Skip to main content
Middle East
Then Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, then US president Bill Clinton, and then PLO chairman Yasser Arafat, at the White House in September 1993
Norway / 12 February 2026
12 February 2026
NHS staff blockade the entrance to NHS England's headquarters in central London demanding the cancellation of its contract with Palantir, which campaign groups say supplies advanced technology to Israel's military. Picture date: Wednesday April 3, 2024
Gaza Genocide / 11 February 2026
11 February 2026
People attend an annual rally marking 1979 Islamic Revolution as they gather around the Azadi (Freedom) monument tower in Tehran, Iran, February 11, 2026
Iran / 11 February 2026
11 February 2026
An Italian UN peacekeeper soldier stands guard at a road that links to a United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon, or UNIFIL base, in Naqoura town, Lebanon, on May 4, 2021
Middle East / 11 February 2026
11 February 2026
Israeli soldiers in the Balata refugee camp in the occupied-West Bank, February 1, 2026
Middle East / 9 February 2026
9 February 2026
Protesters participate in a demonstration in support of the nationwide protests in Iran against the government, in Berlin, Germany, February 7, 2026
Middle East / 9 February 2026
9 February 2026
Palestinian patient Mohammed Abu Mustafa, 17, accompanied by his mother, Randa, board a vehicle in Khan Younis on their way to the Rafah crossing, as they leave the Gaza Strip for medical treatment abroad, Monday, Feb. 2, 2026.
Middle East / 2 February 2026
2 February 2026
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks in a meeting, in Tehran, Iran, February 1, 2026
Middle East / 2 February 2026
2 February 2026
Ambulances line up to enter the Egyptian gate of the Rafah crossing on the way to the Gaza Strip, in Rafah, Egypt, February 1, 2026
Middle East / 1 February 2026
1 February 2026

Israel killed at least 31 Palestinians, including several children, in air strikes on Gaza on Saturday

Yanoun
Palestine / 2 February 2026
2 February 2026

For those who lived in Yanoun, its disappearance is not just a local tragedy, but a stark symbol of escalating violence, displacement and impunity across the occupied West Bank, says JANE HARRIES

In this handout photo released by the Islamic Consultative Assembly News Agency (ICANA) Iranian lawmakers attend a session of parliament as they wear the Revolutionary Guard's uniform, in Tehran, Iran, February 1, 2026. Photo: Hamed Malekpour/ICANA via AP
Middle East / 1 February 2026
1 February 2026
An EA-18G Growler launching from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Indian Ocean on January 23, 2026. Photo: Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Daniel Kimmelman/U.S. Navy via AP
Middle East / 30 January 2026
30 January 2026
This handout photograph from the U.S. Navy shows Aviation Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Michael Cordova directing an F/A-18F Super Hornet on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Indian Ocean on Jan. 23, 2026
Middle East / 31 January 2026
31 January 2026
Palestinians walks amid the ruins left by the Israeli air and ground offensive in Zahra, central Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026
Gaza Genocide / 29 January 2026
29 January 2026

Admission shows that councils can divest from Israel, campaigners say

Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Syrian interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa pose for a photo during their meeting at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow, January 28, 2026
Middle East / 29 January 2026
29 January 2026
US President Donald Trump signs the charter of his Board of Peace initiative at the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 22, 2026
Middle East / 27 January 2026
27 January 2026

Framed as post-war reconstruction, it cements foreign control, bypasses Palestinian self-determination and models a new form of neocolonial domination disguised as development, argues CLAUDIA WEBBE

An Israeli soldier stands guard during the inauguration ceremony for a new illegal Israeli settlement of Yatziv, near the Palestinian town of Beit Sahour, in the occupied West Bank, January 19, 2026
Middle East / 25 January 2026
25 January 2026
Kurdish fighters with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are cheered by local residents ahead of the end of a four-day truce with the Syrian government in Hassakeh, northeastern Syria, January 24, 2026
Middle East / 25 January 2026
25 January 2026