon, according to Lebanon’s state news agency, in the deadliest attacks since a US-mediated peace framework was agreed in June. Israel says it targeted Hezb

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'We're seeing an important escalation in southern Lebanon despite the so-called truce'

Overnight Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon killed at least seven people in one village, in the deadliest escalation since the lull in fighting began two months ago. FRANCE 24 correspondent Renée Davis, reporting from Beirut, says the strikes mark a si

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US urges Netanyahu to condemn settlers besieging Palestinians in West Bank

The United States is urging Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to publicly condemn Israeli settlers who have besieged Palestinian homes in Qusra, while France is calling for their arrest and prosecution. As residents remain cut off from food and o

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'We are seeing the cracks of Israeli politics play out in the West Bank'

Palestinian residents of three houses in Qusra near Nablus in the occupied West Bank say they have been effectively cut off from food and other supplies since the siege by Israeli settlers began on Sunday. But the Israeli military has not done anything t

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Israel wants 'more serious' talks with Lebanon after deadly strikes

Israel wants "more serious" US-brokered talks with Lebanon, a spokesman for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday. Earlier Hezbollah said that Israeli attacks on Lebanon would be met with an "appropriate" response and urged Lebanese authorit

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Friday, august 14, 2026

Trump says record Navy deployment in Iran operations 'not nearly long enough'

US President Donald Trump on Friday dismissed concerns about the toll on sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, who have endured a record deployment of almost nine months, saying that the deployment had been “not nearly long enough”. Th

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‘We never leave’: Palestinians besieged in West Bank fear Israeli settlers will seize their homes

For nearly a week, Israeli settlers have been surrounding homes in the West bank village of Qusra in a coordinated offensive to force Palestinian residents from their homes in order to seize new land.

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West Bank: Palestinians families trapped in home

Israeli settlers are carrying out a campaign of violence and intimidation against the Palestinian village of Qusra in the occupied West Bank, where families have had their electricity and water supplies cut off, in what residents say is an attempt to for

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West Bank: Palestinians families trapped in homes

Israeli settlers are conducting a campaign of violence and intimidation against the Palestinian village of Qusra in the occupied West Bank. Families have had their electricity and water supplies cut off, in what residents say is an attempt to force them

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Israeli settlers seize Palestinian water source in occupied West Bank to create recreational pool

Israeli settlers have taken control of a freshwater spring that Palestinian farmers in the occupied West Bank have relied on for generations, diverting its water to create a pool at an archaeological site advertised as a tourist attraction and leaving cr

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Israel sends troops to West Bank homes besieged by settlers

Israeli settlers are conducting a campaign of violence and intimidation against the Palestinian village of Qusra in the occupied West Bank. Families have had their electricity and water supplies cut off in what residents say is an attempt to force them f

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US sailors report dire conditions as replacement carrier heads to Middle East

Reports of declining mental health and supply issues have been flagged by US sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Lincoln deployed to the Middle East, with some attempting to throw themselves into the sea. The ship has so far spent a record 260 uninte

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Israeli minister calls for police to replace military in handling West Bank settlers

Israel's Defence Minister Israel Katz called Friday for the police to take over law enforcement in the occupied West Bank from the military. Settlers there have been attempting to force Palestinian residents from their homes for nearly a week, intensifyi

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Thursday, august 13, 2026

Gaza's beekeepers are rebuilding their livelihoods amid the ruins of war

Amid the rubble and debris of Gaza's bombed-out landscape, beekeepers are rebuilding their livelihoods, handling swarms and collecting what little honey they can from the colonies that survived the war. Ibrahim al-Dabbeh, head of the Cooperative Associat

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Iran calls out Trump's ‘lies’ about US control over the Strait of Hormuz

A spokesman for Iran's military command on Thursday called out US President Donald Trump's "lies and fabrications" after he claimed on social media that Washington had "total control over the Strait of Hormuz". Iran has maintained control of the Strait,

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Rebuilding Aleppo: Syria's war-torn economic capital enjoys gradual rebirth

Syria's economic capital Aleppo was left largely in ruins by the fighting that raged there between regime and rebel forces from 2012 to 2016. A 2023 earthquake also caused severe damage to the old city. But reconstruction is now well underway, in particu

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US ambassador to Israel slams settler siege of West Bank Palestinians as ‘terror’

US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee on Thursday denounced a siege by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank village of Qusra as a "horrific act of terror". Huckabee, an evangelical Christian pastor who in the past has embraced Israeli s

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Wednesday, august 12, 2026

Oil spill from grounded tanker reaches Oman’s mainland beaches

Oman’s Environment Authority said Wednesday that oil leaking from a tanker grounded off the country’s coast had reached mainland beaches. The spill threatened marine habitats and a nearby protected area as strong winds and monsoon currents spread the oil

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Netanyahu gave a ‘victory to Hamas’ by rejecting US-backed Gaza peace plan

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s rejection of a US-backed peace plan for Gaza last week offered a diplomatic victory to Hamas, according to some analysts. The Palestinian Islamist movement had agreed to gradually give up weapons in exchange fo

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Lebanon passes a controversial general amnesty law

Lebanon's parliament Wednesday passed a controversial general amnesty law, a day after a majority of legislators voted to formally abolish the death penalty.Lawmakers who backed the bill call it a beginning to correcting past overreach by the judiciary a

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Israeli troops fail to oust settlers blockading Palestinian homes in the West Bank

The Israeli military failed to evict settlers blockading Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday in a ⁠rare confrontation between settlers and the military. The settlers have been blocking essential supplies from entering the Palestinian

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Lebanon condemns Israel’s ‘systematic destruction’ in south as violation of international law

Lebanon on Wednesday condemned Israel's "systematic destruction" in the country's south as a violation of international law, as Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said his country’s military was "destroying all the houses" in the area. Read our liveblo

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Lebanese parliament passes sweeping amnesty law to reduce overcrowding in prisons

Lebanon's parliament on Wednesday passed a general amnesty law reducing sentences for inmates and people detained for more than 12 years without charges in a bid to reduce prison overcrowding. The legislation was passed a day after Lebanon became the fir

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Tuesday, august 11, 2026

Miscarriages triple, healthcare access worsens… the nightmare for pregnant women in Gaza

With over 3,950 cases recorded by the ministry of health in Gaza, the number of miscarriages between January and June has tripled compared with the previous six months. During this period, there was approximately one miscarriage for every five live birth

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At least six killed in suspected Houthi attack on Egyptian ship in the Red Sea

At least four crew members were killed in a suspected Houthi attack on an Egyptian-owned cargo vessel in the Bab el-Mandeb strait on Tuesday along with two members of the forces deployed during a rescue mission to evacuate the ship, Yemen's coastguard sa

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Syria court sentences Assad in absentia to death for crimes against humanity

A Syrian court sentenced ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia on Tuesday, along with his younger brother, for crimes against humanity and war crimes during Syria’s 14-year conflict that left about half a million people dead.

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Lebanon becomes first Middle Eastern country to abolish the death penalty

Lebanon on Tuesday became the first Middle East country to formally abolish the death penalty, replacing the sentencing with life imprisonment plus aggravated hard labour. Lebanon had not carried out an execution since 2004.

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Monday, august 10, 2026

Turkey MPs back historic law on reintegrating Kurdish PKK militants

Turkey's parliament approved limited amnesty for Kurdish PKK militants on Monday, a key step in a peace process aimed at ending decades of conflict. However, the legislation excludes jailed PKK founder Abdullah Ocalan, whose release the group has made a

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