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Israeli forces advance further into Gaza and destroy its only cancer hospital

The Israeli military said its forces advanced deeper into the Gaza Strip on Friday and blew up the only specialised cancer hospital in the war-torn territory. Defence Minister Israel Katz said Friday that his country would carry out operations in Gaza “w

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Women in Syria: Could the future be female?

In a special edition, we focus on Syria, a nation emerging from decades of a brutal dictatorship. The country's interim leader Ahmed al-Sharaa has signed a constitutional declaration, laying out rights for women and freedom of expression. This after his

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Hundreds of thousands march in support of arrested Istanbul mayor, defying Erdogan

Hundreds of thousands of protesters marched in Istanbul on Friday in support of Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu – Erdogan's chief political rival – who was detained on Wednesday, just days before he was to be formally named as a candidate in Turkey's 2028 president

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Exclusive: Syria's Latakia province reels after massacre of Alawites

Our Syria correspondents travelled to the country's western coastal province of Latakia, which was the scene of the shocking massacre of civilians from the Alawite minority between March 7 and 9. They bring us this exclusive report.

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Two French nationals 'seriously injured' in strike on UN buildings in Gaza

Israel's military said on Friday that it had killed the head of Hamas' military intelligence, Osama Tabash, in southern Gaza on Thursday. The IDF said Tabash was also the head of the militant group's surveillance and targeting unit. The announcement came

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Israeli government dismisses Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar over 'lack of trust'

The Israeli government on Friday sacked Ronen Bar, the head of its Shin Bet domestic intelligence agency, "unanimously" approving a proposal put forward by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Poor relations between Bar and Netanyahu originating be

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Netanyahu says government ‘will decide’ new intel chief, ignoring court freeze

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu insisted on Friday that "the government of Israel will decide" who heads the domestic security agency Shin Bet. The statement on X did not mention the decision of the court and Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, who sa

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Thursday, march 20, 2025

Did the Israeli army drop leaflets into Gaza warning of Trump's 'forced displacement' plan?

ABC News, Haaretz and other media outlets reported on March 20 that the IDF dropped leaflets into Gaza with disturbing messaging to Palestinians in the war-torn enclave, warning that "the world map will not change if all the people of Gaza cease to exist

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US empowering Israel's most hard-right wing as IDF resumes operations

FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney speaks to Dr H.A. Hellyer, Senior Fellow in Geopolitics and International Security at the Royal United Services Institute about the war in Gaza and the resumption of military operations by the IDF. He says that the US administr

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Israel expands Gaza ground offensive into Rafah as missiles intercepted

Israel's military on Thursday said it had resumed its ground offensive in the southern Gaza Strip while continuing activity in other parts of the enclave. This comes after reporting it had intercepted missiles from Yemen and Hamas militants said they had

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In West Bank village of Masafer Yatta, Israelis and Palestinians unite against settlers

Located in the southern West Bank, the village of Masafer Yatta was made famous by the film "No Other Land", which won the 2025 Oscar for Best Documentary Feature Film. The movie, the joint brainchild of Palestinian filmmaker Basel Adra and Israeli direc

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'Netanyahu is seen as acting with complete malfeasance to protect his personal interests alone'

A coalition of hostage families and protesters against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's moves against the judiciary and parts of the security establishment is coming together again after war returned this week to Gaza. For in-depth analysis an

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'The world is no longer buying Netanyahu’s rhetoric': Papers react to Israel's renewed bombardment

PRESS REVIEW – Thursday, March 20: The papers in the Arabic world react with anger as Israel resumes its bombardment of Gaza, although many of the Israeli dailies defend the move. Elsewhere, several candidates vie to be the new president of the Internati

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Thousands protest outside Netanyahu's home over 'anti-democratic' policies

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday sacked Ronen Bar, the head of Shin Bet, the country's domestic intelligence agency – a culmination of increasingly strained relations between the two. Thousands rallied outside Netanyahu's private resid

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'Erdogan trying to play a bigger role internationally but he's not reliable, nor is he predictable'

Turkish police detained Istanbul's powerful mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, Wednesday over graft and terrorism allegations, prompting outrage from the opposition which slammed it as a politically-motivated "coup". For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective, F

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Wednesday, march 19, 2025

Israel-Hamas: Back to war? Over 400 Palestinians killed and fears for Israeli hostages

Israel is bringing the war back to the people of the Gaza Strip, notably launching a ground operation to take back control of the Netzarim Corridor. This follows the extensive bombardment of March 18, in which more than 400 Palestinians lost their lives.

