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Friday, 28 August 2026
Middle East
Gaza widows and displaced families struggle to rebuild without support16dTrump-Netanyahu tensions over Gaza peace plan expose Israeli-American rifts16dLebanon becomes first Middle Eastern country to abolish death penalty16dHouthis strike Yemen port and Saudi oil refinery as regional conflict deepens[Updated]16dTrump secretly switched planes in Turkey using catering truck amid Iranian assassination threat16dSyrian court sentences Assad to death in absentia for war crimes and crimes against humanity16dOver 20 million Shia pilgrims gather in Iraq for Arbaeen festival despite regional conflicts17dMecca Joint Defence Agreement reshapes regional security dynamics as Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey forge trilateral pact17dTurkey passes landmark amnesty law for PKK fighters, conditional on full disarmament17dIran-Oman talks on Strait of Hormuz show progress as Tehran issues sweeping new demands[Updated]17dSyria and Russia agree to end military use of Mediterranean bases in landmark deal[Updated]18dWater crisis deepens in Aden as supply meets less than half of daily demand19dGaza health officials warn of imminent danger to detained Palestinian doctor19dGaza recovery teams pull 19 bodies from rubble as over 8,000 remain missing19dUS ammunition shortages spark military alarm as Trump disputes reports20dUganda's parliament votes to send troops to Gaza stabilisation force20dPakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey sign mutual defence pact in Makkah20dPalestinian Christians face violence and displacement across Gaza and West Bank20dUS-Iran deal on Strait of Hormuz appears close as negotiations progress[Updated]20dTurkey, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan to sign joint defence pact in Jeddah amid regional escalation[Updated]20d