Juan Carlos Sanz

The country’s industrial capital, a religious melting pot and a strategic crossroads, is trying to rise from the devastation with which the regime punished this opposition stronghold

While there is cautious optimism among the communities in Aleppo, which have lived with HTS for longer, in the Damascus region there is wariness over the rise to power of an Islamist group, heir to the jihadism that attacked churches a decade ago

Residents of the main opposition stronghold in Damascus province, who have suffered from famine, chemical attacks, and brutal repression, are demanding punishment for the regime’s leaders

Hope for the future prevails over uncertainty in the southern city a week after the fall of the regime: ‘I am finally going to lay down my weapons to return to university after a decade of war’

Accusations launched from prison by a Malian drug lord have led to the arrest of senior officials linked to soccer, politics and construction

After the outbreak of the conflict, the U.N. agency maintains that practically all children in the Strip are in a situation of maximum vulnerability

Prime Minister Netanyahu assembles a crisis cabinet and submits declassified documents to the International Court of Justice to rebut South Africa’s claim. Judges are expected to decide on precautionary measures on Friday

After three and a half months of attacks on the Strip, more than 25,000 Palestinians — at least 70% of them women and children — have been killed. Four people tell EL PAÍS about their desolation and describe the daily life of a devastated territory

Relatives of more than a hundred Israeli captives have been camping in front of the prime minister’s residence. Hamas is demanding an army withdrawal before negotiating their release. Meanwhile, the bombings are killing people in the south of the Palestinian enclave

Israel’s decision to ban cross-border workers and block Palestinian funds has pushed the local economy to the brink of collapse

The EU has included Hamas political leader Yahya Sinwar on its terrorist list, while the US launched a third attack on Houthi targets in Yemen

The 2.3 million inhabitants of Gaza are at risk of severe food insecurity, according to the U.N. World Food Program, and half a million more are already on the verge of a ‘catastrophic’ famine

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that Israeli troops will not remain in Gaza after the war ends and that Palestinians will not be banished

The U.S. Secretary of State assures that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is committed to being part of the Strip’s future government. Meanwhile, the Houthis launched a massive attack in the Red Sea on Wednesday

The serious wounds suffered in the enclave by actor Idan Amedi, a cast member of the war drama ‘Fauda,’ are bringing home the reality of war to a younger generation of Israelis who have barely experienced it

The U.S. Secretary of State is demanding the government of Benjamin Netanyahu provide a post-war plan for the Palestinian enclave

Benjamin Netanyahu insists the war will not stop until all hostages are freed and the Islamist military power is eradicated

Tension are high following the attacks between Israel and Hezbollah on the Lebanese border and by Houthi militants in the Red Sea. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has called on countries in the region to ‘de-escalate’ the conflict

The Minister of Defense rejects the return of Jewish settlers to the Strip, as demanded by radical members of the country’s government

Those responsible for the Al Shifa health complex claim that they have buried between 120 and 180 decomposing corpses, including those of premature babies disconnected from incubators due to lack of power

Five weeks since the start of the conflict, attacks on the country extend from the borders of Lebanon and Syria to the West Bank and the Red Sea

Hamas accuses Israel of killing 13 people in the capital’s largest health center, and an airstrike on a school sheltering civilians left at least 25 dead, according to health sources in the enclave. Meanwhile, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday that ‘too many Palestinians have been killed’

In order not to break the government coalition, the Israeli prime minister limits himself to cautioning a minister from a radical Jewish party who floated the idea of using an atomic bomb in the Gaza conflict

An Israeli of Argentine origin remains at the head of a cooperative dairy farm, caring for more than 600 cows. The rest of the residents fled following the Hamas attack

The Israelis are struggling to resume their activities in schools and workplaces, with air-raid shelters standing by, after four weeks of conflict. The conflict is also battering the Middle East’s most developed economy

The largest refugee camp in northern Gaza was hit by two Israeli strikes in 24 hours, causing dozens of deaths. The U.N. and EU have condemned attacks against the civilian population