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Israelis take to streets in anger as Netanyahu resumes air strikes on Gaza

Thousands of Israelis took to the streets of Jerusalem on Wednesday to call on Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to end the war on the Gaza Strip and return the hostages. Israel resumed a series of deadly air strikes on the besieged Palestinian enclave o

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Israel begins 'limited ground operation' in northern Gaza after massive strikes

The Israeli military on Wednesday said it launched a "limited ground operation" in northern Gaza to retake part of the Netzarim Corridor, which bisects the Gaza Strip. The operation comes after the Israeli military denied carrying out an air strike on a

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Tuesday, march 18, 2025

Future negotiations with Hamas 'will take place only under fire', says Netanyahu

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that overnight air strikes across Gaza, killing hundreds of Palestinian women and children, were "only the beginning" and that Israel would not stop fighting until it had achieved all of its war aims

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'I wish I could be more hopeful, but I'm not', conflict mediator says after airstrikes on Gaza

FRANCE 24's Yinka Oyetade speaks to Oliver McTernan, Director at Forward Thinking, about the resumption of Israeli airstrikes on Gaza. He says that this month is crucial for the political survival of Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and a return to war in G

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Netanyahu warns Hamas Israeli strikes on Gaza 'only the beginning'

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday said that a wave of deadly overnight strikes on Gaza was "only the beginning" of Israeli action in the Palestinian territory. Israel launched airstrikes across the Gaza Strip early Tuesday, killing more than 4

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A game of political survival: Netanyahu’s personal vendetta against Shin Bet chief

When Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu announced this weekend that he was seeking to dismiss the top brass of Israel’s domestic intelligence agency Shin Bet, he claimed that it was down to a lack of trust in bureau chief Ronen Bar, and to clear out offic

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Families urge Netanyahu to 'stop the killing' of Gaza hostages as Israeli launches deadly airstrikes

The families of Israelis held hostage in Gaza accused Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and other senior Israeli officials on Tuesday of having planned the "explosion" of the ceasefire struck with Hamas in January, even at the cost of sacrificing their f

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Fresh Israeli strikes in Gaza are 'only the beginning', says Netanyahu

In a recorded statement broadcast on national television, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday’s air strikes in Gaza are “only the beginning” and that all ceasefire negotiations will take place “under fire". Netanyahu added that Israel

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Monday, march 17, 2025

Israel strikes military targets in southern Syria over national security concerns

The Israeli army said Monday it had targeted military sites in southern Syria that were deemed a ‘threat to the State of Israel’. Syria's health ministry also reported three killed in an Israeli strike near the southern city of Daraa.

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'Houthis have proven to be extremely resilient', analyst says as US launches strikes in Yemen

Houthi media said fresh US strikes hit Yemen on Monday, after huge crowds gathered in the conflict-torn country to protest earlier bombings targeting the Iran-backed rebel group. FRANCE 24's Gavin Lee speaks to Andreas Kreig, Associate Professor of Defen

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'Unprecedented': Israel heading towards a 'constitutional crisis'

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has fired or forced out a string of top officials since the deadly Hamas attack on Israel in 2023 that triggered the war in Gaza. The country's domestic security chief is the newest target. For in-depth analysis and a de

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Lebanon and Syria agree on ceasefire after deadly border tensions

Lebanese Defense Minister Michel Menassa and Syrian counterpart Murhaf Abu Qasra announced a ceasefire following cross-border clashes that left 10 dead. Both nations agreed to maintain contact between their army intelligence directorates to avert further

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Tens of thousands rally in rebel-held Yemen to oppose deadly US strikes

Tens of thousands of demonstrators in rebel-held Yemen rallied against the US and Israel on Monday, after US strikes on Saturday killed 53 people and injured dozens. US President Donald Trump ordered the strikes in a bid to end a campaign of attacks in t

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Houthi rebels claim two attacks on US carrier group in retaliation for deadly strikes

Yemen's Houthi rebels, supported by Iran, announced attacks on an American aircraft carrier group twice within 24 hours on Monday, describing it as retaliation for US strikes that killed at least 53 people. There was no immediate comment from the United

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Sunday, march 16, 2025

Netanyahu moves to oust domestic security chief amid tensions over Oct.7 attacks

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday informed the chief of the country's internal security agency Shin Bet that he will ask the government to dismiss him, "due to ongoing lack of trust". The announcement comes amid tensions between Israel'

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Why the US ordered air strikes on Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen

US President Donald Trump ordered air strikes against Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen Saturday that reportedly killed several of the group’s leaders, the White House said on Sunday, adding that Iran was “put on notice” to cease support for the rebels.

