Gaza’s ‘death zone’: Israeli soldiers describe demolition of infrastructure to create buffer
One told right group ‘everything gets mowed down’ and that after demolitions area looked like Hiroshima
Gaza: 100 children killed or injured every day since Israel resumed offensive says UN agency
Unrwa chief calls Gaza conflict's child death toll ‘a stain on our common humanity’
Israeli blockade causing shortage of food and medical supplies in Gaza, say aid agencies
UN dismisses as ‘ridiculous’ Israeli military agency claim that enough food in enclave to last extended period
Israeli army intensifies attack on Jenin refugee camp in northern West Bank
Situation ‘catastrophic’ and camp rendered uninhabitable, says Jenin mayor
Oscar-winning Palestinian film-maker returns home following Israeli beating and detention
Hamdan Ballal was hospitalised for his injuries
Jailing of Istanbul mayor seen as effort to eliminate threat to reign of Erdogan
Detention of mayor Ekrem Imamoglu follows fall in popularity of Turkey’s president due to the country’s economic and financial crisis
Mayor of Istanbul arrested as part of crackdown on opposition to Turkish president
Ekrem Imamoglu is considered the chief challenger to leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Ceasefire is the only option for Hamas as Israel renews attacks
Militant group has been under growing pressure from Gazans to end the war
Syria’s interim president secures agreement with Druze and Kurds
Ahmed Al-Sharaa has pledged to make Syria ‘inclusive’ and respect all minorities
Hope for Syria as government and Kurds sign deal to merge forces
Kurdish community to get citizenship and language rights denied under Assad regime
In restive Syria, who are the Alawites?
Minority group supports Bashar al-Assad and is now subject to reprisal attacks
Almost 200 die in Syria as loyalists of deposed Assad regime clash with government forces
Violence deals blow to interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa’s rule of shattered country
Arab League had no choice but to find alternative to Trump’s proposal to resettle 2.3m Gazans in Egypt and Jordan
Long criticised for disunity, the bloc now has a $53bn plan to rebuild Gaza Strip, boost its economy and replace Hamas
Jailed Kurdish leader calls for PKK to ‘disarm, dissolve’ after four-decade campaign that has cost 40,000 lives
Abdullah Ocalan is serving life sentence, but could be freed under tentative Turkish peace process
As Israel is set to free more Palestinian prisoners, thousands still detained face alleged mistreatment
Conditions of detention have deteriorated dramatically with Israel holding an estimated 10,000 Palestinian prisoners