Category: Middle East
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A year after the ICJ found Israel’s occupation unlawful and ordered its rapid end, settlement construction has continued and settler violence risen. What the opinion did and didn’t change — and what international courts can actually do.
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Four thousand sheep and goats drowned off Oman in June. Australia is phasing out live export, the UK partly banned it in 2024, Germany stopped issuing the certificates. The EU says its own law doesn’t allow it to stop.
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The tanker behind the Arabian Sea spill has been named as the Caroline Bezengi, with twelve kilometres of coastline now affected. Naming a ship is what makes compensation possible — in principle.
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Iran says three of its pilots have been held by Qatar for six months without family contact, and has written to the Red Cross. What the Geneva Conventions require, and what remains unconfirmed.
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Iran says talks with Oman on Hormuz shipping continue, but reopening depends on Washington honouring the June memorandum. Beneath the sovereignty language sits a question about tolls that affects every strait in the world.
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The UAE says Iran has attacked a third ADNOC vessel in under a week in the Strait of Hormuz. Abu Dhabi’s response asserts a right, signals resolve, and commits to diplomacy — without naming a consequence.
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A week after settlers besieged three Palestinian homes at Qusra, the UN has delivered aid to the families trapped inside. That it took an international convoy, in territory under Israeli military control, is the story.
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Eleven people were killed in Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon on Saturday — the deadliest day since the June truce. Families are moving north again while Israel calls for “more serious” talks.
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Erdoğan says Egypt could join the Türkiye–Saudi–Pakistan defence pact. Cairo hasn’t confirmed anything — but the suggestion alone marks how far relations have travelled since 2013.
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Trump has brushed off reports of dire conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, deployed over 250 days with no port call in 200. What’s on the record, and what neither side has evidenced.