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Saturday, march 15, 2025

At least 53 killed in US strikes on Yemen's Houthis as Trump vows to end Red Sea attacks

The United States and Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen are both vowing escalation a day after US President Donald Trump launched air strikes to deter rebel attacks on Red Sea shipping vessels, which the White House claims killed senior rebel leaders. W

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Trump orders multiple strikes in Yemen against Iran-backed Houthi rebels

US President Donald Trump launched a series of air strikes on Yemen's capital, Sanaa, on Saturday, promising to use “overwhelming lethal force” against Iranian-backed Houthi rebels until they agreed to end their attacks on shipping assets along a vital m

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Hamas accuses Israel of 'violating' Gaza truce after deadly air strikes

Hamas has accused Israel of a "blatant violation" of a fragile ceasefire in the Palestinian territory after around nine people were killed, including journalists, in Israeli strikes on Saturday, according to Gaza's civil defence agency.

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'Stateless overnight': Authoritarian crackdown strips 42,000 Kuwaitis of nationality

Nearly 42,000 Kuwaitis have been stripped of their nationality in just six months and in defiance of international law. Launched under the increasingly authoritarian rule of Kuwait's new monarch, Emir Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the policy claims

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Friday, march 14, 2025

Hamas agrees to release US-Israeli hostage, bodies of four other dual nationals

Hamas on Friday said it is ready to free an Israeli-American hostage and the remains of four other dual nationals, after the Palestinian militants and Israel gathered for indirect Gaza ceasefire talks.

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UN report denounces Israel's 'genocidal' targeting of reproductive facilities in Gaza

A new report by the United Nation's Human Rights Commission found that Israel's "systematic destruction of sexual and reproductive healthcare", including its targeting of fertility clinics, in Gaza amounts to "genocidal acts". Israeli Prime Minister Benj

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Thursday, march 13, 2025

UN experts accuse Israel of genocidal acts and sexual violence in Gaza

United Nations-backed human rights experts on Thursday accused Israel of “the systematic use of sexual, reproductive and other gender-based violence” in its war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip. FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney speaks to Mara Bernasconi, Policy &

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Netanyahu slams UN probe accusing Israel of ‘genocidal acts’ in Gaza as ‘false and absurd’

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Thursday slammed a UN probe that concluded that Israel committed “genocidal acts” when it attacked reproductive health centres during its offensive in Gaza. Netanyahu called the findings “false and absurd” and accused

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Syria’s leader signs constitution, putting country under Islamist rule during 5-year transition

Syria’s interim leader Ahmad al-Sharaa, whose rebel group led the flash offensive that ousted dictator Bashar al-Assad in December, on Thursday signed a temporary constitution that stipulates that the country shall be governed under Islamist rule during

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'Lack of leadership' to help both Israelis & Palestinians take 'necessary steps towards coexistence'

Arab leaders have recently endorsed a Gaza reconstruction plan to counter Trump's proposed US takeover of Gaza. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the future of post-war Gaza and the state of Israeli and P

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Egypt says it appreciates Trump's remarks on not displacing Palestinians from Gaza

Egypt's foreign ministry said Thursday that Cairo appreciated US President Donald Trump's comments that "nobody is expelling any Palestinians from Gaza", marking what could be a potential retreat from his proposal to displace the Palestinians living in t

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Syria's interim president announces formation of national security council

Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa issued a decree on Wednesday to form the country's national security council, according to a statement from the Syrian president's office. The council will take decisions related to the country's national securit

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Wednesday, march 12, 2025

Syrian Kurds celebrate Damascus deal as coastal residents remain wary after violence

This week saw a major breakthrough for Syria's interim leaders, in their efforts to unify the war-torn country, as the Kurdish-led militia that controls the north-east agreed to merge with the new government. FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney speaks to Kawa Has

