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Weekend cartoonShadi's take on illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank

Our cartoonist's take on illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank

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World Bank projects Lebanon's GDP to contract by 6.4 per cent in 2026

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'Will anyone actually be brought to justice?' asks Voice of Hind Rajab actor

Film & TV

Dispatch'I saw fire, then heard the blast': Deraa's fields peppered with Assad-era mines

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Israeli singers accused of copying Palestinian artist Elyanna’s music video

Culture

UAE joins regional and Islamic nations to condemn Israel’s E1 settlement plan

Europe

Aid finally arrives in Gaza. Now the problem is fuelling lorries to deliver it

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Wissam Hamada, mother of Hind Rajab, attends the unfurling of a giant portrait of her daughter in Barcelona, Spain, on January 29, 2026 – the second anniversary of her killing by Israeli troops in Gaza. Europa Press via Getty Image

Israeli inquiry into Hind Rajab's killing is two years too late, says mother

Nearly 1,000 days after firing 335 bullets at a car carrying Hind and her family in Gaza, Israel admits killing five-year-old

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UK summons Israel’s charge ‌d'affaires over ‘destructive’ West Bank settlement tender

UK

CommentThe situation in the West Bank is so dire even Huckabee is condemning settlers

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Israeli army opens criminal case over Hind Rajab killing

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US 'working on deconfliction mechanism' between Turkey, Syria and Israel

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CommentIn the US, the elite consensus on Israel is a structural problem

Comment

Snakes on a plate: Reptiles eaten by foragers in the Levant for 3,000 years

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US special envoy Tom Barrack is 'deeply concerned' by Israeli strikes on a military airfield in Syria's eastern province of Idlib. Reuters

US 'working on deconfliction mechanism' between Turkey, Syria and Israel

Envoy says Israeli attack on Idlib airbase reflects increasing tensions with Turkey

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CommentIn the US, the elite consensus on Israel is a structural problem

Comment

Snakes on a plate: Reptiles eaten by foragers in the Levant for 3,000 years

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Israel agrees to working groups in Gaza after Kushner meeting

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