Kilmar Abrego, the migrant whose wrongful deportation in March to his native El Salvador made him a symbol of President Donald Trump's aggressive immigration policies, was released on Friday from criminal custody in Tennessee, a Fox News-affiliate said, citing a statement from his lawyer.

The Israeli military says Mohammed Sinwar's body was discovered in a tunnel at a hospital.

An Israeli strike on a school-turned-shelter in the Gaza Strip has killed at least 25 people, mostly women and children, according to the territory’s Health Ministry.

The sectarian violence involving Islamist factions, security forces and Druze gunmen is another sign of the fragile security situation.

The sectarian violence involving Islamist factions, security forces and Druze gunmen is another sign of the fragile security situation.

On the war, President Trump is more aligned than his predecessor with the aims of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and his right-wing coalition.

Syria’s civil war drove a wedge between the residents of the small town of Maaloula, where two-thirds are Christian and one-third Muslim. Can they live together peacefully again?

But the Qatari PM says there was still no "answer for the ultimate question: how to end this war".

<article data-history-node-id="421610" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/ben-gvir-says-us-republicans-back-bombing-food-and-aid-depots-gaza" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/ben-gvir-says-us-republicans-back-bombing-food-and-aid-depots-gaza" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Ben Gvir says US Republicans back bombing 'food and aid depots' in Gaza</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="61" data-start="0">Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir attended a private dinner in his honour at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, alongside Republican lawmakers and prominent business figures.</p> <p data-end="61" data-start="0">During the visit, Ben Gvir met House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, who, according to a statement, voiced support for the minister’s policies.</p> <p data-end="61" data-start="0">“They expressed support for my very clear position on how to act in Gaza and that the food and aid depots should be bombed,” Ben-Gvir posted on X, claiming such strikes would build pressure to secure the release of Israeli captives.</p> <center> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="rtl" lang="iw">היה לי את הכבוד והזכות להיפגש עם בכירים במפלגה הרפובליקנית באחוזת טראמפ במאר א-לאגו. הם הביעו תמיכה בעמדתי המאוד ברורה כיצד צריך לפעול בעזה ושיש להפציץ את מאגרי המזון והסיוע על מנת לייצר לחץ צבאי ומדיני כדי להחזיר את חטופינו הביתה בשלום. <a href="https://t.co/5qXbNrudSV">pic.twitter.com/5qXbNrudSV</a></p> — איתמר בן גביר (@itamarbengvir) <a href="https://twitter.com/itamarbengvir/status/1914922576033337481?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 23, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></center> </div> </div> </article>

Syria’s civil war drove a wedge between the residents of the small town of Maaloula, where two-thirds are Christian and one-third Muslim. Can they live together peacefully again?

On the war, President Trump is more aligned than his predecessor with the aims of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and his right-wing coalition.

Senior doctors and surgeons describe the torture, starvation, humiliation and denial of medical care they endured while being held without charge

East African leaders and Saudi royals are among those profiting off a lucrative, deadly trade in domestic workers.