Middle East

Middle East

FILE PHOTO: Houthi fighters gather during a military manoeuvre near Sanaa, Yemen, October 30, 2023. Houthi Media Center/Handout via REUTERS/File photo

Yemen's Houthis enter Mideast fray, hardening spillover fears

Palestinians check the damage at the site of Israeli strikes on houses, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, October 29, 2023. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

Gaza breakdown of order halts four aid distribution centres: UN Palestinian refugee agency

National Security adviser Jake Sullivan accompanies US President Joe Biden as he visits the Office of the Director of National Intelligence in nearby McLean, Virginia outside Washington, US, July 27, 2021. Photo: Reuters

US tells Saudi Arabia that Washington will support defence of its partners

Digital City, Riyadh, where the headquarters of Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund (PIF) is located. Photographer: Fayez Nureldine/AFP

War leaves Saudi prince's dream of a new Mideast in tatters

Gaza Health Ministry’s report of documented 7,000+ Palestinian civilian deaths by Israeli air strikes since 7 October 2023 does not take into account those still trapped under the rubble of bombed buildings. Photo: Reuters

'Even wars have rules': The colossal civilian casualty in Gaza

World Bank President Ajay Banga discusses key economic risks, the dangers of further fallout from the Israel-Hamas war, and reforming the World Bank. Photo: Bloomberg

World Bank says Mideast unrest is 'game changer' if uncontained

FILE PHOTO: A US army soldier stands with his weapon at a military base in the Makhmour area near Mosul during an operation to attack Islamic State militants in Mosul, Iraq, October 18, 2016. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani/File Photo/File Photo

US military steps up Middle East surveillance as threats to troops grow

Palestinians gather around the remains of a mosque destroyed in Israeli strikes, as the conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas continues, in the northern Gaza Strip October 22, 2023. REUTERS/Anas al-Shareef

US advises Israel hold off on Gaza invasion, keeps Hamas mediator Qatar in loop

Smoke rises near the al-Wafa hospital in Gaza City. Photo Anadolu via Getty

Israel foreign minister cancels meeting with Guterres

U.S. President Joe Biden and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken attend a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as Biden visits Israel amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel, October 18, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/File Photo

US says it will retaliate if American forces are attacked in Middle East

FILE PHOTO: Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim attends the 26th ASEAN-China Summit at the 43rd ASEAN Summit in Jakarta, Indonesia, on September 6, 2023. Yasuyoshi Chiba/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

World is not blind to the West's hypocrisy: Malaysian PM on Israeli aggression in Gaza

Graphics: TBS

The Israel-Palestine divide stretches far beyond the Middle East

Photo: Bloomberg

Asian shares hit 11-month low on Middle East anxiety, surging yields