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A Nova Scotia family is mourning the loss of 16-year-old Ahmad Maher Al Marrach, a Syrian refugee fatally stabbed at Halifax Shopping Centre on April 22. Three teenagers have been charged with second-degree murder. As Heidi Petracek reports, Al Marrach’s grieving family says the boy’s murder has shaken their belief of a better life in...

Joe Scarpelli is joined by Sean McFate, Professor of National Defense Strategy at Syracuse University, to discuss the rising tensions between Israel and Iran following the attack on Iran’s embassy in Syria.

Mideast tensions are on high alert after Iran launched drone and missile strikes against Israel. Tehran says the attack was in retaliation for a deadly strike on Iran’s consulate in Syria. ‘The West Block’ host Mercedes Stephenson sits down with former Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett to discuss the escalating conflict with Iran, the war...

For days, Iranian officials have been vowing to attack Israel, and the country appears to have followed up on that threat Saturday, launching a number of drones toward Israel. This came on the same day as a group of Iranian military commandos stormed and seized an Israeli-affiliated container ship near the Strait of Hormuz. As...

In the Middle East, Israel is weighing its response after an unprecedented attack by Iran. Hundreds of drones and missiles exploded over Israel last night, the first direct attack by Iran after years of a shadow war. Israel’s iron dome intercepted most of the weapons. There was little damage, but a young girl was seriously...

To mark al-Quds Day on Friday, demonstrators held marches in solidarity with the Palestinian people. From England, to Pakistan, to Syria, thousands protested, opposing Israel’s conflict in Gaza and condemned the U.S., too – with many burning American flags.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netayahu is facing pressure to return hostages still in Hamas captivity. On Friday, he confirmed a new round of negotiations will proceed in the coming days, but also brought renewed fears of the conflict expanding. Syria is accusing Israel of deadly strikes near Aleppo International Airport, which killed more than 40...

The U.S. has begun to carry out a series of air strikes against Iranian proxies in Iraq and Syria. Here’s Caryn Lieberman with the reactions.

Missile attacks struck across the Middle East on Saturday, hitting Lebanon, Yemen and Iraq — with the latter injuring some American troops at an air base. Iran is blaming Israel and vowing revenge for a missile strike in Syria, which it says killed five members of its Revolutionary Guard, including the forces’ intelligence chief in...

Iran has launched a series of deadly attacks in Pakistan, Iraq, and Syria, further inflaming tensions in the Middle East. Redmond Shannon reports on who some of the victims are, why some of the strikes are seen as retaliation, and how Iraq is responding.

Both Israel and Hamas are being urged to agree on a new ceasefire proposal which would pause the fighting for 40 days in exchange for the return of up to 33 hostages. The growing pressure on all sides to bring an end to the suffering and hostility, and the mounting pro-Palestinian protests on Canadian campuses....

On Saturday, Iran’s interior minister condemned overnight U.S. air strikes in Iraq and Syria against more than 85 targets linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) and the militias it backs. Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi said that the strikes would, “lead to the flames of the resistance,” and that Washington should, “act wisely.” The strikes were...

The U.S. has now launched airstrikes on Iranian-backed militias all in response to the deadly drone attack that killed three soldiers at a U.S. military base in Jordan last weekend. Friday’s strikes targeted dozens of sites used by the militias in both Syria and Iraq after the Biden administration warned there would be retaliation. Reggie...

There have been dangerous developments and fears of an escalating conflict in the Middle East on Saturday, after the U.S. unleashed its firepower by launching a wave of strikes inside Syria and Iraq. In Canada, newly released documents are revealing more about the country’s policies around letting Nazis into the country and letting them stay....

For the first time since five current and former NHL players who were part of Canada’s winning 2018 World Junior hockey team were charged with sexual assault, the NHL commissioner has weighed in. The players are preparing to appear in court on Monday and their lawyers say they deny any wrongdoing and they will all...

A Syrian family in Peterborough has been trying to reunite with loved ones living in Lebanon, with the help of a small group of other Peterborough residents. As Germain reports, they say the circumstances are dire amid wars in the Middle East and time is of the essence to bring them to Canada.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin vowed on Monday that the U.S. will take “all necessary actions” to defend its troops after three American troops were killed and dozens were injured Sunday in a drone strike in northeast Jordan near the Syrian border.

The United States will respond to a weekend attack that killed three U.S. service members in northeastern Jordan near the Syrian border, U.S. President Joe Biden said on Sunday. “We shall respond,” he said at a campaign event in South Carolina, asking for a moment of silence.

A special event was held on Tuesday evening by the Lethbridge Speed Skating Association to help those new to the city get involved in sport. Micah Quintin spoke with Ukrainian and Syrian families about the initiative.

The U.S. confirms it has conducted airstrikes on what it says are Iranian-linked facilities in eastern Syria, in retaliation for recent attacks by Iran-backed militias on American forces stationed in Syria and Iraq. Jackson Proskow explains how the conflict could escalate in a region already on high alert due to the fighting between Israel and...