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Benjamin Netanyahu says Golan Heights will remain part of Israel ‘for eternity’
PM’s words follow Israeli takeover of previously demilitarised zone in Syrian-controlled territorySyria live – latest updatesBenjamin Netanyahu has said that the Golan Heights, occupied by Israel for almost 60 years, will remain...
Read MoreIsrael must stop ‘ethnic cleansing’ in Gaza, Jordan tells US
Jordanian foreign secretary warns ‘we stand at brink of regional war’ as he meets Antony Blinken in LondonMiddle East crisis – live updatesJordan’s foreign minister has called for pressure on Israel to end what he called the...
Read MoreMiddle East crisis: Israeli strikes on Syria kill at least 25 people, war monitor says
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the dead include civilians as well as soldiers and ‘Syrians working with pro-Iran groups’Read all our Middle East crisis coverageThe UN human rights chief has said that ending the war in...
Read MoreBionic-suit charity campaigner Claire Lomas dies after accident in Jordan
She completed 2012 London Marathon in 17 days and raised nearly £1m after being paralysed in a riding fallA charity campaigner who completed a marathon in a bionic suit after being paralysed in a riding accident has died, aged...
Read MoreJordan in last-ditch effort to prevent Iran retaliating for Haniyeh killing
Foreign minister’s rare visit to Tehran appears likely to fail given Iranian insistence on making a decisive responseJordan’s foreign minister, Ayman Safadi, has made a rare visit to Iran in a last-ditch effort to persuade it to...
Read MoreMore than 550 hajj pilgrims die in Mecca as temperatures exceed 50C
At least 320 of the dead are from Egypt and Saudi officials report treating more than 2,000 people for heat stressAt least 550 pilgrims have died during the hajj, underscoring the gruelling nature of the pilgrimage which again...
Read MoreJordan faces difficult balancing act amid row over role in downing Iranian drones
Amman and allies insist Jordanian actions were self-defence after public anger at home and across regionMiddle East crisis – live updatesJordan has found itself caught in the crosshairs of the confrontation between Iran and...
Read MoreMiddle East crisis live: US and UK launch new strikes on Iran-linked Houthi targets
US officials say at least 30 targets in Yemen were hit on Saturday in launches from ships and jetsAt least 13 Iranian-backed fighters have been killed in strikes in eastern Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has...
Read MoreMiddle East crisis live: US strikes in Iraq and Syria reportedly kill at least 18; blasts rock southern Gaza
US military says retaliatory airstrikes targeted Iran’s Quds Force and affiliated militia; 14 killed in two strikes in Rafah, says Hamas-run Gaza health ministry Full story: US launches airstrikes in retaliation for deadly...
Read MoreUS launches airstrikes on dozens of sites in Iraq and Syria, say officials – live
Officials say response targeting militants in Iraq and Syria The US launched an air assault on dozens of sites in Iraq and Syria used by Iranian-backed militias, in an opening salvo of retaliation for the drone strike that...
Read MoreMiddle East crisis live: CCTV footage shows Israeli security forces engaged in Jenin hospital raid that killed three Palestinians
Hamas and Islamic Jihad confirm their members were killed during raid by Israeli forces on Ibn Sina hospitalThe Wafa Palestinian news agency reports that “dozens of Palestinian civilians” have been killed today by Israeli...
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