Egypt moves to send troops to help Saudi Arabia
By Ahmed Shawkat October 20, 2026 Credit: Ludovic Marin/AFP CAIRO - Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has asked the country's Parliament to authorize the military to help defend Saudi Arabia after Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels intensified their attacks on the kingdom, targeting airports and oil infrastructure. Al-Sisi stressed that it would be a defensive mission and only if the kingdom requests assistance. "Egypt will take any measures requested by Saudi Arabia to
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EGYPT COUNTRY REPORT
Country Report: Egypt October 2026 By Elisabeth Lucetta Illustrative - Coptic Christians attend Christmas mass at the Saint Simon Monastery in Mokattam mountain, Cairo, Egypt, on January 6, 2026. (Photo: Ahmed Mosaad/NurPhoto) Once considered relatively stable in the Middle East and North Africa, Egypt faces growing security threats from terrorism, transnational crime, and domestic unrest. Its strategic location, controlling the Suez Canal and bordering Libya, Sudan, Israel,
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UN ends food support for Palestinians in Gaza
The Guardian By Emma Graham-Harrison and Seham Tantesh in Gaza 19th of October 2026 Photograph: Mohamed Hinnawi/WFP Two-thirds of population face crisis levels of food insecurity and 200,000 people are in danger of famine This winter is likely to deepen hunger for Palestinians in Gaza, after sweeping aid cuts forced the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP) to end support for more than half a million people each month, the agency’s director for Palestine said. More than a year afte
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Authorities arrest main suspect in Baniyas mass killings
By Al Jazeera Staff, AFP and Anadolu 15 October, 2026 Syrian officials apprehended Ali Kayali, also known as Mihrac Ural, as he tried to cross the border, SANA reports. Several former officials from the regime of ousted Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have been arrested since he was toppled in December 2024 [File: Baderkhan Ahmad/AP] Syrian authorities have arrested a suspect accused of involvement in the mass killing of civilians in the coastal city of Baniyas in 2013, acco
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Syria: Women Barred from Defense, Security Colleges
By Human Rights Watch October 16, 2026 Raises Concerns Over Women’s Role in Syria’s Transition Officials from the Syrian Ministry of Defense hold a press conference announcing the launch of the National Defense Sciences University in Damascus, Syria, July 13, 2026. © 2026 Rami Alsayed/NurPhoto via AP Photo (Beirut, October 16, 2026) – Syrian authorities have imposed admissions rules that bar women from most programs at two new state universities focused on defense and securit
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West Bank: attacks on Palestinians and foreign officials
By Al Jazeera Staff October 18, 2026 Settler pogroms have escalated, coinciding with the annual olive harvest season in the occupied West Bank. An Israeli soldier fires a tear gas grenade towards Palestinian olive pickers and orders them to leave the area during the olive harvest in Khirbet Abu Falah, the West Bank [File:Faiz Abu Rmeleh/Getty Images] European diplomats and officials were attacked on Saturday amid a surge in settler pogroms across the occupied West Bank in rec
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Jordan Condemns Colombia’s Opening Embassy In Jerusalem
By JT October 4, 2026 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday condemned Colombia’s opening of an embassy in Jerusalem (JT file). AMMAN — The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday condemned Colombia’s opening of an embassy in Jerusalem as a violation of international law and relevant international resolutions. Ministry spokesperson Fouad Majali said that Jordan rejects the move, stressing that any measures or decisions aimed at changing the legal status or character of
The Jordan Times
Oct 16
Israel trying to recreate Gaza in the West Bank,warns Jordan
The Independent, 14 October 2026 Israeli soldiers take positions during a military operation at a market in Nablus, West Bank in September (AP) Israel is pushing the occupied West Bank “toward an explosion” that threatens the entire region, senior Jordanian officials have warned, accusing Israel’s far-right government of trying to recreate the security conditions of Gaza to force Palestinians from their land. In a briefing shared with The Independent, the officials said Israe
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Oct 15
Israel Demolishes Dozens of Bedouin Homes
By AFP 13 October, 2026 Men salvage scrap from the rubble of destroyed buildings of the Abu Wadi Bedouin community that were demolished for lack of construction permits, in the village of al-Dhahiyah near Rahat in Israel's southern district on October 12, 2026. (AFP) Approximately 400 people were affected by the demolitions in the Negev desert. Residents say they have nowhere else to go after their homes were destroyed. RAHAT: Under an overcast sky in southern Israel, Bedouin
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Oct 13
Deadly air strikes highlight Egypt-Sudan border insecuritY
By Mohammad Mansour October 12, 2026 Repeated air raids targeting civilian gold miners reveal deepening regional instability as Sudan’s devastating conflict spills across porous borders. Credit: Mohnd Blal/AP An alleged air strike on a gold mining site in northern Sudan has killed at least 72 workers, according to a rights group, highlighting the severe security vacuum along the country’s increasingly lawless border with Egypt. The Khartoum-based rights group Emergency Lawyer
Al Jazeera
Oct 13
Israel’s ‘Yellow Line’ Squeezes Palestinians In Gaza
By Mohammed Haddad 12 October 2026 (Al Jazeera) A year into a ‘ceasefire’, Israel restricts access to 65 percent of Gaza and crams 2.1 million people into the rest. Israel has expanded its military occupation in the Gaza Strip in violation of a United States-brokered ‘ceasefire’, forcing Palestinians into an ever-smaller share of the besieged territory, devastated by Israel’s ongoing genocidal war. Nearly two-thirds of Gaza is now under Israeli military control or subject to
Al Jazeera
Oct 12
Chaos across airports as Houthis claim Riyadh strikes
By Middle East Eye Staff 12 October 2026 A CCTV screengrab shows the moment King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh was hit in a Houthi strike, 10 October 2026 (Saudi Media Ministry/AFP) Terminals across Saudi Arabia were left in chaos on Monday after repeated attacks on Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport and warnings issued by Yemen’s Houthi group. Several airlines halted operations and over a third of all planned flights in the country were cancelled. Approxima
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