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Meth trafficking across Middle East becoming more advanced, UNODC warns

While international attention has primarily focused on the vast region’s declining opium production, advanced criminal drug trafficking networks have successfully…

4 days ago

Threat to oil tankers in Middle East worst since start of Iran war, analysts say

The threat to ships carrying oil in the Middle East is at its worst since the Iran war started, experts…

2 weeks ago

Middle East: Civilian death toll climbs in Gaza, Lebanon and West Bank as UN chief demands ‘the fighting must stop’

What you need to knowIsraeli hostilities and demolitions continued in southern Lebanon, where at least 4,329 deaths and 12,233 injuries…

3 weeks ago

Middle East crisis: Humanitarian fallout ‘worsening by the day’

“The humanitarian consequences of the Middle East escalation are worsening by the day,” OCHA said in its latest update.  Since Wednesday, civilian casualties have been recorded in Iran…

3 weeks ago

Middle East: UN warns against wider escalation after Houthi attacks in the Red Sea

UN Secretary-General António Guterres is deeply alarmed about the resumption of Houthi attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Sea this week and the renewed threats…

4 weeks ago

Houthi attacks raise fears of wider Middle East conflict and more global economic damage

So what effect is all this having on the wider region?Firstly, it is important to note that two countries previously…

4 weeks ago

Middle East: Civilians again under fire as US-Iran strikes continue

“We are indeed concerned by a resurgence of hostilities and renewed escalation across much of the region,” UN Spokesperson Stéphane…

4 weeks ago

US and Iran exchange strikes across Middle East for second day in a row

The US carries out strikes on military targets in southern Iran. Tehran responds by targeting US military assets in Kuwait,…

2 months ago

Middle East LIVE: Diplomacy in focus as escalation ‘reverberates across borders and continents’, warns UN chief

Nearly four months after the latest Middle East crisis erupted and despite a fragile ceasefire between the United States and…

2 months ago

Bowen: Trump and Netanyahu wanted to reshape the Middle East – now they risk a permacrisis

The US and Israeli leaders have lost control of the consequences after miscalculating the Iran war. Source link

2 months ago