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Middle East
‘No one will win’: Mental strain as Israel’s war with Hamas reaches 100 days
For both Israelis and Palestinians, the war has been a trauma that looks likely to last for years, deepening the hostility and mistrust.
- by James Mackenzie
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Teenage girls ‘detained and lashed’ by Taliban amid hijab crackdown
Girls as young as 16 have been seized from markets, private classrooms and the streets of Kabul as well as other provinces, accused of violating strict dress rules.
- by Ruchi Kumar
Updated
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
US launches new airstrike on Houthi target in Yemen
It came as the US president warned Iran to stay out of the conflict and after Houthi militants vowed to respond to US and UK strikes carried out with the support of Australia in Yemen.
- by Jennifer Jacob and Peter Martin
As it happened: US, UK launch missile attacks against Iranian-backed rebels in Yemen; PM confirms Australia support
The Houthis, who control most of Yemen, have been targeting Red Sea shipping routes to show their support for Hamas, a Palestinian Islamist group.
- by Olivia Ireland, Jessica McSweeney and James Manning
Opinion
Defence
Why Australia joined the US in missile strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen
Australia’s support for the attacks, carried out by a coalition of allies, contributes to a number of government objectives. Foremost, it silences critics.
- by David Livingstone
Who are the Houthis? The Yemen-based militants behind the Red Sea attacks
The Houthis say their assaults are aimed at stopping Israel’s war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip, but their targets increasingly have little – or no – connection to Israel.
- by James Lemon and Chris Zappone
Iran seizes oil tanker involved in US-Iran dispute in Gulf of Oman: state media
The seizure of the Marshall Islands-flagged St Nikolas coincides with weeks of attacks by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi militias targeting Red Sea shipping routes.
- by Jana Choukeir, Ahmed Elimam and Robert Harvey
Opinion
Middle East tensions
As Biden warns of wider conflict, Iran’s ‘axis of resistance’ plays with fire
US President Joe Biden has warned the Israel-Hamas war is metastasising into a broader conflict as Iran, Yemen and Lebanon increase their involvement.
- by Rodger Shanahan
Traces of hostages found in Gaza tunnel: IDF
The military showed the tunnel to journalists who were escorted into a Khan Younis neighbourhood near the ruins of destroyed homes and streets.
- by Ohad Zwigenberg
US, UK repel ‘complex’ Houthi drone and missile attack in Red Sea
The US military’s Central Command said the “complex attack” launched by the Houthis included bomb-carrying drones, anti-ship cruise missiles and one anti-ship ballistic missile.
- by Jon Gambrell
Updated
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Israel needs to stop ‘undercutting’ Palestinians, says Blinken
The US and Israel remain deeply divided over how Gaza will be run when – and if – its current Hamas rulers are defeated.
- by Matthew Lee, Najib Jobain and Samy Magdy