By AFP/Chloe ROUVEYROLLES-BAZIREAid workers in the Palestinian territories told AFP they are concerned that rules recently floated by Israel could make already difficult humanitarian work "almost impossible".Since the war in Gaza broke out with Hamas...

By AFPA man in tears struggled Wednesday to retrieve the body of a small boy from under the rubble of a building in Gaza City hit by a recent wave of Israeli air strikes.One by one, relatives and neighbours used a sledgehammer to try to break apart t...

By AFPIsrael must evacuate all settlers from the West Bank and make reparations for decades of illegal settlement, the UN rights chief said Tuesday, describing the policy as "a war crime"."The transfer by Israel of parts of its own civilian populatio...

By AFP teams in Gaza with Marc JourdierIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Tuesday that massive overnight strikes on Gaza were "only the beginning" and that future negotiations with Hamas "will take place only under fire".The strikes,...

By AFP/Nina LARSONUNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini acknowledges that it has been "stressful" leading the embattled UN agency for Palestinian refugees, but says he is confident he is "on the right side of history".The 61-year-old head of the United Nati...

By AFP/Jérémy TORDJMANEuropean territory annexed, democracies stunned into paralysis and Nazi salutes -- Donald Trump's shock re-engagement with Russia looms over a geopolitical landscape that, for many, has dangerous parallels with the rise of fasci...

By AFP/Robin MILLARDA United Nations investigation concluded Thursday that Israel carried out "genocidal acts" in Gaza through the destruction of its main IVF clinic, maternity facilities and other reproductive healthcare facilities.The UN Commission...

By AFP/Maher AL MOUNESSyrians gathered on Saturday to commemorate the 14th anniversary of their uprising with a public demonstration in Damascus for the first time since president Bashar al-Assad was toppled.The rally in Damascus's Umayyad Square was...

By AFP/Layal ABOU RAHALSyria's new temporary constitution concentrates power in interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa's hands and fails to include enough protections for minorities, experts warn.The declaration, signed into law on Thursday, establishes a...

By AFPA fact-finding committee formed by Syria's new authorities to investigate a wave of deadly violence said on Tuesday the country was determined to "prevent unlawful revenge".A wave of violence broke out last Thursday, mainly in the Mediterranean...

By AFPFor Gazan teacher Abdullah Mortaja, Israel's decision to cut off electricity to the war-battered territory was "a joke", having already lived with little power supply since war began more than 16 months ago.The announcement Sunday by Israeli En...

By AFPMembers of Syria's small Christian community on the coast are living in fear after attacks killed more than 1,000 mostly Alawite civilians, with Christians reportedly caught up in the violence."The current conflict in Syria does not concern me,...