Middle East latest: Gaza ceasefire set to start 8:30 am Sunday after 15 months of war
Qatar’s foreign ministry said the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas will go into effect at 0630 GMT on Sunday.
Israel and the reshaping of the Middle East
Fifteen months of attacks by Iran’s axis of resistance on Israel have proved to be a staggering strategic misjudgement that is reshaping the Middle East. Iran’s axis was broken at great cost to
Middle East latest: Militants in Gaza release 8 Thai and Israeli hostages
Militants in the Gaza Strip have released eight hostages, handing them over to the Red Cross amid chaotic crowds as part of a swap in which 110 Palestinians are to be released from Israeli prisons lat
Middle East latest: Israel's Netanyahu says Trump invited him to Washington
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says President Donald Trump has invited him to visit the White House on Feb. 4
Live briefing: Trump’s Middle East envoy heads to Israel, plans to visit Gaza
Steve Witkoff is part of the team that played a major role in reaching the Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal earlier this month.
Trump Middle East Envoy Witkoff Makes Rare Trip by U.S. Official to Gaza
Steve Witkoff visited the enclave to oversee the implementation of a fragile cease-fire between Israel and Hamas.
Middle East Latest: Israel Says It Killed a Militant in Gaza as Fragile Ceasefire Holds
The Israeli military says its soldiers killed an alleged militant in Gaza whom it said posed a threat to its forces
Trump's envoy meets Netanyahu, visits Gaza after Saudi trip
U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff visited Gaza on Wednesday, then met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu amid the Gaza ceasefire and a regional diplomatic push.
Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff enters Gaza
Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff becomes the first U.S. official to visit Gaza in more than a decade, ahead of a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the second phase of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire.
Trump’s Middle East envoy visits Israel and Gaza as ceasefire holds
U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and visited Gaza as the tenuous Israel-Hamas ceasefire holds. Witcoff is believed to be the first U.S. official to visit Gaza in at least 15 years.
Syria’s de facto leader declares himself president, abolishes constitution
Sharaa, on Wednesday abolished the country’s constitution and declared himself president during a meeting of armed factions ...
Digital discord: online disinformation sowing discontent in Syria
BEIRUT, - Former allies and self-declared enemies of Syria's ousted president Bashar al-Assad are flooding the country's ...
Why Netanyahu's political future is as fragile as the ceasefire
The battlefield in Gaza also is changing. The first phase of the ceasefire allows Gaza’s nearly 2 million displaced people to leave crowded tent camps and return to what remains of their homes. This ...
CounterPunch1d
A Fools Paradise: Thomas Friedman and the Middle East
Friedman’s dreamscape for the Middle East makes no sense on any level.  Even former secretary of state Antony Blinken ...
Middle East Latest: Israeli Forces May Not Pull Out of Lebanon on Time, Netanyahu Says
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suggested Friday that his county’s military might not withdraw all of its forces ...
Deccan Chronicle12d
Israel treating ceasefire with Hamas as temporary: Netanyahu
Jerusalem: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday that Israel is treating the ceasefire with Hamas as temporary ...
UN chief Guterres calls on Iran to renounce nuclear weapons
Iran must make a first step towards improving relations with countries in the region and the United States by making it clear ...
Christian Science Monitor9h
After Assad’s fall, Syrians search for lost loved ones – and a path forward
After the fall of the Assad regime, Syrians grasp for answers and a path to restoration under new president Ahmed al-Sharaa.