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Escalating violence across the Middle East has forced more than four million people from their homes and crippled the regional healthcare infrastructure. The World Health Organisation (WHO) warned on 9 April that the humanitarian crisis is deepening as medical facilities face deliberate strikes. Iran and Lebanon bear the brunt of the displacement, with 3.2 million…
The fragile two-week ceasefire between Washington and Tehran will not extend to the Lebanese front, according to the Israeli Prime Minister. Benjamin Netanyahu clarified on Wednesday that while Israel supports the American effort to neutralise the Iranian nuclear and missile threat, its own military campaign against Hezbollah continues unabated. This distinction sets Jerusalem at odds…
US President Donald Trump agreed Tuesday to suspend military attacks against Iran for two weeks, pulling back from threats to destroy Iranian “civilization” just hours before his self-imposed deadline expired. The conditional ceasefire, announced via social media, hinges on Tehran’s commitment to reopen the Strait of Hormuz for safe international shipping . “Subject to…
Gold prices slipped on Monday as a resurgent dollar and robust American labour data outweighed the geopolitical risk premium from the Middle East. Spot gold fell 0.4 per cent to $4,658.90 per ounce, retreating from recent highs despite the ongoing maritime blockade in the Persian Gulf. Investors are recalibrating their portfolios as the prospect of…
Oil prices are flirting with a four-year high as OPEC+ struggles to bridge a massive supply chasm. Eight member nations agreed on Sunday to raise production quotas by a modest 206,000 barrels per day for May. The move is largely symbolic. Ongoing hostilities between Israel, the United States, and Iran have effectively choked the Strait…
The Israeli military has hit more than 3,500 targets across Lebanon since hostilities began one month ago. This campaign follows a significant escalation on 2 March when Hezbollah launched rockets into Israel to avenge the killing of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Israel responded with a combination of massive air strikes and a ground…
Beijing has called for an immediate cessation of military hostilities in the Middle East following United States President Donald Trump’s threat to unleash devastating strikes on the Islamic republic in the coming weeks. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning told a regular press conference on Thursday that “military means cannot fundamentally solve the problem, and…
President Donald Trump has warned that the United States will hit Iran “extremely hard” for the next two to three weeks to force an end to the month-long conflict. In a televised address from the White House on April 1, Trump claimed the war’s “core strategic objectives” are nearly met. He sought to reassure a…
More than half of the 620,000 people displaced by Lebanon’s latest conflict escalation are women and girls, according to a statement from UN Women, the United Nations agency dedicated to gender equality and women’s empowerment. UN Women Representative in Lebanon, Gielan El Messiri, said the crisis has disproportionately affected women and girls, who now…
Iran launched a fresh salvo of ballistic missiles at Israel on Tuesday morning, ending a brief lull in the regional conflict. A loud explosion echoed across Jerusalem as the Israeli military worked to intercept multiple waves of incoming fire. State-run Iranian media claimed the projectiles successfully bypassed several layers of the “Iron Dome” and “David’s…
