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Why el-Obeid matters as Sudan’s war enters a new phase
How fighting for el-Obeid could shape both Sudan’s war and its humanitarian crisis.
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Israel kills four Palestinians in Gaza as attacks on tents continue
Israeli forces restrict Palestinian worshippers at Al-Aqsa Mosque and block the call to prayer at the Ibrahimi Mosque.
![A Palestinian nurse carries an injured child at Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, following a reported Israeli strike on a displacement camp in Al-Mawasi, on June 27, 2026. [AFP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/afp_6a411d1a5a5c-1782652186.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
‘Digging with a needle’: Generals stall peace as Sudan’s el-Obeid burns
The battle for el-Obeid exposes the foreign arms and polarised narratives stalling peace in Sudan’s grinding war.
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The US has struck Iran in retaliation for what it says was an Iranian attack on a ship in the Strait of Hormuz.
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced a US-mediated framework agreement between Israel and Lebanon.
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Israel kills at least three Palestinians in Gaza City drone strike
Gaza’s Health Ministry says at least 1,007 Palestinians have been killed by Israel since the so-called ‘ceasefire’.
