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Syria鈥檚 Kurds want autonomy. Damascus wants unity. Can they find middle ground?A key challenge for postwar Syria is building trust between Arabs and Kurds. The security in Kurdish parts of Aleppo show how difficult that may be.
In Gaza, anti-Hamas gangs seen as imperiling food aid and public orderThe breakdown in public order in Gaza accompanying the weakening of Hamas has allowed armed gangs to seize influence. That is affecting distribution of badly needed food aid, but the perpetuation of disorder is another concern.
In Syria, unexploded ordnance prolongs the casualties of an ended warRebuilding Syria is proving a potentially lethal task, as streets and farmland are seeded with unexploded land mines 鈥� with children and civilians in harm鈥檚 way.
Netanyahu swings into campaign mode, with photo ops and a victory lapBenjamin Netanyahu has long sold himself to the Israeli public as 鈥淢r. Security,鈥� but Hamas鈥� devastating Oct. 7 attack stained his record. Now he鈥檚 hoping the war with Iran has rehabilitated his image.
鈥榃e fed ourselves from that soil鈥�: What Israeli buffer zones cost GazansThroughout the Gaza war, Israeli buffer zones have expanded through a series of evacuation orders. While the orders are often framed as security precautions, for many Palestinians they appear part of a slow-motion land grab.
First LookTrump welcomes Netanyahu at the White House. Can he get a ceasefire in Gaza?Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Donald Trump will meet to discuss Middle East tensions and celebrate their progress in Iran, including the strikes on nuclear facilities. Questions remain on how Mr. Trump plans to push for a ceasefire in Gaza.
South Lebanon Shia Muslims seek solace in community mourningVillagers in south Lebanon, hit last year by Israeli strikes on Hezbollah, find new meaning in the observance of the Shia mourning period of Ashoura.
Will Israeli success in Iran pave way to Gaza ceasefire?Israel鈥檚 military success in Iran has spurred hopes that the Jewish state might take more daring steps toward peace in Gaza.
First LookIs Iran鈥檚 nuclear program 鈥榦bliterated鈥�? What US officials are trying to determine.Donald Trump says Iran鈥檚 nuclear site was destroyed, but early intelligence reports say otherwise. The key to understanding what is left is determining where Iran鈥檚 stockpile of enriched uranium is and the state of the centrifuges that enrich the fuel.
After 12 days of Israel-US-Iran war, what has changed?Starkly different narratives about the Israel-Iran war鈥檚 results point to multiple unresolved issues and underlying tensions that remain. A central question is whether postwar diplomacy, if and when it resumes, returns to square one.
Iran relies on China and Russia. They didn鈥檛 show up for its fight with Israel.Much has been made of the emerging alliance among China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea. But the recent strikes on Iran highlight its limits.
From New Zealand, my family鈥檚 Holocaust refuge, I watch as Iran fires at my homeHow it feels to visit my family鈥檚 refuge from the Holocaust in New Zealand, and find myself separated from my children in Israel, enduring Iranian missile attacks.聽
Iran just fought a punishing war with Israel. Why its allies stayed away.Iran trained and armed a network of regional proxies to help it stand up to Israel and the United States. But they were absent from the costly war it just fought. One reason: a preoccupation with their own survival.
Fragile ceasefire offers Iran, US, an off-ramp to peacePresident Trump has persuaded Iran and Israel to accept a ceasefire that could pave the way for resumed talks on the future of Iran's nuclear program.
Gazans fear being forgotten: 鈥楾hey keep bombing. We keep dying.鈥�Palestinians in Gaza say they are contending daily with deadly air strikes and widespread hunger. But they fear the world is looking away, as the Israel-Iran war pushed the Israel-Hamas war from front pages.
Why humiliating Iran is unlikely to bring surrenderUS demands that Iran surrender unconditionally to Washington-imposed limits on its nuclear program are seen as an affront to Iranian national pride.
Will the bombing of Iran end America鈥檚 role in the war, or start it?President Trump hopes to bomb Iran to the nuclear negotiating table, but Tehran has shown no sign yet of acceding. Could the U.S. face more fighting?聽
First LookJoining Israel鈥檚 war, Trump says US 鈥榦bliterated鈥� Iranian nuclear sitesIt was not clear whether the United States would continue attacking Iran alongside Israel. President Donald Trump warned Iran that any reprisals against the U.S. would be met with additional strikes.聽鈥淭here will either be peace or there will be tragedy for Iran,鈥� he said.
First Look鈥榃e have completed our very successful attack鈥�: US bombs three Iranian nuclear sitesPresident Donald Trump says the U.S. military struck three sites in Iran, directly joining Israel鈥檚 effort to decapitate the country鈥檚 nuclear program. Mr. Trump will address the nation at 10:00 p.m. Eastern time.
Trump reverses 2 decades of US ban on Israeli antinuke strikesPresident Trump has broken with two decades of U.S. policy by approving Israel鈥檚 ambition to bomb Iran鈥檚 nuclear facilities. Could he go further?
