2026-06-04 - Middle East & Africa Reports - A Skeptic News
In the violence-plagued West Bank town of Beit Ummar, even efforts at mediation between feuding families face obstruction by the Israeli military. If Palestinians cannot reconcile among themselves without interference, the problem clearly extends far beyond one town
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Today’s Top Middle East & Africa Geopolitical Reporting
Presented by A Skeptic News on June 3, 2026 at 5:55:14 PM GMT.
We have collected the top geopolitical conflict articles from the Middle East & Africa and brought them all here. If you’re tired of only having access to MSM versions of the story, you’ve found the right place. We’ll include all of the outlets we know of. For this post, we looked at 9 news sites and located 87 current articles out of 365 reviewed.
Today’s featured news sites are:
Middle East Monitor, AL-MONITOR: The Pulse of The Middle East, Military Africa, IRNA English, JPost.com - The Jerusalem Post - All News from the Middle East, Israel, and the Jewish World, Haaretz latest headlines, Presstv, Mehr News Agency, Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera.
Jun 3, 2026 - middleeastmonitor.com
A campaign calling on the UK government to investigate and monitor British nationals who served in the Israeli army during the Gaza genocide has gained public support, with Green Party leader Zack Polanski among more than 60 signatories to an open letter published by Declassified UK and the International Centre of Justice for Palestinians (ICJP). The campaign, titled Nobody Wants to Live Next to a...
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Middle East Monitor
Jun 3, 2026 - al-monitor.com
CAIRO, June 3 (Reuters) - Israeli strikes killed three Palestinians in Gaza on Wednesday, health officials said, and the Palestinian militant group Hamas said an end to such attacks was crucial to further talks on safeguarding a U.S.-brokered ceasefire.Medics said one Palestinian was killed in an airstrike near the Mughraqa area in the central Gaza Strip. The Israeli military said it had struck a ...
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Jun 3, 2026 - middleeastmonitor.com
China on Wednesday called on the US and Iran to “honor” the ceasefire, urging the warring sides against “renewed warfare,”Anadolu Agency reports. “China is deeply concerned over the current situation,” Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning told reporters in Beijing. The statement from the Chinese government came after the US said it conducted strikes on Qeshm Island in “response to attempted attac...
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Jun 3, 2026 - military.africa
Tunisia is accelerating its military modernization with the United States, which has approved and delivered anti-tank missiles, naval vessels, aircraft, and now a $95 million border surveillance overhaul, a concentration […]
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Jun 3, 2026 - middleeastmonitor.com
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak sharply criticized the government of Benjamin Netanyahu over its conduct of the war in Lebanon, arguing that Israel cannot eliminate Hezbollah through military action alone. Speaking to Israeli radio station 103FM, Barak said the government was misleading the public about the war’s results and casualty figures. “The government is deceiving the public, and N...
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Middle East Monitor
Jun 3, 2026 - en.irna.ir
Moscow, IRNA – A senior Russian researcher has argued that national unity and lessons learned from last year’s 12-day war enabled Iran to withstand recent military aggression and prevented the United States and Israel from achieving their objectives.
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Jun 3, 2026 - middleeastmonitor.com
The Palestinian Authority condemned Israel’s decision to build 2,162 illegal settlement units in the occupied West Bank, calling for US intervention to halt the Israeli “madness.” “All settlement activity is illegal under international law and does not confer legitimacy to anyone,” the authority said in a statement carried by the official news agency Wafa. It said the Israeli decision constitutes ...
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Middle East Monitor
Jun 3, 2026 - middleeastmonitor.com
In this episode of Palestine This Week, we examine Israel’s addition to a UN blacklist over sexual violence in conflict, Dr Nick Maynard’s harrowing testimony from Gaza and the wider backlash to evidence of abuse against Palestinians. We also discuss plans to turn Gaza’s destruction into an investment opportunity, tensions between Trump and Netanyahu over Lebanon, stalled ceasefire diplomacy with ...
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Middle East Monitor
Jun 3, 2026 - middleeastmonitor.com
General context Modern technology today is no longer merely a set of tools for communication or information processing; rather, it has become an integrated environment within which states, societies, institutions, and contemporary conflicts operate. With the major expansion of artificial intelligence, digital platforms, satellites, drones, and cyber infrastructures, the world now exists within a “...
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Jun 3, 2026 - middleeastmonitor.com
A senior leader of Yemen’s Houthi group on Tuesday threatened Israel with a “major and comprehensive” response if it continues its violations and military escalation in Lebanon. The remarks were made by Mohammed Al-Farah, a member of the group’s political bureau, according to the Houthi-run Al Masirah television channel. In late March, the Houthis joined the confrontation in support of Iran during...
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Middle East Monitor
Jun 3, 2026 - middleeastmonitor.com
Israel on Tuesday sharply criticised France over its decision to limit Israel’s participation in the Eurosatory defence exhibition, due to take place in Paris in mid-June. In a statement on X, Israel’s Foreign Ministry described France’s decision to exclude Israel from parts of the exhibition as “discriminatory, politically motivated, and deeply disappointing.” The ministry said that France has, ...
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Middle East Monitor
Jun 3, 2026 - al-monitor.com
By Allison LampertJune 3 (Reuters) - Lebanon’s aviation regulator has carried out a safety audit of Middle East Airlines as pilot groups raised concerns that crews were being asked to fly close to airstrikes and penalized for reporting safety incidents, letters seen by Reuters show.The audit puts scrutiny on Beirut-based flag carrier MEA, which has kept Lebanon connected through war and financial ...
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Jun 3, 2026 - jpost.com
Shlomo Argov survived the London shooting attack but remained paralyzed, while Israel launched a campaign that expelled the PLO and set the stage for Iran’s Islamic regime to establish Hezbollah.
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Jun 3, 2026 - military.africa
The Nigerian Ministry of Defence is accelerating a comprehensive technology restructuring to integrate artificial intelligence into its national security operations and modernize its border defences. Minister of Defence General Christopher […]
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Jun 3, 2026 - middleeastmonitor.com
Slovenia on Wednesday prevented the landing of a plane chartered by the Israeli company Israir, citing the lack of necessary permits, Israel’s public broadcaster KAN reported. The plane, operated by the Croatian company Trade Air working on behalf of Israir, diverted its route toward Croatia after Slovenian authorities refused to allow it to land, according to KAN. Israir’s CEO Uri Sirkis, for his...
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Jun 3, 2026 - middleeastmonitor.com
A Lebanese soldier was killed in an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon, the military said Wednesday, as Israel continued daily violations of an ongoing ceasefire, Anadolu Agency reports. In a statement, the army said the soldier was killed in the strike that targeted him while traveling on the Nabatieh-Kfartebnit road. The attack came a day after Lebanese and Israeli officials held a fourth rou...
