Middle East

Published: 09 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Turkey will not deploy troops to take part in offensive military operations against Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi movement, despite reviewing ways to support Saudi Arabia under a new joint defence agreement with Pakistan and Riyadh. Ankara is considering defensive assistance, including air defence capabilities, electronic warfare measures and technical support, as regional tensions place the agreement under increasing scrutiny....

Published: 09 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online The Israeli government is promoting an online film that imitates the style of NAZA, an award-winning documentary examining allegations of mass killings of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, intensifying an increasingly bitter dispute over the war, public accountability and the power of documentary filmmaking. The rival production, titled *NAZA: The Real Story*, has been circulated by Israeli diplomatic missions...

Published: 08 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Global financial markets came under renewed pressure on Thursday as oil prices surged above $104 a barrel, government bond yields climbed and European and Asian shares fell amid growing fears over energy supplies and escalating attacks on commercial shipping in the Middle East. Brent crude, the global benchmark for oil prices, rose sharply during trading, gaining about $4...

Published: 08 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online A tanker sailing in waters off the northern coast of Qatar has come under attack, adding to growing fears over the security of one of the world’s most important energy corridors as tensions between Iran and the United States continue to intensify. The incident occurred as Tehran warned that a route through the Strait of Hormuz used by...

Published: 07 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Israelis gathered at memorials, cemeteries, roadsides and the site of the Nova music festival on Wednesday to mark three years since the Hamas-led 7 October 2023 attack, a day that killed about 1,200 people and transformed the political and security landscape of Israel and the wider Middle East. At the Nova festival site near Re’im, where hundreds of...

Published: 07 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. US Vice-President JD Vance has said Iran must make a meaningful reduction in its uranium enrichment capabilities if Washington is to agree to a deal aimed at ending the seven-month war between the two countries. In an exclusive interview, Vance said the United States remained open to negotiations but would not accept assurances alone from Tehran. He argued...

Published: 07 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Yemen's long-running civil war has entered a new and potentially more dangerous phase, with the Iran-backed Houthi movement expanding its military reach towards one of the world's most strategically important maritime passages and Saudi Arabia launching a major counteroffensive to prevent further territorial gains. The renewed fighting has transformed a conflict that had remained relatively contained for several...

Published: 07 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Three years after the Hamas-led attacks of 7 October 2023, many survivors and families in southern Israel are still struggling to reconcile two competing realities: the need to rebuild their lives and communities, and the enduring need to remember those who were killed or taken hostage. For people who lived through the attacks, the anniversary is not simply...

Published: 07 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A veteran Palestinian photographer working for Agence France-Presse was beaten and injured by armed Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank while covering violence against Palestinian olive farmers, according to witnesses, family members and fellow journalists. Jaafar Ashtiyeh, 58, was assaulted near the northern West Bank village of Aqraba while reporting on escalating tensions surrounding the annual olive...

Published: 06 October 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. US President Donald Trump has triggered a fierce political backlash in California after appearing to suggest that Iran could “take out” Los Angeles or San Diego, two of the largest cities in the United States, during a speech in Nebraska. The comments, delivered at a political rally as Trump sought to energise Republican voters ahead of the November...