CNN — Details of a chaotic night marked by tear gas and explosions have emerged from an Iranian prison following a deadly fire at the facility on Saturday. At least four inmates died of smoke inhalation and 61 others were injured in the blaze at Tehran’s Evin prison, which began when prisoners set fire to […]
CNN — Video from Tehran has shown a large group of male security forces surrounding and grabbing a female in the street. They eventually let her go and she hurries away quickly. The clip has been shared widely on Persian language news channels outside Iran. Iran’s Vice President for Women and Family Affairs, Ansieh Khazali, […]
Jerusalem CNN — Clashes erupted in the flashpoint East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah and in the West Bank for a sixth consecutive night overnight Thursday into Friday, leaving at least two Palestinians dead. They were killed in the restive West Bank city and refugee camp of Jenin during an Israeli raid on Friday, the […]
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 Saudi-American relationship appears to have hit rock bottom. After a move by the Saudi-led OPEC+ oil cartel to cut oil production, which […]
CNN — Nearly two dozen children were killed last month during protests in Iran, according to a new report by a human rights watchdog that accuses the country’s security forces of targeting young people “with absolute impunity.” The 19-page report released by Amnesty International on Thursday said at least 23 children – some as young […]
Abu Dhabi CNN — Qatar’s Emir Tamim al-Thani met with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of a conference in Astana, Kazakhstan, on Thursday to “diffuse tensions” between Moscow and Doha, a source familiar with the talks, but authorized to speak about them publicly, told CNN. The United States and the European Union were […]
CNN — Iraq’s parliament elected Kurdish politician Abdul Latif Rashid as the country’s new president on Thursday, ending a yearlong political stalemate that had turned violent over the summer. Rashid won 162 out of 269 votes, beating out current President Barham Salim, who only obtained 99 votes, according to a statement from the Iraqi parliament. […]
CNN — As the protest cries of exasperated Iranians continue to ring through the streets of the country, reflected in videos posted on social media, here are a few of the key stories that have shaped the movement on the one-month anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s arrest. To date, more than 1,000 people have been arrested […]
Jerusalem CNN — More than 15 years after a violent break between leading Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah, Algeria has brokered an apparent reconciliation, with the signing of a unification agreement announced on Thursday. The agreement, which has been seen by CNN, also calls for presidential and legislative elections in Gaza and the West Bank, […]
CNN — Here is a look at the 1983 bombing of a Marine compound in Beirut, Lebanon, that killed 241 US service personnel. On October 23, 1983, 241 US service personnel – including 220 Marines and 21 other service personnel – are killed by a truck bomb at a Marine compound in Beirut, Lebanon. Three […]
