At least five Palestinian boys have gone missing in recent weeks while searching for food aid in northern Gaza, raising alarm among families and rights groups who fear they have been abducted by Israeli forces. The disappearances happened in the Zikim border area between 24 June and 2 August, according …

Bottom Line Up Front Amid major setbacks for Iran and its Axis of Resistance, Iraq’s political leaders are trying to gain firm control over militias that are duly constituted forces but act outside the national chain of command.An armed clash at a government building between security forces and militia commanders …

Five aid workers have been abducted in Syria while delivering supplies to the besieged province of Sweida this week, in what their colleagues told The National was an alarming development. On Monday, seven of eight vehicles carrying privately donated aid from the Damascus suburb of Jaramana were ambushed and looted …