Editor’s Note: A version of this story first appeared in CNN’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, a three-times-a-week look inside the region’s biggest stories. Sign up here. Abu Dhabi CNN — On Monday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau posted a tweet saying “Canada denounces the Iranian regime’s barbaric decision to impose the death penalty […]
CNN — A commercial oil tanker suffered minor damage after it was hit by a projectile 150 miles off the coast of Oman on Tuesday night, its operating company said Wednesday. The incident caused minor damage to the hull of the Pacific Zircon tanker, but there were no reports of injuries or oil leaks, Eastern […]
Jerusalem CNN — At least three Israelis were killed and another three wounded when a Palestinian man went on a rampage near an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday. The attack took place in multiple locations near the Israeli settlement of Ariel. The Israel Defense Forces and Israel’s Magen David Adom (MDA) […]
CNN — The sister of Alaa Abd El-Fattah said Tuesday that she had received a letter saying the imprisoned British-Egyptian activist had ended his hunger strike after more than 200 days. “The important thing is I want to celebrate my birthday with you on Thursday, I haven’t celebrated for a long time, and want to […]
CNN — A top Israeli official has confirmed the existence of a US investigation into the killing of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh but said Israel’s government would not cooperate with the American probe, calling it a “mistake.” Defense Minister Benny Gantz revealed details of the previously unknown investigation by the Justice Department into the […]
Story highlights NEW: A note from the detained boy tells his parents he is OK and not to worry, an uncle says Tariq Khdeir, 15, was born in the U.S. and is a high school sophomore in Tampa, Florida He was visiting his Palestinian relatives for the first time in over a decade Israel’s Justice […]
Story highlights Oil field had been in hands of al Qaeda affiliate Nusra Front Field can produce 75,000 barrels of oil daily ISIS declared caliphate in parts of Syria and Iraq over the weekend CNN — The extremist Sunni militant group that recently declared a caliphate in parts of Syria and Iraq wrested control of […]
CNN — An Iranian court has issued the first death sentence linked to recent protests, convicting the unnamed person of “enmity against God” and “spreading corruption on Earth,” state media reports. It comes following weeks of nationwide demonstrations, sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini in September. Iran’s Revolutionary Court issued the sentence to a […]
CNN — Alaa Abd El-Fattah, a jailed British-Egyptian activist who has been on a hunger and water strike, is alive and has resumed drinking water, authorities said in a letter to his family. He has been on a hunger strike for more than 200 days and had stopped drinking water earlier this month. Sanaa Seif, […]
Editor’s Note: A version of this story first appeared in CNN’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, a three-times-a-week look inside the region’s biggest stories. Sign up here. Abu Dhabi CNN — The latest wave of protests in Iran is perhaps one of the longest-running challenges the Islamic Republic has faced in recent years. Over […]
