The Media Line

The United States carried out a new wave of strikes on Iranian military sites, including targets around Tehran and in Semnan province, home to Iran’s ballistic missile production sites and space program. Iran says it launched missile and drone attacks against US military assets in Jordan, Kuwait, and Bahrain and renewed threats over the Strait of Hormuz.

Israel’s government will gain broad new powers over its chief legal adviser under a law approved by the Knesset on Wednesday, including the ability to replace the attorney general and reject the office’s interpretation of the law. Lawmakers passed the legislation in its second and third readings by a 65-51 vote. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not participate in the vote, N12 reported. This legislation will break the attorney general’s responsibilities into two jobs.

Women’s OIC Conference in Pakistan. (Screenshot: YouTube) Syria’s minister of social affairs and labour, Hind Kabawat, led the delegation as few Afghan women were represented in their fight for rights under Taliban rule [ISLAMABAD] The 9th OIC Ministerial Conference on Women wrapped up on Monday afternoon, with the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) urging member states to strengthen women’s participation in politics, the economy, education and society.

Syrian authorities have arrested a former military officer accused of supervising the production of sarin-filled bombs used in chemical attacks between 2013 and 2017, opening a legal process that rights advocates say could expose the wider structure behind Syria’s chemical weapons program. The Interior Ministry said Col.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said on Wednesday that regional oil and gas flows could no longer be treated as secure for some countries while Iran faces a US maritime blockade. The warning followed renewed American strikes on Iranian military targets and escalating confrontation around the Strait of Hormuz, a waterway that handled roughly one-fifth of global oil and gas shipments before the conflict.

Inside Cave 11, Qumran near the Dead Sea. (Shai Halevi/Israel Antiquities Authority) A Tel Aviv University scholar has proposed a new solution to one of the Dead Sea Scrolls’ enduring puzzles: The Jewish community associated with Qumran may have followed its distinctive 364-day calendar during the second century BCE, then quietly abandoned it when astronomy and Hasmonean politics made the system impossible to sustain. Prof.

Panel discussion on "Investing in Syria: Legal and Practical Considerations," bringing together representatives of the Syrian Investment Authority, international legal experts, and private-sector executives. (Courtesy Ayman Abdel Nour) Syria has spent years largely cut off from American commerce. Now, officials and business leaders are asking whether the country can move from isolation to investment—and whether US companies are prepared to take the risk.

Saudi Arabia has granted royal amnesty to exactly 1,971 Ethiopian prisoners following sustained diplomatic efforts by Ethiopia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, allowing the detainees to return home as rights groups raise concerns about other Ethiopian migrants facing execution in the kingdom. Pardoned Ethiopian nationals are being repatriated on flights to Addis Ababa’s Bole International Airport.