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Israel claims Sanaa airport out of action in Yemen

bnm Gulf bureau May 6, 2025

Israel Air Force carried out a second strike within 24 hours on Houthi targets in Yemen.

Israel announces operation Gideon's Chariots to seize control of Gaza if hostage deal deadline missed

bnm Tel Aviv bureau May 6, 2025

Israel is looking to establish a new hostage deal with Hamas by the time US President Donald Trump embarks on his upcoming Middle East visit next week.

Israel launches airstrikes on Yemen port city

bnm Gulf bureau May 5, 2025

Israel has carried out airstrikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen's Red Sea port city of Hodeida, a day after the unrecognised Yemeni regime launched a missile that hit Israel's main airport a day earlier.

Israel to respond against Yemen for missile on Tel Aviv airport

bnm Tel Aviv bureau May 5, 2025

Israel is preparing to retaliate against a Yemeni missile attack that targeted Ben-Gurion Airport on May 5, following a security cabinet decision.

COMMENT: Israel is attempting to destabilise Syria, split Druze minority

bne Berlin bureau & bnm Gulf bureau May 3, 2025

Israel is trying to destabilise Syria with airstrikes near Damascus and is supplying hardliners in the Druze minority with weapons, say analysts.

Aid ship to Gaza hit by drone strikes near Malta in international waters

bnm Gulf bureau May 2, 2025

A ship carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza as part of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition's mission to break Israel's blockade has reportedly been hit by drone strikes in international waters near Malta.

Israeli fighter jets strike targets near the Syrian presidential palace

bnm Gulf bureau May 2, 2025

Israel Defence Forces (IDF) fighter jets conducted a strike adjacent to the area of the Palace of Hussein al-Sharaa in Damascus.

Israel treats injured Syrian Druze, strikes Damascus regime forces

bnm Tel Aviv bureau May 1, 2025

Israel has permitted injured Syrian Druze to enter its territory for medical treatment, as the minority continues to fight against the new Damascus government.

Israel faces major wildfires in Jerusalem hills as authorities evacuate villages

bnm Gulf bureau April 30, 2025

Multiple wildfires are spreading rapidly through the Jerusalem hills area, forcing evacuations, closing major highways, and prompting Israel to request international firefighting assistance.

After Pahalgam attack, war clouds hover over the Indian subcontinent

bno Chennai Office April 30, 2025

Though no formal announcement or declaration of war has followed, the gravity of the situation is unmistakable. The backdrop is a brazen terror assault in India’s Pahalgam region of its Jammu and Kashmir state that killed 25 Indians and 1 Nepali.

Turkey’s foreign policy falling apart on all fronts, writes shadow minister

bne IntelliNews April 27, 2025

Ankara took a slap to the chops as Turkic Central Asian states inked an investment-linked deal on relations with Brussels that pointedly included no recognition of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.

Israel concerned that US could enable Iran nuclear capabilities with "bad deal"

bnm Tel Aviv bureau April 25, 2025

Israel has expressed serious concerns that the United States is nearing a "bad deal" with Iran that may not fulfil Jerusalem's core requirements for preventing Tehran from acquiring nuclear weapons.

Indonesian President Prabowo’s Middle East mission: Humanitarian diplomacy or saviour complex?

bno - Surabaya Office April 22, 2025

President Prabowo Subianto’s recent Middle East tour, framed as a humanitarian and diplomatic initiative, is raising both eyebrows and hopes as he positions Indonesia as a key moral actor in the Gaza crisis.

Turkey in close contact with Israel to avoid undesired engagements in Syria

bne IntelliNews April 10, 2025

Turkey has been holding technical talks with Israel concerning the de-escalation of any conflict in Syria when needed, Reuters on April 9 quoted Turkey Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan as saying.

Argentine prosecutor seeks arrest of Iran's Khamenei for alleged involvement in Jewish community centre bombing

bnm Gulf bureau April 10, 2025

Argentinian prosecutor Sebastian Basso has requested the arrest of Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei for his alleged role in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community centre in Buenos Aires.

Economic Exodus: Millionaires and tech workers leave Israel in waves following outbreak of war

bnm Tel Aviv bureau April 9, 2025

At least 1,700 millionaires have departed Israel in the past year as economic conditions deteriorate following the Gaza war, according to a report by Henley & Partners and South African data intelligence firm New World Wealth cited by Israeli media.

ISTANBUL BLOG: Episode 12 in which Trump tells Bibi he can leave Turkey to him

Akin Nazli in Belgrade April 8, 2025

Israel’s PM arrives at White House having just bombed into ground Syrian military air base Turkish president Erdogan wanted to take over.

Trump tells Israel's Netanyahu in meeting that US is holding direct talks with Iran

bnm Tel Aviv bureau April 7, 2025

US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met at the White House on the evening of April 7, with discussions focusing heavily on Iran's nuclear programme and the ongoing Gaza conflict.

Egypt, Jordan, France call for immediate ceasefire in Gaza amid trilateral summit in Cairo

bna Cairo bureau April 7, 2025

King Abdullah II of Jordan, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, and French President Emmanuel Macron convened a trilateral summit in Cairo on April 7 to address the escalating humanitarian and security crisis in Gaza

Turkey says it wants no confrontation with Israel in Syria

Akin Nazli in Belgrade April 7, 2025

“Unfortunately Israel is taking out, one by one, all military capabilities that a new state can use,” says Turkish foreign minister.

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