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Israeli attacks kill dozens of Palestinians hours after UN demands ceasefire in Gaza

Israeli attacks have killed dozens of people in Gaza, including children, Palestinian health officials reported, as the region is gripped by food shortages and fears of famine.

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Palestine is most dangerous country for journalists, Reporters Without Borders says

Fifty-four journalists were killed worldwide while carrying out their work or because of their profession in 2024, a third of them by the Israeli army, according to an annual report by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) published on Thursday.

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Israel says it has carried out more than 350 airstrikes in Syria; HTS leader says world ‘has nothing to fear’ – as it happened

The latest update from the Israeli military says it has carried out more than 350 airstrikes targeting weapons stockpiles and strategic infrastructure in Syria over the past 48 hours.

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Israel warned over Syria airstrikes as it denies its tanks are near Damascus – Middle East crisis live

The UN’s special envoy to Syria, Geir Pedersen, has cautioned Israel that its airstrikes and ground invasion into Syrian territory need to stop, and said its actions are in violation of the 1974 agreement between Israel and Syria

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Israel, US and Turkey launch strikes to protect interests in Syria

The Kremlin spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, confirmed on Monday that Vladimir Putin, Russia’s president, had personally granted asylum to Assad. He refused to comment on Assad’s specific whereabouts and said Putin was not planning to meet him.

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Islamist rebels seize strategic city of Hama from Syrian regime forces

Islamist insurgents have captured the Syrian city of Hama in a battle to seize a vital location on the road to Damascus, marking the latest challenge to Bashar al-Assad’s control of the country.

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Israel’s war in Gaza amounts to genocide, Amnesty International report finds

A report from Amnesty International alleges that Israel’s war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip onstitutes the crime of genocide under international law, the first such determination by a major human rights organisation in the 14-month-old conflict.