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Tuesday, march 11, 2025

UN denounces 'distressing scale of violence in coastal areas' in Syria

Reports continue to emerge of the distressing scale of violence in Syria’s coastal region since 6 March. The UN Human Rights Office has so far documented the killing of 111 civilians, but the process of verification is ongoing, and the actual number of p

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In Jeddah, US 'cajoling' Ukraine into accepting concessions, no mention of Russia offering anything

Ukraine said talks with the United States in Saudi Arabia began "very constructively", with a partial ceasefire with Russia on the table hours after Kyiv conducted its largest drone attack on Moscow in three years of war. For in-depth analysis and a deep

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Monday, march 10, 2025

Federal decentralized system 'only workable solution' for Syria, analyst says

The worst violence to hit Syria since Bashar al-Assad's ouster poses a major threat to the transition, with mass killings of civilians throwing into doubt the new authorities' ability to govern. FRANCE 24's Mark Owen speaks to Matt Broomfield from the Ro

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Can the new Syria keep it together? Massacres prompt fears of return to civil war

Three months on, could Syria slide back into civil war? In the Alawite bastion of ousted president Bashar al-Assad, the bloodiest week in years with attacks and revenge killings of civilians that the new masters of Damascus are scrambling to contain. Why

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Syria's government signs deal with Kurdish-led SDF forces in the northeast

The Syrian government reached a breakthrough deal with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) that control the northeast of the country, the Syrian presidency said on Monday. The agreement would bring most of Syria under the control of the centra

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Proof of life and Hamas propaganda: A brother's story of waiting in hope

Ilay David spoke with France 24's Gavin Lee about his brother, Evyatar David who has been held in captivity since October 7th 2023. Evyatar was recently the subject of a Hamas propaganda video. Produced by Gavin Lee, Luis Miguel Cabrera and Guillaume G

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Hundreds massacred in Syria, casting doubt on new government's ability to rule

More than 1,000 people, mostly Alawite civilians, have been killed by security forces in just a few days, throwing into question the ability of Syria's new government to maintain peace in a country still suffering the effects of more than a decade of civ

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Syria 'duelling traumas: Until there's serious effort at transitional justice', unrest will continue

The sectarian violence in the Alawite heartland on Syria's Mediterranean coast poses a major threat to the new transitional governing authority. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective, FRANCE 24's Annette Young welcomes Dr. Aaron Y. Zelin, Gloria

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Hundreds massacred in Syria, casting doubt on new government's ability to rule

More than 1,000 people, mostly Alawite civilians, have been killed by security forces in just a few days, throwing into question the ability of Syria's new government to maintain peace in a country still suffering the effects of more than a decade of civ

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Israeli negotiators head to Doha for fragile Gaza ceasefire talks

Israeli negotiators arrive in Doha, Qatar on Monday for a new round of talks on Gaza's fragile ceasefire after Israel cut power to Gaza Sunday night in a bid to pressure Hamas to release its hostages. Hamas has repeatedly called for immediate negotiation

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'Real peace talks should include the EU as they are providing more support to Ukraine than the US'

Ahead of talks with US officials in Saudi Arabia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is proposing an aerial and naval ceasefire with Russia. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective, FRANCE 24's Genie Godula welcomes Dr. Hanna Shelest, Security

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Sunday, march 9, 2025

Israel cuts Gaza's electricity supply as truce talks are set to resume

Israel ordered a halt to Gaza's electricity Sunday in a bid to pressure Hamas into releasing its hostages ahead of a new round of talks on the future of the ceasefire. The move follows last week's blockade on all aid supplies to the devastated enclave. H

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Syria opens probe into killings targeting Alawite minority group

Syrian government forces and their allies were responsible for the killing of 830 civilians of the Alawite minority community, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Sunday. The Syrian presidency said an “independent committee” had been formed t

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Turkey, Jordan, Syria and Iraq delegations to meet in Amman for security talks on Syria

High-level delegations from Turkey, Jordan, Syria, and Iraq will meet in Amman on Sunday to discuss security cooperation and regional developments, a Turkish diplomatic source said on Saturday. The four countries stated that their aim is to meet to joint

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Israeli far-right minister says Trump's plan to displace Gazans 'taking shape'

The plan proposed by US President Donald Trump to remove 2.4 million Palestinians from the Gaza Strip was “taking shape”, Israel's far-right finance minister told the Israeli parliament on Sunday. Experts have said that forcibly removing Gazans would amo

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