Middle East

MIDDLE EAST AFFAIRS: Abrahamic Movement members tell the ‘Post’ about pursuing peace and normalization with Israel, despite personal risks and challenges to long-standing taboos.

Washington advanced a potential $24.3 billion sale of 48 F-35 aircraft to Riyadh on Thursday, while Israeli officials had sought to tie the deal to Saudi-Israel normalization.

Reuters video and photographs showed a huge pillar of black smoke rising in the area, with the airport highway, main terminal building and other facilities in the foreground.

BEHIND THE LINES: The Houthis’ rapid expansion near the Red Sea strait highlights a coordinated alliance with Iran, Iraq, and other partners that provides military capabilities and strategic support.

The lawsuit was filed in February 2025, names the employees and alleges that some Al Jazeera staff members had ties to terrorist organizations and, in some cases, were members of those groups.

The alerts come hours after the Houthis' military spokesperson said the group had foiled unspecified "criminal attempts" in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, blaming Saudi Arabia and vowing a response.

Turkey revokes operating license of Iran's Mellat Bank • Report: Pentagon's US-Iran war fatality accounting may be inaccurate • Iran reconstructing nuclear test-linked Taleghan 2 site

Earlier this month, the US Treasury Department imposed sanctions on a small Turkish investment bank and two subsidiaries.

As of Friday, the system lists 14 fatalities as occurring during Operation Epic Fury, with an additional four categorized under Overseas Operations.

The mural, on a slab that leans against ruined buildings surrounded by rubble, depicts the "Thrift Shop" rapper raising a fist in the air.