Civil War

Strike on Darfur, Sudan health care center kills at least 64, including 13 children, WHO states

The total number of fatalities linked to attacks on health facilities during Sudan's civil war surpassed 2,000 following this strike, World Health Organization chief Ghebreyesus noted.

The aftermath of a strike on Al Deain Teaching Hospital in East Darfur, Sudan, March 20, 2026.
Smoke rises from a building hit in a bombing on March 11, 2026 in Beirut, Lebanon.

Israel declines Lebanon's offer for direct talks, sources say

An illustrative image of South Sudan refugees.

South Sudan orders UN personnel, civilians to leave parts of Jonglei State amid clashes

Myanmar's junta chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, who ousted the elected government in a coup, presides at an army parade on Armed Forces Day in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, March 27, 2021; illustrative.

Why is Myanmar's junta holding an election during a civil war? - explainer


A nation divided: Will Syria be better now that Assad is gone? - opinion

What will happen next is not a mystery. There are only a few realistic scenarios, considering that the groups that toppled Assad are former ISIS and al-Qaeda terrorists.

 Syrian caretaker Prime Minister Mohammed al-Bashir delivers Friday sermon at the Umayyad Mosque, after fighters of the ruling Syrian body ousted Syria's Bashar al-Assad, in the Damascus old city, Syria, December 13, 2024.

Assad’s fall won’t revive the Arab Spring - opinion

The battle to oust Assad has long ceased to be about democratic reforms or justice for the Syrian people.

 THE ARAB Contact Group on Syria meets in Aqaba, this past Saturday. Those present included US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, UN Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen, and the foreign ministers of Jordan, Egypt, Qatar, Bahrain, Turkey, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Lebanon.

'Every shot fired went into a man': Syrians recall horrors at site of suspected mass killings

Tadamon became infamous after a video emerged in 2022 showing a man in military fatigues leading unarmed, blindfolded men towards a large ditch.

 An elderly woman reacts in Tadamon district, littered with bones after what residents and rights groups described as years of killings there under the rule of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, following al-Assad's ousting by fighters of the ruling Syrian body, in Damascus, Syria, December 12, 2024.

Distancing ourselves from civil war - opinion

Political leaders with a sense of responsibility, as demonstrated by Begin in 1948, would be warmly welcomed these days.

Ex-PM Naftali Bennett (left) and his FM, Yair Lapid, hold a news conference in the Knesset in 2022. After the formation of the short-lived ‘government of change’ established by Bennett and Lapid in June 2021, the opposition’s rhetoric in the Knesset deteriorated rapidly, the writer argues.

RSF attack on Sudanese village leaves 85 dead amid escalating violence

Sudan's Rapid Support Forces launched a brutal attack on the village of Galgani, killing at least 85 people, including women and children.

 Families flee RSF advances in Sudan's El Gezira state, on Sennar Road in the city of al-Dinder, Sennar state, Sudan, July 18, 2024.

Houthis to release key ally of Saudi-backed government, unclear if he is alive

Qahtan, whose Islah party is a powerful member of the Saudi-backed government, was detained by the Houthis in 2015.

 Yemen's Interior Minister Abdul Qader Qahtan (front R) speaks to reporters at the site where illegal drugs were burnt in Sanaa February 29, 2012. Yemeni authorities on Wednesday burned more than four tons of hashish and 4.6 million tablets of Captagon, which weighed 16kg (35 pounds).

Anti-Israel activists deface WWI, Civil War memorials, burn US flag

Anti-Israel activists vandalized American war memorials during a New York protest, burning the flag. Mayor condemned vandalism, offering rewards for arrests.

 Memorial statue defaced by anti-Israel activists in New York. (Illustrative) Uploaded on 8/5/2024

Iran asked Sudan to allow a Naval Base on its Red Sea coast

Sudanese senior advisor says that Iran wants to build a naval base on their land and offers a helicopter carrier as payment. Sudan rejects the offer in fear of the US and Israel's response.


Rebels take control of Sudan's second-largest city, endangering refugees

Claims also emerged that the SAF and local police were targeting individuals based on ethnicity, arresting civilians from Darfur without proper cause.

 Civilians who fled the war-torn Sudan arrive in a courtesy bus near the border crossing point in Renk County of Upper Nile State, South Sudan May 1, 2023

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