Estelle Shirbon

1 week ago | independent.co.uk | Estelle Shirbon |Andreea C. Popescu

Trump’s surprise comments caused panic amongst the families of hostagesIsrael has corrected comments made by US president Donald Trump after he told reporters last week that 21 hostages are alive in Gaza – rather than 24 – because three had died. The claim caused alarm amongst the families of hostages, who had not been delivered this update by the Israeli government.

1 week ago | the-independent.com | Estelle Shirbon

This video shows the moment a missile fired by Yemen's Houthi rebels towards Israel on Sunday landed near Ben Gurion Airport. The strike near the country's main international airport sent a plume of smoke into the air and caused panic among passengers in the terminal building. Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis, who claimed responsibility for the missile strike, have recently intensified missile launches at Israel, saying they are acting in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.

1 week ago | aol.co.uk | Estelle Shirbon

This video shows the moment a missile fired by Yemen's Houthi rebels towards Israel on Sunday landed near Ben Gurion Airport. The strike near the country's main international airport sent a plume of smoke into the air and caused panic among passengers in the terminal building. Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis, who claimed responsibility for the missile strike, have recently intensified missile launches at Israel, saying they are acting in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.

Jan 27, 2025 | businesslive.co.za | David Lewis |Estelle Shirbon

Goma — Rwandan-backed rebels marched into Democratic Republic of Congo’s largest eastern city, Goma, on Monday and troops from the East African neighbours exchanged fire over the border in the worst escalation of the long-running conflict for more than a decade. The rebel alliance, spearheaded by the ethnic Tutsi-led M23 militia, said it had captured the lakeside city of more than 1-million people, which lies on the border with Rwanda and was also briefly occupied by M23 in 2012.

Jan 15, 2025 | the-tls.co.uk | Estelle Shirbon |Caroline Moorehead |Thomas de Waal |Heather White

In early 1982 Ethiopia’s socialist military regime, the Derg, launched an offensive against Eritrean insurgents fighting for independence in what was then a northern province of Ethiopia. The Red Star campaign, as it was called, involved months of all-out military assaults on the rebels’ stronghold at Nakfa, in Eritrea’s arid Sahel mountains, and a propaganda blitz glorifying Ethiopia’s socialist revolution and vilifying the insurgents as imperialist stooges.