BBC News, The Telegraph, The Independent and The Guardian report that a missile attack on a military training camp in Yemen has killed at least 80 soldiers, whilst dozens of others were wounded in the strike in the central province of Marib on Saturday, officials say.

The Guardian, The Financial Times, The Telegraph, The Independent, The Associated Press and The Times report that protesters in Beirut hurled fireworks and ripped branches from trees to use against security forces who fired rubber bullets and tear gas during the most violent weekend of protests since mass anti-government demonstrations across Lebanon began three months ago.

Sky News, The Associated Press, The Independent and Financial Times report that countries embroiled in Libya’s complex civil war agreed on Sunday to respect a much-violated arms embargo and hold off on military support, the German chancellor Angela Merkel has said, amid reports foreign troops and weapons had been deployed to both sides. The Times reports that world leaders warned last night that Libya was in danger of becoming a “second Syria” as splits between European countries threatened to sabotage hopes of a lasting peace deal.

Reuters reports that oil prices rose to their highest in more than week on Monday after two large crude production bases in Libya began shutting down amid a military blockade, setting the stage for crude flows from the OPEC member to be cut to a trickle.

The Financial Times reports that Syria’s president Bashar al-Assad has taken emergency steps to try to halt a dramatic fall of the local currency, forbidding the use of money other than Syrian pounds for transactions with the threat of prison and hard labour.

Reuters reports that Iran said on Monday that it had not closed the “door to negotiations” in efforts to resolve a dispute over its nuclear agreement with world powers that has escalated steadily since the United States withdrew from the deal in 2018.

The Financial Times reports that Israel’s butter shortage is pointing to a stalled bureaucracy, failing to tackle structural issues holding back the economy.

The Independent reports that Iran has rejected reports it will send the black boxes from Ukrainian International Airlines flight 752 abroad for analysis after the plane was accidentally shot down by the military.

Reuters reports that Dozens of Iraqi protesters were wounded in Baghdad and other cities on Monday in clashes with security forces who were trying to clear blocked roads, as anti-government unrest resumed after a lull of several weeks.

In The Guardian, Saeb Erekat argues the EU now has a ‘duty to recognise the state of Palestine’, as the EU’s foreign ministers meet to discuss the Palestinian issue on Monday.

In The Times, Josh Glancy writes that with Boris Johnson now ostensibly sharing the US’ ‘maximum pressure’ strategy over Iran, Trump now has successfully boxed the Iranian regime into a corner in which new negotiations appear possible.

All the Israeli media report that Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein (Likud) has decided to convene the full Knesset plenum next week, 28 January, to vote to form the Knesset House Committee which will then vote on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s request for immunity from charges of bribery, fraud, and breach of trust. Deliberations in the House Committee could drag on for two to three weeks, with the Blue and White party and its allies holding a majority to reject Netanyahu’s request – yet Likud will attempt to delay the process for as long as possible. The decision by Edelstein to convene parliament drew harsh criticism from his own Likud party, with one official stating: “If Edelstein had any dream of becoming president, he lost the Likud with this decision. We won’t support him. The Likud won’t forgive him for this.”

All the Israeli media report that Arab-Israeli Knesset member Heba Yazbak may be disqualified from running in the March election as the Blue and White party said it would support a motion to ban her. Yazbak, part of the Balad faction in the Joint (Arab) List, in the past issued supportive statements – and failed to condemn – terrorist acts against Israelis. The motion to disqualify her was proposed by the Likud and Yisrael Beitenu parties, with the Central Elections Committee set to decide on the matter. Yazbak could then appeal to the Supreme Court. The decision by Blue and White to support the disqualification could have future implications on Arab support for Benny Gantz’s premiership bid. Last year most of the Joint List (but not Balad) recommended Gantz for prime minister. Balad issued a statement yesterday saying: “Blue and White’s decision to support disqualifying Yazbak proves again that it is the Likud Party 2.0. They’re no different in any fundamental matter, and [Blue and White] has followed [the Likud’s] campaign to delegitimise the Arab public and its representatives.”

All the Israeli media report Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to Israel this week, with a growing consensus Israeli woman Naama Issachar will be released soon from a Russian prison. Prime Minister Netanyahu said yesterday that he had spoken with Putin “regarding Naama Issachar and I hope that on the occasion of the visit, we will also hear good news soon.” Additional reports indicated that the Israeli government had asked the Issachar family and its supporters to lower their public profile during Putin’s visit. Issachar was convicted last year for drugs smuggling and sentenced to seven and a half years in prison for possessing 9g of Marijuana. As Channel 12 put it over the weekend, the question now appears not if Issachar is released, but when – and what price Putin will be charging Israel.