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Saudi Arabia is learning the hard way: they can’t count on Trump for protection | Mohamad Bazzi

📡 The GuardianMiddle East in EnglishOct 19, 2026👁 6♥ 0💬 0

After Houthis escalated their attacks on Saudi Arabia, the US turned down calls from MBS for helpFor years, Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, cultivated a close re…

Cuts force World Food Programme to end support for half a million Palestinians in Gaza

📡 The GuardianMiddle East in EnglishOct 19, 2026👁 6♥ 0💬 0

Two-thirds of population face crisis levels of food insecurity and 200,000 people are in danger of famineThis winter is likely to deepen hunger for Palestinians in Gaza, after swe…

Guardian reporter filmed masked militants seconds before West Bank attack on French mayor

📡 The GuardianMiddle East in EnglishOct 18, 2026👁 5♥ 0💬 0

New video footage of Israeli settler assault on European delegation as Netanyahu attempts to raise doubtHours after Israeli militants attacked a delegation of European diplomats, …

Flydubai captain describes blocking axe blows as co-pilot attacked him

📡 The GuardianMiddle East in EnglishOct 18, 2026👁 4♥ 0💬 0

Capt Smit Machchhar said he screamed for help as he reached to open the cockpit door on flight FZ1073The captain of a flydubai flight who was attacked by a co-pilot who intended t…

French mayor attacked by Israeli settlers in occupied West Bank – video

📡 The GuardianMiddle East in EnglishOct 18, 2026👁 5♥ 0💬 0

Israeli settler militants have attacked European diplomats, a French mayor and the archbishop of Cambrai, in the latest violent attempt to prevent Palestinians from harvesting oli…

US ambassador to Israel calls West Bank settler attack on American photojournalist ‘terror’

📡 The GuardianMiddle East in EnglishOct 18, 2026👁 4♥ 0💬 0

Mike Huckabee calls for arrest and prosecution of those responsible as Heidi Levine, 63, recovers in hospital in IsraelThe US ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, has denounced th…

Attacked from the sky: Sudanese goldminers count deadly cost of eking out a living on the Egypt border

📡 The GuardianMiddle East in EnglishOct 18, 2026👁 8♥ 0💬 0

As civil war has left their country in ruins, many young Sudanese have turned to artisanal mining. An airstrike on a mine last week killed more than 100 and has provoked anger aga…

There’s a lot of racism, a lot of hatred’: Far right gains predicted as Israel heads to the polls

📡 The GuardianMiddle East in EnglishOct 18, 2026👁 4♥ 0💬 0

Whether or not Netanyahu can hold on to power, Israelis are expected to vote in a more rightwing KnessetFour decades ago, when the extremist rabbi Meir Kahane won a single seat in…

Israeli settlers attack European diplomats in West Bank

📡 The GuardianMiddle East in EnglishOct 17, 2026👁 5♥ 0💬 0

French mayor and archbishop also attacked during violent attempt to stop Palestinians harvesting olivesIsraeli settler militants have attacked European diplomats, a French mayor a…

Masked settlers attack European diplomats in occupied West Bank

📡 The GuardianMiddle East in EnglishOct 17, 2026👁 9♥ 0💬 0

Belgian foreign minister urges further EU sanctions and links attack to Israel’s ‘illegal settlement policy’Masked settlers attacked a group of European diplomats during a visit t…

NAZA directors: 'It's a film about systems of mass killing' – video

📡 The GuardianMiddle East in EnglishOct 17, 2026👁 8♥ 0💬 0

NAZA directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor answered questions from the Guardian's editor-in-chief, Katharine Viner, at the film's London premiere on Thursday. The critically acc…

UAE agrees with Saudi Arabia to re-enter Yemen conflict amid Houthi gains

📡 The GuardianMiddle East in EnglishOct 17, 2026👁 6♥ 0💬 0

United Arab Emirates will reportedly resume payments to Yemeni forces as gains by Iran-backed Houthi fighters alarm Gulf state rulersYemen civil war: what sparked latest escalatio…

‘I cannot carry all of this alone’: the couples kept apart by the war in Gaza

📡 The GuardianMiddle East in EnglishOct 17, 2026👁 10♥ 0💬 0

Families have been scattered, fathers separated from their children, and couples unable to reunite and marryWijdan Abu Matar, 43, was forced to leave Gaza in November 2023 with he…

American photojournalist recounts Israeli settler attack in the occupied West Bank – video

📡 The GuardianMiddle East in EnglishOct 16, 2026👁 15♥ 0💬 0

At least six people were injured when a group of masked Israeli settlers descended on an olive grove in Abu Falah, in the occupied West Bank, on Friday, in a coordinated movement …

‘Tough to watch, impossible to ignore’: what the reviewers say about NAZA documentary

📡 The GuardianMiddle East in EnglishOct 16, 2026👁 5♥ 0💬 0

Film interviewing military insiders about mass killing of civilians in Gaza receives widespread praise around the worldCritics around the world have hailed the award-winning docum…

