Syria has begun destroying the remnants of a clandestine Assad-era chemical weapons program that it recovered in May, the first such destruction in a decade, a ​Syrian envoy and a U.N. representative said on Thursday.

Last month marked five years since the Taliban took back/over power in Afghanistan. I’d covered the events of August 2021 extensively and have continued to follow the country. Since, I’ve had the feel...

Pizza Cat, a female feline who lives at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, is tremendously popular with service members assigned to the base.

<article data-history-node-id="437170" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/press-freedom-group-gravely-concerned-kidnapping-us-journalist-iraq" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/press-freedom-group-gravely-concerned-kidnapping-us-journalist-iraq" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Press freedom group ‘gravely concerned ’ by kidnapping of US journalist in Iraq</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF) said the&nbsp;organisation is “deeply alarmed” by the kidnapping of American freelance journalist Shelly Kittleson in Baghdad.</p> <p>"Kittleson is a journalist whose reporting contributes to press freedom in the MENA region and beyond. She must be located, released, and returned to safety immediately," the group said&nbsp;</p> <p>"Her courageous reportage has covered conflict zones across the Middle East; she is a legitimate journalist simply doing her job to bring truth to the global public."</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">The IWMF is gravely concerned by the abduction of American freelance journalist Shelly Kittleson in Iraq. Kittleson is a journalist whose reporting contributes to press freedom in the MENA region and beyond. She must be located, released, and returned to safety immediately. <a href="https://t.co/x0WfQSNrZK">pic.twitter.com/x0WfQSNrZK</a></p> — International Women's Media Foundation (@IWMF) <a href="https://twitter.com/IWMF/status/2039089179578007791?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 31, 2026</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div> </div> </article>

Germany sceptical about extending EU naval mission to Hormuz Germany’s Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul has voiced doubts about expanding the European Union’s Aspides naval mission to the Strait of Hormuz. Wadephul said the operation protecting shipping in the Red Sea has been “not effective”. “And that is why I am very sceptical that extending Aspides to the Strait of Hormuz would provide greater security.”

Modified images of strikes circulate as fighting intensifies across the Middle East

Emmanuel Macron prononce un discours très attendu sur la dissuasion nucléaire française et le renforcement de la sécurité en Europe face à la "brutalisation" croissante du monde et à un allié…

It’s time to say it again: It’s highly doubtful that the Iranians were pursuing a nuclear weapon. And they certainly don’t have any. Donald Trump insists that (one of the purposes/ the purpose) of …

President Donald Trump described the military campaign in Iran as “massive and ongoing.” Follow for live updates