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In Mideast, Trump finds his comfort zone: Business first, then policyPresident Donald Trump’s Mideast agenda indicated that business would take priority. Yet the outlines of an emerging Trump foreign policy are visible.
As Trump visits Mideast, Netanyahu’s government is wary of surprisesWhen Donald Trump was reelected, Benjamin Netanyahu’s social media posts overflowed with cheer. But comments from Israeli coalition members and supporters indicate a sense they’re being abandoned.
Kurdish militants say they’ll disarm in favor of politics. Will Turkey respond?Kurdish and Turkish statements indicate both sides recognize the limits of violence. Yet the PKK says an expected quid pro quo from Turkey is recognition of Kurdish political and cultural rights, which is not assured.
First LookHamas says Edan Alexander, last live American hostage in Gaza, to be releasedHamas says it's ready to “start intensive negotiations” for a long-term truce that includes ending the war, exchanging prisoners, and solving Gaza rule.
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Despite deal with US, Yemen’s Houthis have lots of fight leftYemen’s Iran-allied Houthi rebels reached a ceasefire with the United States. But analysts say they are already in rebuilding mode.
Israel’s government wants to take over Gaza. The public has increasing doubts.Israeli government plans for to take Gaza require a massive reservist call-up. But new polls show a plurality of Israelis oppose expanding the war.
As Israel blocks aid, Gaza’s mothers watch their children starveAfter more than two months of an Israeli blockade, the Gaza Strip is running out of food, and few are more vulnerable than its children.
At Israeli protest for hostage release, Gaza’s children are in spotlight now, tooDuring war, empathy can be elusive. But the growing number of children in Gaza who have been killed is prompting a moral reckoning for some Israelis.
Jordan wants to avoid proxy war. Banning the Muslim Brotherhood just made it harder.Jordan has heralded itself as a bulwark of peace in the Middle East. But the cost of avoiding a proxy war has sparked a political crisis at home.
Gaza journalists’ challenging mission: Report on the war, and survive itGaza journalists reporting on the war in their homeland often find themselves accused by Israel of ties to Hamas, and the targets of airstrikes.
In US-Iran nuclear talks, a hesitant step out of a high-stakes impasseNuclear talks between the U.S. and Iran this weekend signal a joint readiness to push for diplomacy instead of war.
Hate chased a Holocaust survivor off TikTok. His message is still: Seek hope.In an online world filled with vitriol, Holocaust survivor and grandfather Gidon Lev continues to be a social media influencer who tries to teach where hate can lead, with a mix of stories, dancing, and humor.
Iraqis hope for an era of peace. Their neighbors hold the key.Iraqi territory has often been a proxy field for others’ battles. But as Turkey talks with the Kurds, and the U.S. engages Iran, Iraqi leaders and citizens are daring to look to an era of progress and stability.
Why a $4 bicycle repair signals hope for Syria’s postwar economyAfter over a decade of civil war, and several months since the fall of President Bashar al-Assad, small investments by Syrian families signal hope for the economy’s future.
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