China called Monday for a ceasefire and diplomatic talks to end the conflict in the Middle East, as it stretched into a third day.

China urged restraint and called for an immediate ceasefire over the US and Israeli assault on Iran — but analysts noted Beijing’s limited options to exert control over a region in which it has huge,

The ceasefire followed the genocidal war launched by Israel on Oct. 8, 2023, that lasted two years and killed more than 72,000 Palestinians and wounded over 171,000 others, most of them women and children, and destroyed about 90% of civilian infrastructure in the territory.

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Iran launched ballistic missile attacks on multiple US military bases across Bahrain, UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, escalating regional tensions and triggering emergency alerts.

Israeli forces committed hundreds of violations, killing 614, injuring 1,643 others since Oct. 10, Gaza’s Health Ministry says - Anadolu Ajansı

(Refiles to add opening quotation mark in paragraph 22) By Feras Dalatey, Suleiman Al-Khalidi, Orhan Qereman and Jonathan Spicer Feb 13 (Reuters) - A U.S.-backed ceasefire agreement in northeastern Syria leaves thorny questions unresolved,