Middle East


Israel sent Iron Dome system, IDF team to UAE during recent Iran war

(Illustrative) Iron dome anti-missile system fires interception missiles as rockets fired from the Gaza Strip to Israel, in Ashkelon on August 7, 2022.

Syria opens first public trial of former Assad regime official, Atef Najib

Atef Najib, a brigadier general and former head of the Political Security Department in Daraa during Syria's ousted President Bashar al-Assad's rule, who is accused of committing war crimes, attends a trial session at the Palace of Justice, in Damascus, Syria, April 26, 2026.

UNRWA’s West Bank schools drop to four-day weeks over funding issues, UN agency confirms to ‘Post’

This picture shows an UNRWA school in the Shuafat refugee camp in east Jerusalem on May 6, 2025.