# yemen • saudi • oman • gulf • cargo • casualties
Liberal
Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis attacked a ship in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, at the southern entrance to the Red Sea, on Tuesday, Houthi-run news agency Saba reported, and Pakistan said on Wednesday that three of its nationals had been killed in...
August 12, 2026, 3:34 am
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Share # hezbollah • lebanon • israel • iran • truce • war
Liberal
This liveblog has ended. RECAP: U.S. tells Mideast embassies staff may stay low amid Iran war; Trump says U.S. to 'keep' Hormuz. Israeli soldiers who tied Palestinian detainee to bed and shared photo to spend days in detention
August 12, 2026, 8:13 pm
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# assad • syria • bashar • sentenced • dictator • president
Conservative
Former Syrian dictator Assad sentenced to death in absentia amid street celebrations in Damascus.
August 11, 2026, 2:34 pm
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# libya • drone • zawiya • fires • bomb • refinery
Liberal
The General Electricity Company of Libya said on Wednesday that an attack on the South Zawiya substation caused a complete outage and loss of power supply to wide areas south of the city of Zawiya.
August 11, 2026, 10:10 pm
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# palestinian • zionist • gaza • israel • bank • terrorist
Liberal
Dardik, alleged to have paraded a naked, bound Palestinian around his village, will remain barred from entering the West Bank except to report twice daily to a local police station
August 11, 2026, 12:00 pm
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# lebanon • abolish • lebanese • hezbollah • penalty • abolition
Conservative
The legislation will now go before Lebanon’s cabinet before being submitted to President Joseph Aoun for approval.
August 12, 2026, 5:16 am
New York Post
Lebanon's parliament votes abolish death penalty, replaces active death sentences life imprisonment
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# refinery • libya • flames • firefighters • zawiya • drone
Liberal
CAIRO (AP) — Firefighters in western Libya battled on Tuesday to extinguish a massive fire caused by a drone strike on an oil facility the day before, when their town on the Mediterranean coast came under a wave of drone attacks targeting key oil...
August 11, 2026, 6:47 pm
Liberal
August 11, 2026, 6:58 am
The Times Of India
Libya’s Oil Heart Under Attack, Zawiya Refinery Fears Shutdown After Triple Drone Attacks
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# assad • syrian • bashar • sentenced • absentia • president
Liberal
Bashar al-Assad fled Syria in December 2024 and remains in Moscow
August 11, 2026, 3:58 am
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# netanyahu • gaza • hamas • israel • disarmament • peacekeeping
Conservative
Netanyahu rejects Gaza withdrawal until Hamas fully disarms, opposing Trump's peace plan sequencing.
August 10, 2026, 4:30 pm
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# assad • syria • bashar • lebanon • sentenced • dictator
New York Post
Ex Syria Dictator Bashar al-Assad sentenced to death — a look back at his reign of terror
Conservative
A Syrian court in the country’s capital city of Damascus laid down a historic ruling on Aug. 11 — convicting the country’s former dictator President Bashar al-Assad with crimes against humani…
August 11, 2026, 3:29 pm
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# sailors • houthi • sea • fishermen • yemen • missile
Liberal
Three Pakistani nationals were among those killed when Iranian-backed Houthis attacked a ship off Yemen, the first known deaths from the rebels' attacks on shipping in the latest bout of fighting that has raised fears of war expanding in the region.
August 12, 2026, 4:03 am
The Times Of India
BREAKING: Houthi Missile Attack Kills 3 Sailors; Cargo Vessel 'Devastated' At Red Sea Chokepoint
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August 11, 2026, 10:42 am
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# abbas • zionist • netanyahu • klein • arab • israel
Liberal
Leaders of new crop of center-right factions believe they can replace the Haredim as kingmakers and broker peace between the competing blocs; the polls, for now, say otherwise
August 11, 2026, 4:16 pm
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