Middle East

The BBC heard from dozens of former officials about their role enforcing the brutality of the Assad regime.

Witnesses say the gunmen shot at them while organising queues for food near a site run by an Israeli- and US-backed group.

Onboard security footage from the Madleen aid vessel shows activists throwing their tech overboard and putting up their hands.

The activists’ yacht, which was trying to carry aid to Gaza, was intercepted by Israeli forces in the early hours of Monday.

The Israeli military says Mohammed Sinwar’s body was discovered in a tunnel at a hospital.

Dogs are vieved as “unclean” by Islamic officials, but ownership is rising as a form of quiet rebellion.

Israel’s defence minister says climate protester Greta Thunberg and others onboard are “Hamas propaganda spokespeople”.

It is the latest deadly incident to occur near aid distribution points set up by the controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.

Distinguished lawyers, senior humanitarians and diplomats tell Jeremy Bowen why they are increasingly concerned about the catastrophe inside Gaza

Dozens of Palestinians have been killed close to the controversial supply centre in Gaza.