Civil War

Iran's Supreme Leader warns of Israeli, US divisions threatening regime, undermining 'resilience'

Iran’s Supreme Leader says Israel is trying to divide the country after a military setback, urging citizens to counter fear, mistrust, and despair with unity and vigilance.

A woman walks next to a banner with a picture of Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei in Tehran, Iran, May 8, 2026.
A portrait of a Hezbollah fighter is seen damaged amidst the rubble of a building damaged by an Israeli air-strike in Beirut's southern suburb of Dahieh, on April 20, 2026 in Beirut, Lebanon.

Hezbollah still strong enough to drag Lebanon into civil war, expert warns

Kim Aris, the son of Myanmar's detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, delivers a speech during a protest rally organized by Myanmar people residing in Japan outside Myanmar's embassy in Tokyo, Japan, December 14, 2025.

Myanmar to free more than 4,000 prisoners in amnesty

The aftermath of a strike on Al Deain Teaching Hospital in East Darfur, Sudan, March 20, 2026.

Strike on Darfur, Sudan health care center kills at least 64, including 13 children, WHO states


The crisis in Sudan is getting worse with no hope in sight - opinion

It proves challenging to formulate plausible scenarios concerning the direction of the Sudanese crisis. But already, the international community has begun to forget about Sudan.

 THE SUDAN Humanitarian Aid Commission stores aid in the city of Port Sudan, amid the crisis in the capital, Khartoum.

Former IDF fighter pilot: I am very afraid of an Israeli civil war

In an interview, he said that "if a situation comes where there is a dictatorship, we will have no choice and we will have to fight the dictators."

 Israelis attend a protest march in Bnei Brak against the billions in funds provided to ultra-Orthodox parties in the state budget, on May 17, 2023.

Sudanese forces clash in Khartoum after talks break down

The US and Saudi Arabia on Thursday suspended truce talks after a ceasefire they had mediated fell apart.

 A man walks while smoke rises above buildings after aerial bombardment, during clashes between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and the army in Khartoum North, Sudan, May 1, 2023.

Sudan ceasefire at risk as fighting grows - analysis

The Sudanese army bombed bases of the Rapid Support Forces, claiming that they weren't abiding by the ceasefire.

 Smoke rises above buildings after an aerial bombardment, during clashes between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and the army in Khartoum North, Sudan, May 1, 2023.

Clashes erupt in Sudan's capital on second day of ceasefire deal

Witnesses reported columns of black smoke rising to the west of central Khartoum and shelling near an army camp in southern Khartoum.

 A man walks while smoke rises above buildings after aerial bombardment, during clashes between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and the army in Khartoum North, Sudan, May 1, 2023.

Saudi Arabia, US succeed in Sudan ceasefire breakthrough - analysis

The breakthrough in Sudan is important because it shows how Saudi Arabia and the US can work together to bring peace to the region.

 Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah Al Saud stands along with other officials as representatives of the Sudanese army and rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces sign an agreement for a seven-day ceasefire in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, May 20, 2023.

Sudan: How the paramilitary took some of Khartoum, army chief quarters

The account highlights the preferred tactic of Burhan's opponent General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemedti, namely fighting at close quarters and playing to the strengths of his RSF.

 Satellite image shows burned and damaged General Command of the Sudanese Armed Forces headquarters building in Khartoum, Sudan April 16, 2023, in this handout image.

Is the Sudan conflict the region’s next worst crisis? - opinion

The military conflict in Sudan appears to be heavily dependent on the positions of external actors, whose involvement could either exacerbate or alleviate the situation

 WOMEN WHO fled Sudan following the outbreak of fighting line up to receive food rations at a UN transit center near the border crossing point in South Sudan, last week.

Israel is in a quiet civil war over judicial reform - opinion

The Right is unlikely to proceed because Israel is in an unprecedented state of polarization. Everyone is under pressure to take sides.

 PROTESTERS BLOCK the Ayalon Highway and clash with police, last month. It is clear that legal reform was just a trigger, and Netanyahu-haters continue to fuel the protests against him, the writer argues.

Sudan's Bashir and allies out of jail, Khartoum fighting flares

Air strikes and artillery in Sudan have killed at least 459 people and wounded more than 4,000.

 Sudan's ousted President Omar al-Bashir greets a supporter from inside the defendant's cage during his and some of his former allies trial over the 1989 military coup that brought the autocrat to power in 1989, at a courthouse in Khartoum, Sudan September 15, 2020