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Houthis threaten attacks on Saudi military targets over Yemen blockade Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said the group will continue to attack Saudi military positions until what he called the aggression against Yemen ends and the blockade on Houthi-controlled areas is lifted.  The grou...

‘Does my vote really count?’ Morocco’s Gen Z weigh hope against disillusionment ahead of election Submitted by Caroline Dupuy on Tue, 09/08/2026 - 11:58 As general elections approach, young voters who took to the streets a year ago remain wary of corruption and broken promises A protester from Ge...

Morning recap Good morning Middle East Eye readers, If you're just joining us, here are key developments from across the region: •    A meeting in Oman between Gulf countries and Iran to discuss possible agreements on the Strait of Hormuz, which had been scheduled for Monday, has b...

Palestinian man injured in Israeli gunfire, two detained in West Bank A young Palestinian man was injured after Israeli forces stormed the town of Beit Ula, west of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, and fired live ammunition at his car, Wafa reported. The injured man was taken to a medical centre...

Israeli forces fire shells near residents approaching Lebanon's Kfar Tebnit Israeli forces fired several artillery shells near a group of young men on motorcycles who attempted to enter the southern Lebanese town of Kfar Tebnit on Sunday, according to Lebanon's National News Agency. The men were ...

Indian government pushes for wider civil code rollout despite Muslim concerns India's home minister, Amit Shah, has vowed to further implement a contentious common civil code for states governed by the ruling Hindu nationalist party, a move expected to stoke concern among minority Muslims. India'...

Syria raises fuel and cooking gas prices Syria has temporarily raised fuel and cooking gas prices, citing rising global energy and shipping costs as well as reduced domestic refining capacity. The country's Permanent Committee for Pricing Petroleum Products and Mineral Resources raised the price ...

Trump downplays report China supplied satellite images aiding Jordan base attack US president Donald Trump brushed aside a report that Iran acquired satellite images of a base in Jordan from Chinese entities before an attack that killed three US troops there in July. A recent report in the Wall S...

Iran naval blockade: Centcom says 101 vessels redirected US forces have redirected 101 commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz as part of the ongoing naval blockade of Iran as of 13 September, US Central Command (Centcom) said. The blockade on Iranian ports was reinstated in July following the...

Only four vessels exit Hormuz over the weekend Commodity vessel transits through the Strait of Hormuz fell to a single digit per day at the weekend, preliminary shiptracking data showed on Monday, well below a 10-day average of 14. Over the weekend, a total of four vessels exited the Gulf via the...

'Not a lot of fighting in Gaza': Trump praises Kushner, Witkoff US president Donald Trump has credited his envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, with “doing a great” job in Gaza ceasefire negotiations.  Asked whether he harboured concerns about the duo’s ability to close the deal, amid re...

Two Palestinians killed, 13 injured in Israeli strike on Gaza Two Palestinians were killed and 13 others injured on Sunday in an Israeli airstrike targeting a vehicle in Gaza City. An Israeli drone fired a missile at a vehicle travelling in the Tal al-Hawa neighbourhood of western Gaza City, caus...

Settlers attack French TV crew for second time in a week, Israeli activists say A French TV crew has been attacked for the second time this week by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, according to Looking the Occupation in the Eye, an Israeli “movement of activists working to end the occu...

Iraqi, UAE foreign ministers call for peaceful resolution of regional issues Iraq's foreign minister, Fuad Hussein, and his UAE counterpart, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, have discussed bilateral ties and regional security and called for a peaceful resolution of issues confronting the...

Four percent of global oil supply at risk due to Saudi pipeline outage Saudi Arabia will run out of oil stocks for exports if it doesn't restart its major pipeline to the Red Sea within days, leading to a loss of up to 4% of global supply, Saudi oil buyers and traders said.    A further...

Saudi civil defence lifts alert warning in Abha, Khamis Mushait The General Directorate of Saudi Civil Defense issued and lifted warnings alerting the public to potential danger in Khamis Mushait and Abha for the second time in the past hour. Khamis Mushait and Abha are located in southwest Saudi...

Knesset member warns Arab town faces threat of expulsion, settler terror Ofer Cassif, a member of the Knesset, said what he witnessed firsthand in Majd al-Krum, an Arab town in Galilee, amounted to “a copy-paste of the creeping transfer, from the West Bank into the heart of the State of Israel it...