Israeli settlers attack olive farmers and Washington Post journalist in West Bank

📡 The GuardianMiddle East in EnglishOct 16, 2026👁 5♥ 0💬 0

Settlers hurl rocks at Palestinians and beat photographer Heidi Levine as part of yearly attacks to disrupt harvestIsraeli settlers have attacked Palestinians across the occupied …

I’ve debated with Israel’s most fervent defenders – NAZA debunks their talking points | Mehdi Hasan

📡 The GuardianMiddle East in EnglishOct 16, 2026👁 6♥ 0💬 0

The film’s testimonies from Israeli soldiers and intelligence officers expose years of baseless propaganda. Don’t take my word – take theirsI watched the extraordinary new Guardia…

NAZA: the film Israel does not want you to see - video

📡 The GuardianMiddle East in EnglishOct 16, 2026👁 6♥ 0💬 0

Oscar-winning filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor discuss their new documentary, NAZA, which exposes the AI systems that the Israeli military uses to rain down strikes on Gaz…

Calling the shots: what NAZA says about perpetrator cinema

📡 The GuardianMiddle East in EnglishOct 16, 2026👁 7♥ 0💬 0

The documentary detailing Israel’s mass killing of civilians in Gaza is the latest film to give a voice to those who carry out atrocities – confronting viewers with some of the mo…

Jonathan Glazer says Israel’s retaliation over NAZA ‘more venal’ than anticipated

📡 The GuardianMiddle East in EnglishOct 16, 2026👁 8♥ 0💬 0

Film’s producer says he was ‘shocked into silence’ the first time he watched documentary that details Israel’s mass killing of civilians in GazaThe director Jonathan Glazer has ca…

Saudi Arabia to execute man for being at protests and funerals when he was 15

📡 The GuardianMiddle East in EnglishOct 16, 2026👁 4♥ 0💬 0

Rights group says Youssef al-Manasif was tortured and first met his lawyer five years after arrest for non-violent crimesA young man faces imminent execution in Saudi Arabia for a…

Future of western security is at stake in Yemen civil war, says country’s former PM

📡 The GuardianMiddle East in EnglishOct 16, 2026👁 6♥ 0💬 0

Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed says Iran-backed militia’s use of drones represents ‘new era of radical terrorism’The future of western security is being fought out in the mountains and hi…

Houthi missiles strike Saudi-led forces HQ at presidential palace in Aden

📡 The GuardianMiddle East in EnglishOct 15, 2026👁 3♥ 0💬 0

Witnesses report at least six explosions near palace used by Yemen's internationally recognized governmentAt least six explosions struck on Thursday near the palace used by Yemen’…

It’s not the old two-party politics – but Labour and the Tories now know they can shun their populist challengers | Gaby Hinsliff

📡 The GuardianMiddle East in EnglishOct 15, 2026👁 3♥ 0💬 0

Though Burnham and Badenoch may still need the votes of Green and Reform supporters, both leaders have drawn clear lines in the sandAsk a straight question, get a straight answer.…

Sally Rooney’s stand on Palestine is brave and humane

📡 The GuardianMiddle East in EnglishOct 15, 2026👁 12♥ 0💬 0

The Normal People author’s determination to support Palestine Action, even if it means that her books are withdrawn from sale in the UK, makes a mockery of Britain’s terrorism law…

‘We expect war to reach the city soon’: Yemenis stockpile as Houthis advance on Taiz

📡 The GuardianMiddle East in EnglishOct 15, 2026👁 4♥ 0💬 0

Speed of advance has left people rushing to buy food as basic supplies to city are cut off by fightingAli Abdulsamed spent all day waiting and walking. Like many people in the bes…

The global economy is muddling through against the odds. But a storm is coming | Larry Elliott

📡 The GuardianMiddle East in EnglishOct 15, 2026👁 6♥ 0💬 0

Finance ministers gathering for the IMF annual meeting know the need for multilateral cooperation to deal with many crises. There is little chance of thatNot much has gone right f…

Unpolished, anti-Bibi, but evasive on peace: who is the Israeli opposition candidate Gadi Eisenkot?

📡 The GuardianMiddle East in EnglishOct 15, 2026👁 7♥ 0💬 0

The ‘menschy’ former general contrasts with the current PM when it comes to style and character – yet on key policy points retains a studied ambiguityHe has been called the man wh…

Israel blocks construction of key Gaza base created by Trump peace board

📡 The GuardianMiddle East in EnglishOct 14, 2026👁 4♥ 0💬 0

Exclusive: Israel has not permitted US-led project to house 150 international troops to move forwardIsrael is refusing to allow a key military outpost project for Donald Trump’s B…

New UK sanctions powers will enable action against supporters of illegal Israeli settlements

📡 The GuardianMiddle East in EnglishOct 14, 2026👁 11♥ 0💬 0

Global human rights commitments adopted by government extends reach to enablers of unlawful activityThe UK is expanding its sanctions powers to freeze assets and target entities e…