Middle East

“During the winter, my son suffers from epilepsy seizures because of the cold. It’s very hard sometimes to keep him dry and warm,” she said. “Before the war, I had a job, a house, an ordinary life, but then everything turned upside down. Now we have no hope, nothing. It’s …

Israelis are marking three years since the Hamas-led attack on 7 October 2023. BBC News

The BBC’s Gaza correspondent Rushdi Abualouf describes the situation in Gaza three years on from the 7 October attack. BBC News

The UK government is making a last-ditch attempt to persuade Israel not to close the British consulate in East Jerusalem later this week. Israel said in September that it would shut the mission, which is separate from the UK embassy based in Tel Aviv, in retaliation for the UK announcing …

13-year-old Lara lives in a displacement camp in Gaza City. BBC News

Prosecutors in Egypt have charged six journalists working for the independent fact-checking platform Matsda2sh with belonging to the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, according to their lawyer. Nabeh al-Ganadi said on Monday that the men were accused of joining a terrorist group, funding terrorism, publishing “fake news”, and using social media to …

Yemeni pro-government forces backed by Saudi Arabia say they have “secured” the Bab al-Mandab Strait at the start of a major offensive against the Iran-backed Houthi movement. A Yemeni military spokesman said Giants Brigades and National Shield forces were besieging Houthi fighters in the Red Sea coastal town of Dhubab, …

Australian authorities are investigating the links between the country and a Flydubai co-pilot who attempted to take control of a plane travelling to Israel. The co-pilot is alleged to have attacked the captain with a crash axe during a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv before passengers managed to overpower …

Experts say US military assistance, using shuttle tankers and pipelines bypassing the Strait of Hormuz mean exports have rebounded. BBC News

A passenger on the diverted Flydubai flight has told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu how he and others helped stop the cockpit attack. The man, who was greeted by the prime minister at the Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv, explained how he helped pin the alleged attacker to the …

Capt Machchhar grew up in India’s Mumbai city, where his parents still live. He joined SpiceJet, an Indian airline, in 2011 before moving to Dubai eventually. He was an experienced pilot by 2022 when he joined Flydubai. He has more than 9,750 hours of flying experience, including more than 6,400 …

Passengers from the diverted Flydubai flight to Israel have arrived at Ben Gurion Airport following a stabbing incident earlier on Wednesday. A pilot on an Israel-bound flight stabbed another pilot and “apparently tried to crash the plane”, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, with the flight later being diverted to …

Since the start of the US and Israel’s war with Iran earlier this year, militias have been targeting the remaining US and UK forces stationed at Irbil air base. Hundreds of Nato troops stationed in Baghdad left the country in March as tensions rose. A BBC team visited the coalition …

Speaking at the UN General Assembly last week, Netanyahu dismissed international concerns about settler violence. He accused the media of ignoring attacks on Jewish Israelis and covering “a handful of juvenile delinquents, about 150 in number, who throw stones, who chop down olive trees, occasionally they light some fires.” According …

Netanyahu, who is subject to an International Criminal Court arrest warrant for alleged war crimes, launched scathing attacks on nations and leaders who have criticised him. “They accuse Israel, tiny Israel, of colonialism – some colonialism. And who’s accusing us? Among them are people in Britain and in France. For …

The Houthis are an armed political and religious group from northern Yemen which champions the country’s Shia Muslim minority, the Zaidis. They declare themselves to be part of the Iranian-led “axis of resistance” against Israel, the US and the wider West – along with armed groups such as Hamas and …

Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian has told the UN General Assembly that it will never “bend the knee” after almost seven months of war with the US and Israel, but is ready for a diplomatic solution to the conflict. Responding to US President Donald Trump’s threat to “annihilate” the Islamic Republic …

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has condemned French President Emmanuel Macron after he criticised Israel’s actions in the occupied West Bank during his address to the UN General Assembly. “Look at what’s happening in the West Bank, where day in, day out, we are seeing violations. And in the name …

Iran’s foreign minister has met US President Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff at the UN on a day when the US leader said he could “annihilate” the Islamic Republic if the conflict went unresolved. No breakthrough has been reported from the talks arranged by Qatar – the first since a …

Prior to the war, girls in Gaza outnumbered and outperformed boys at every level of education above primary school. Now, with prolonged school closures, many children have dropped out of education. For boys there is pressure to find informal work to help support their families, for girls there are heightened …