Turkish foreign minister says Israel 'biggest obstacle' to Syria's development Turkish foreign minister, Hakan Fidan, has said that Israel is "the biggest obstacle" to Syria's development after the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime. His remarks during a visit to Damascus came at a time when the ...

Oil prices rise sharply as Middle East escalation risks disruption to supplies Oil prices rose sharply on Monday, pushing Brent crude above $107 a barrel as escalating tensions in the Middle East stoked fears of disruptions to global energy supplies. Brent crude for November delivery gained 2.8 p...

US used Israel's 'global isolation' caused by Doha strike to push Gaza deal, Kushner says The US was successful in clinching the October 2025 Gaza ceasefire-hostage deal by leveraging the “global isolation” Israel faced after it carried out a strike on Hamas’s headquarters in Doha last September,...

Israeli forces make incursions into several Syrian areas Israeli forces made incursions into the southern Syrian governorates of Rural Damascus, Quneitra and Deraa, Al Jazeera reported. A patrol of four vehicles pushed into the al-Amal Farms in the northern Quneitra countryside, setting fires the...

Israeli minister threatens to strip Gaza film directors of citizenship Israeli Culture Minister Miki Zohar threatened on Sunday to strip the award-winning directors of an Israeli-made documentary about Gaza of their citizenship, accusing them of “treason against the state”. In "NAZA", Israeli dir...

Yemeni forces say they recaptured positions from Houthis in Taiz Yemen’s armed forces are claiming to have recovered sites in the Taiz Governorate that were captured by the Houthis. The armed forces said in a statement on X that they had “recaptured positions overlooking the Jardad area in Ash-Sh...

Explosions reported in Iran’s Hormozgan province Explosions were heard in Sirik, a city in southern Iran’s Hormozgan province, the country’s official IRNA news agency reported. The cause of the explosions remains unknown.

Houthis say Saudi Arabia launched over 50 strikes against them in 24 hours Yemen's Houthis said Sunday that Saudi Arabia had launched more than 50 strikes against their positions in 24 hours, after the group claimed a rare drone and missile attack on a military base in the kingdom. The Houth...

Nearly 86,000 people flee fighting in Yemen, UN says The renewed fighting in  Yemen  between government forces and the country's  Houthis  has displaced nearly 86,000 people, International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Sunday, after the figure rose by about 10,000 i...

Nearly 86,000 people flee fighting in Yemen, UN says Submitted by MEE staff on Sun, 09/13/2026 - 20:59 Meanwhile, a separate report documented more than 900 rights violations following the Houthis’ entry into newly captured cities along the western coast Internally displaced Yemenis who fled thei...

Oman meeting between Gulf states and Iran postponed, Omani foreign minister says A meeting in Oman between Gulf countries and Iran to discuss possible agreements on the Strait of Hormuz, which had been scheduled for Monday, has been postponed, Omani Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi said ...

Yemen’s military launches air raids on Houthi vehicles in Dhu Bab, Mocha Yemen’s Air Force has targeted Houthi vehicles in the Dhu Bab and Mocha areas, Al Jazeera reported, citing a spokesperson from the government’s armed forces. An aerial view shows damaged buildings, as Houthis seized control ...

Israeli settlers injure two Palestinians in attack east of Salfit Israeli settlers severely beat two Palestinians on their agricultural land in the Wadi al-Sha’er area, east of Salfit in the occupied West Bank, on Sunday, causing injuries and bruising, the Wafa news agency reported. The agency id...

Israel and Lebanon to meet in Rome in October, US State Department official says Israel and Lebanon will meet in Rome in October to discuss a US-brokered security agreement, a State Department Official told Reuters. The continued implementation of the deal “remains the only viable mechanism to re...

Israeli forces detain foreign activist at Al-Mughayyir checkpoint Israeli forces detained a foreign activist and seized his vehicle on Sunday at a checkpoint at the western entrance to Al-Mughayyir village, northeast of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, Wafa news agency reported. Local sources ...

Houthi media reports Saudi strikes in northern Yemen Houthi media reported on Sunday that Saudi Arabia had carried out two strikes on Saada, in the north of Yemen, a stronghold for the group. The Almasirah TV channel also reported artillery fire in the border district of Monabbih, in the same pro...

EU foreign policy chief says Israeli settlements should be treated like Russian-occupied Crimea The European Union’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, has  said  that the EU should treat illegal  Israeli  settlements in the occupied  Palestinian  Territories in the ...

