Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and allied factions seized key positions in Aleppo, including the airport. With roots in al-Qaeda’s former Syrian branch, Jabhat al-Nusra (al-Nusra Front), HTS has emerged as a dominant force in Syria’s war. But who exactly is HTS?
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In an exclusive interview with Sky News Arabia, military expert Asaad Al-Zoubi offered insight into the ongoing battle between Syrian government forces and Islamist militants in Aleppo.
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The United Nations human rights office (OHCHR) on Friday reiterated its condemnation of Israel’s war on Gaza after new data confirmed that nearly 70 percent of the verified death in the first six months were women and children.
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Israeli ministries and government bodies sanctioned Israeli newspaper Haaretz after its publisher, Amos Schocken, said Israel’s occupation in the West Bank and Gaza is a “cruel apartheid regime" and described Palestinians resisting the occupation as “freedom fighters.”
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The United States has received nearly 500 reports that Israel used US-supplied weapons in attacks on the Gaza Strip that killed Palestinian civilians and caused them unnecessary harm, but has failed to take action against these incidents, according to The Washington Post.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas warned Thursday that Israel's year-long war on Gaza, particularly its starvation campaign in the north, aims to "empty" the territory of Palestinians.
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The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said Israel has frequently made unproven claims against journalists in Gaza accusing them of militant activity, following an Israeli army post on X alleging that six Palestinian Al Jazeera journalists covering the war in Gaza were "Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists."
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American activists have started questioning the Israeli narrative toward Hamas after drone footage showed its leader Yahya Sinwar fighting alone until the very last moment right before he was killed in a gun battle with Israeli troops near Khan Younis in southern Gaza on Thursday.
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State officials, religious leaders, and various organizations and groups are mourning the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, who was killed in a gun battle with Israeli forces in Gaza.
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Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned on Friday that Israel would face a firm and decisive response to any retaliation for its missile attack on Tuesday, stating that Iran would neither rush nor delay its response to direct attacks on Tehran.
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Various leaders and groups in Lebanon and the region mourned Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah's death in an Israeli airstrike, celebrating his legacy of resistance against Zionism and urging solidarity against Israel’s aggression.
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Saudi Arabia’s top diplomat said on Thursday that his country will launch an international coalition to establish a Palestinian state in line with the two-state solution, stressing that statehood is a fundamental right for Palestinians and a cornerstone of regional peace.
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The third phase of the Ankara Process mediation talks between Somalia and Ethiopia, initially set for 2 September and rescheduled to 17 September, has been postponed indefinitely with no future date set, according to Turkiye Today.
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Chile on Friday officially filed a declaration of intervention at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), joining South Africa in its case accusing Israel of "genocide" in its war on Gaza.
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Pro-Palestinian demonstrations were carried out in London, Berlin and other cities around the world on Saturday as thousands of people expressed solidarity with Palestinians suffering under Israel's war on Gaza, now in its sixth month.
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Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in the West Bank and Gaza, says that despite receiving threats, she is determined to expose that Israel was committing genocide in Gaza.
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Israel's airstrikes and bombardment of Gaza from 7 October 2023 through 9 March 2024 have resulted in the destruction or damage of an estimated 157,200 buildings -- a whopping 55 percent of all buildings in the strip.
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More than 200 Palestinian Arab and left-wing Israeli activists marched in the Palestinian city of Umm Al-Fahm in Israel on Saturday against the war on Gaza, demanding an immediate ceasefire.
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The Palestinian health ministry in Gaza reported that many staff, wounded patients and displaced people in Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis have been forced to evacuate the premises but some are still inside sending pleas for help to the world amid a mad Israeli siege and bombardment campaign.
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The Israeli war and deadly blockade on the Gaza Strip have had catastrophic consequences for more than 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza, hitting children - who make up 47 percent of the population – especially hard.
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