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Lebanese civilians flee amid Israeli strikes on Beirut

Highways gridlocked as thousands evacuate while Israel launches its deadliest assault on Lebanon in over a year, killing 31 people. A displaced family fleeing Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon arrives in the southern port city of Sidon, early Monday. [Mohammed Zaatari/AP Photo] Lebanese civilians have fled southern Lebanon and Beirut’s southern suburbs as a deadly escalation erupts between Israel and Hezbollah. Many are seeking sanctuary in makeshift shelters across Lebanon

Al Jazeera

Mar 2

Israeli strikes kill at least 10 in Lebanon

Israeli air strikes have killed at least 10 people in eastern Lebanon, Lebanese officials say, despite a ceasefire. 21 February, BBC, Hugo Bachega Israel's military said it had targeted sites belonging to Hezbollah, a Shia Muslim militia and political party, in the Bekaa Valley, an area where the group has a strong presence. Hezbollah confirmed that at least eight of its members had been killed, including a senior field commander. The strikes were among the deadliest in Leban

BBC News

Feb 20

Syrian army expels Kurds from Aleppo, fights Kurdish forces

People told to leave three areas as fears grow of wider conflict between government and Kurdish authorities The Syrian army ordered civilians to evacuate neighbourhoods of Aleppo on Thursday after fighting with Kurdish forces entered its third day, deepening the rift between the Syrian government and the US-backed Kurdish authorities in Syria . The Syrian government urged people to leave the three contested neighbourhoods of Sheikh Maqsoud, Ashrafieh and Bani Zeid by early af

The Guardian

Jan 13

Houthis say UN staff will be tried over Israeli links

Dozens of Yemeni UN personnel could face death penalty, as UN says at least 59 of its staff are being held by the group. A member of Houthi security forces walks outside the United Nations compound following reports of UN staffers being detained, in Sanaa, Yemen, on October 29, 2025 [Khaled Abdullah/Reuters] Yemen’s Houthi -run government will put dozens of detained United Nations staff on trial, alleging that they have spied for Israel or had links to an Israeli air strike t

Al Jazeera

Nov 5, 2025

Israel Suspends Aid; Strikes Gaza After truce Violated

Israel said Palestinian militants attacked its forces across cease-fire lines and launched a wave of attacks on Gaza. Both sides still say they are committed to the truce. Smoke rising in southern Gaza after airstrikes on Sunday. Ramadan Abed/Reuters By Isabel Kershner October 19, 2025 Israel on Sunday launched its heaviest wave of attacks on Gaza since a fragile cease-fire took hold a week ago and said it was suspending humanitarian aid to the territory after accusing Hamas

The New York Times

Oct 19, 2025

Houthis rule: prisons, personality cult, pilfered aid

By Maggie Michael and Amr Alfiky . Yemenis who have fled the Houthi-controlled area of this divided country paint a grim picture of life under the militant group. People are forced to attend rallies and chant death to America and Israel, pay crippling taxes and hand children over to become soldiers, they say. A Yemeni man walks past buildings on the outskirts of Aden damaged during the civil war. The most populated areas of Yemen, including the capital Sanaa, are controlled

Reuters

Oct 15, 2025

Youth-led protests turn deadly in Morocco

At least two people have been killed and hundreds more arrested in Morocco amid ongoing youth-led protests against corruption and poor public services.

#a World Politics Review

Oct 3, 2025