Saudi Arabia sends alert warning of potential attacks in regions near Yemen border Saudi Arabia's civil defence agency sent alerts warning of potential attacks in two regions bordering Yemen on Sunday, with its southern neighbour gripped by renewed war. The alerts, which were for the city of Abha...

EU foreign policy chief says Israeli settlements should be treated like Russian-occupied Crimea Submitted by Fleur Hargreaves on Sun, 09/13/2026 - 15:41 Kaja Kallas called for European governments to take a 'principled stance' to back a ban on trade from illegal Israeli settlements in the occupie...

Trump reiterates that he sees Iran war ending after US midterm elections US President Donald Trump reiterated on Sunday that he expected the Iran war to end this year, possibly just after midterm elections due in the United States in November, resulting in a drop in oil prices. "Iran&nb...

Tucker Carlson says Israel sought regional hegemony by weakening Gulf states through Iran war Submitted by MEE staff on Sun, 09/13/2026 - 13:12 The conservative commentator claims Israel’s strategic goal was to expand its influence while weakening Iran, the Gulf and the US military presence ...

Many Gaza hospital generators no longer working amid fuel shortage A number of electricity generators at hospitals in the Gaza Strip are no longer working due to shortages of spare parts and fuel, Gaza’s Health Ministry has said. The ministry said the generators had stopped working in recent days...

Saudi Arabian pipeline outage threatens global oil supply Saudi Arabia will run out of oil stocks for exports if it doesn't restart its major pipeline to the Red Sea within days, leading to a loss of up to 4 percent of global supply, Saudi oil buyers and traders told Reuters on Sunday. A further ...

In Algeria, new focus on English in schools rekindles debate over French colonial legacy Submitted by Tassa Adidi on Fri, 09/04/2026 - 13:43 Move to make English the first foreign language taught in schools is hailed by some as a sovereign break with France Students wave Algerian national flags d...

Israeli forces shelling Ali al-Taher forest on outskirts of Lebanon’s Nabatieh The Ali al-Taher forest on the outskirts of Nabatieh is being subjected to intermittent artillery shelling from Israeli forces, the Lebanese National News Agency has reported on Sunday. The Ali al-Taher ridge, about 15...

Iran says agreement with Oman would not mean the reopening of Hormuz Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has warned on Sunday that Iran's anticipated agreement with Oman to govern the Strait of Hormuz will not trigger a reopening of the waterway. In comments to Al-Araby Al-Jadeed, Araghchi sa...

Over 2,000 flee Yemen fighting to Djibouti “More than 2,000 people fleeing hostilities in Yemen have arrived on Djibouti’s shores,” the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said in a social media post on Sunday. The UN’s migration agency added that in Obock, a city only about 20km (12 m...

The next UN secretary-general: Who would want ‘the most impossible job on earth’? Submitted by Sondos Asem on Mon, 07/20/2026 - 16:22 Eight candidates are battling to replace Antonio Guterres as the organisation comes under pressure from the US and Israel among others UN Secretary General Antonio...

Houthi missiles target military base in Saudi Arabia as Iraq probes drone attack on oil pipeline Yemen's Houthi group on Sunday claimed that it had launched a ballistic missile and drone attack on a Saudi military base, as fighting between the group and Riyadh-backed Yemeni governm...

Houthi missiles target military base in Saudi Arabia as Iraq probes drone attack on oil pipeline Submitted by MEE staff on Sun, 09/13/2026 - 09:34 Baghdad moves to contain attacks launched from its territory as Riyadh faces pressure from multiple fronts Yemeni prisoners released from jails, where...

Israeli settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque under police protection Israeli settlers stormed the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem on Sunday under heavy protection from Israeli soldiers, Wafa news reported. Local sources reported that around 240 colonists broke into the mosque compound...

UKMTO reports vessel on fire after attack in Strait of Hormuz A fire has broked out onboard a ship transiting through the Strait of Hormuz after being struck by an "unknown projectile" on Sunday, according to the UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO). UKMTO added in a post to X that the crew is be...

Israeli strike kills two Palestinians in Gaza City Two Palestinians were killed and others injured on Sunday when Israeli occupation forces struck a vehicle in Tal al-Hawa neighborhood, southwest of Gaza City, Wafa news reported. Since the the start of the so-called "ceasefire" in October 2025, a...