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Mohammed Deif: The Hamas ‘leader of team of workers’ focused once more by means of Israel

Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif has become a master at eluding Israeli attempts on his life and he may have made it seven out of seven when artillery and fighter jets pounded a suspected hideout on Saturday.Israel's Prime...

Hamas-run Gaza well being ministry says Israeli camp strike kills dozens

The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said an Israeli strike Saturday on a displacement camp in the south of the Palestinian territory killed at least 71 people.It is the latest mass-casualty incident in the Al-Mawasi area, where many...

A very powerful farm jobs dry up in drought-stricken Morocco

In a sun-baked village north of Morocco's capital Rabat, Mustapha Loubaoui and other itinerant workers wait idly by the roadside for farm work made scarce by a six-year drought.Loubaoui, 40, rode his combine harvester for 280 kilometres (175...

Citizens say our bodies lie in streets in once-vibrant Gaza neighbourhood

Al-Rimal was once one of Gaza City's most vibrant neighbourhoods, but the end of another Israeli assault left residents stumbling through the rubble on Friday looking for bodies and belongings.Residents of Al-Rimal, which before the war was home...

Battles rock Gaza Town after mass evacuation order

Heavy combat and bombardment hit Gaza City and other parts of the Palestinian territory on Friday as mediators pushed on with efforts to halt the war raging into its tenth month. US President Joe Biden said at a...

Syrians get ready for ‘predetermined’ election

Campaign posters have sprung up across Damascus as Syria prepares to hold a parliamentary election in government-held areas on Monday that is designed to renew the ruling Baath party's grip on power.It will be the fourth election to...

Netanyahu calls for Israeli keep watch over of Gaza territory on Egypt border

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu demanded Thursday that Israel retain control of key Gaza territory along the border with Egypt as part of any accord to suspend the war with Hamas.The condition conflicts with Hamas's position that Israel must...

Business items trucked into Gaza after assist logjams

As bombs thunder in Gaza, just across the border in southern Israel truck driver Itzik waits in a barbed-wire protected parking lot for his delivery to clear inspection into the hunger-stricken territory.He lists a lorry loaded with Gaza-bound...

Water shortages irritate as investment dries up for northwest Syria displaced

Hussein al-Naasan struggles to provide water for his family in the scorching summer, as aid funds have dried up and conditions deteriorated in impoverished displacement camps in Syria's rebel-held northwest."Water is life, it is everything... and now we...

As Boeing struggles, Airbus inks 4-aircraft take care of Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia signed a deal with Airbus for an additional four of its A330 Multi Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) on Wednesday in a sign that the French aerospace giant is gaining ground in the Gulf as its US...