Middle East

Published: 24 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to address the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Thursday as protests, diplomatic criticism and political pressure surround his government at home and abroad. His appearance comes at a particularly sensitive point, with Israel involved in conflicts involving Gaza, Lebanon and Iran, continuing international criticism over its policies in...

Published: 23 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Ireland’s Prime Minister Micheál Martin has backed national football manager Heimir Hallgrímsson after the Israel Football Association criticised the coach over remarks about the war in Gaza, intensifying an already heated dispute ahead of two Nations League fixtures between Ireland and Israel. Martin, speaking to reporters in New York while attending the United Nations General Assembly, described the...

Published: 19 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Pakistan is facing growing pressure over its security commitments to Saudi Arabia as renewed fighting involving Yemen’s Houthi movement raises questions about whether Islamabad could eventually be drawn into another Middle Eastern conflict. The issue has become increasingly urgent following the signing of the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement by Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Türkiye in August. Under the...

Published: 18 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. South Korea will not deploy its military to the Middle East in a way that could draw the country directly into the war involving Iran and the United States, President Lee Jae Myung said on Friday, ending recent speculation about whether Seoul could send forces or military assets to the Strait of Hormuz. Lee’s statement comes after growing...

Published: 18 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. A 15-year-old Palestinian boy was killed in northern Gaza City after rushing towards an injured man following an Israeli strike, in an incident that witnesses and weapons experts said raises questions about the circumstances surrounding a second attack at the same location. Mohammad Abdul Zinati had been walking home from school through the heavily damaged Salah Khalaf Street...

Published: 14 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Israel is facing fresh allegations that its policies in the occupied West Bank are systematically making Palestinian life increasingly difficult and threatening the conditions required for Palestinian communities to survive and remain on their land. The allegations are contained in a major report by the Israeli human rights organisation B’Tselem, which argues that restrictions on movement, settler violence,...

Published: 12 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Nearly 50,000 civilians have been displaced by a rapid advance by Houthi forces along Yemen’s western Red Sea coast, according to humanitarian workers, as renewed fighting threatens to push the war-torn country into another prolonged period of conflict. The sudden offensive has emptied entire villages, separated families and left communities close to frontline areas struggling to obtain food,...

Published: 12 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Saudi Arabia has temporarily halted operations on a strategically important oil pipeline after authorities said several drones launched from Iraqi territory targeted the facility, causing injuries and damage. The incident has added fresh pressure to an already fragile regional energy and security situation, with Saudi Arabia increasingly relying on the pipeline to transport crude oil while the Strait...

Published: 11 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi movement has seized the strategic Red Sea port city of Mokha, dramatically expanding its control along the country's western coastline and bringing the group closer to the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, one of the world's most important maritime chokepoints. The capture of Mokha, also spelled Mocha, represents one of the Houthis' most significant territorial advances since...

Published: 09 September 2026.The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband has rejected a warning from the UK’s Chief Rabbi, Sir Ephraim Mirvis, that the government’s sanctions against Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank could make British Jews less safe. Miliband, who has described himself as a “proud British Jew”, said it was possible for the UK government to challenge policies pursued by Benjamin Netanyahu’s...