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The 58th session of the UN Human Rights Council began on Monday with a warning of a "sharp decline" in human rights and a call for "robust" response by states, Anadolu news agency reported.

Egypt intends to buy electricity generated from wind energy projects developed by Saudi company ACWA Power on the Red Sea coast at a rate of 2.4 US cents per kilowatt-hour for a period of 20 years, Al-Khaleej Online has reported. www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250224-egy...

Hamas halts talks with Israel until release of Palestinian prisoners under Gaza ceasefire deal

Israel plans to bar freed Palestinians from entering Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque in Ramadan

Lebanese president meets top Iranian delegation, calls for national unity

1 Palestinian killed, 4 injured after Israeli tank fire in southern Gaza

US, Jordanian armies discuss regional security, military relations

Fans of Spanish club Alaves display red cards to Israel in LaLiga match

Sudan’s army captures new town amid military advances against paramilitary RSF

Israeli air strikes target in Lebanon amid late Hezbollah leader Nasrallah's funeral

Turkiye ranks 11th globally in defense industry exports: President Erdogan

New school year begins in war-torn Gaza after almost 2-year hiatus

Israeli opposition leader accuses Netanyahu of violating Gaza ceasefire deal

Israeli hostage family asks Netanyahu government not to attend funeral

Yemen’s Ansarallah (“Houthi”)-aligned armed forces have targeted a US F-16 fighter jet with a surface-to-air missile on 19 February, according to a Fox News report citing senior Pentagon officials. Read: www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250223-for...

Russian foreign minister to pay official visit to Turkiye on Monday

Libyan speaker urges establishing Arab-Islamic fund to rebuild Gaza

Israel postpones exchange prisoner deal in response to Hamas delivering wrong body

US president claims hostages released by Hamas ‘not in great shape’

Gaza death toll nears 48,340 as Palestinians find more bodies in rubble

For first time, Yemen’s Houthis fire surface-to-air missile at US F-16 over Red Sea

New mass grave discovered in southern Syria

Saudi Arabia celebrates Founding Day with national festivities amid Arab congratulations

Hezbollah is holding a massive funeral procession today for its martyred leader, former Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, and Executive Council chief Sayyed Hashem Safieddine, in Beirut. Read: www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250223-hez...

Israel says army to stay ‘for next year’ in Palestinian refugee camp in occupied West Bank

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that the planned release of Palestinian prisoners on Saturday has been postponed "until the release of the next group of hostages is assured, and without the rituals of humiliation." Read: www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250217-isr...

Cowardice and Cancellation: Creative Australia and the Venice Biennale by Dr Binoy Kampmark

Hezbollah holds massive funeral for Hassan Nasrallah and Hashem Safieddine

Eyes on Gaza: Witnessing Annihilation by Anjuman Rahman

EU set to suspend sanctions on Syria's banking, energy, transport sectors

Pipeline from Iraq’s Kurdistan to Turkiye set to resume oil exports

A large-scale polio vaccination campaign was launched in Gaza on Saturday aiming to immunize approximately 600,000 Palestinian children under the age of 10, Anadolu Agency reports. Read: www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250222-gaz...

Being freed, Israeli captive kisses the head of Palestinian resistance fighters

Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, handed over on Saturday two Israeli captives to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Rafah, southern Gaza, as part of the seventh exchange under the 19 January ceasefire deal. Read: www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250222-ham...

Official: Gaza school year to begin on Saturday The school year in the besieged Gaza Strip will begin tomorrow, following 16 months of cessation due to Israel’s genocidal war, a Palestinian official has said. www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250221-off...

Tent camp set up for displaced Palestinians in Gaza The camp provides shelter for Palestinian families who were previously forced to leave their homes due to Israeli attacks.

Ireland's opposition party to boycott St. Patrick's Day events in US to protest Trump's stance on Gaza www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250221-ire...

Netanyahu storms Palestinian home in Tulkarm refugee camp Accompanied by soldiers, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu entered a Palestinian home in the Tulkarem refugee camp in the northern West Bank on Friday, the Israeli state media reported. www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250221-net...

Lebanon's Hezbollah to bury Nasrallah in mass funeral Lebanon’s Hezbollah will bury its former leader Hassan Nasrallah on Sunday nearly five months after he was killed in an Israeli air strike, in a mass funeral, Reuters reports. www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250221-leb...

UK’s North Somerset council votes for divesting from companies linked to Israel’s military occupation

Suspension of US funds 'dire' issue, says UN official

Shiri Bibas’ remains may have been mixed with others under Gaza rubble, says Hamas

An attribute of strongmen is the uncanny ability to strike dread, confusion, panic in those around them – allies and adversaries, as well as global markets – through statements alone. Read: www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250221-the...

Trump administration withholding foreign aid in spite of court order, says judge

The US is targeting Saudi Arabia and the Global South by Muhammad Hussein

Lebanese Finance Minister Yassin Jaber revealed that the World Bank has prepared a preliminary plan for a $1 billion reconstruction project aimed at rebuilding infrastructure and clearing debris caused by the Israeli war on Lebanon, DPA reported. Read: www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250221-wor...

A United Nations report has estimated that Syria lost $800 billion in gross domestic product (GDP) over 14 years of conflict. The report highlighted the urgent need for rapid economic growth in the coming decade to ensure recovery. Read: www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250221-un-...

Turkiye FM: Fair, lasting peace cannot be achieved by expelling Palestinians from their lands

Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong flies Palestine flag during concert in Malaysia

Gaza accuses Red Cross of ‘double standards’ over handover of dead Palestinians, Israelis