Middle East latest: Over a dozen killed in Israeli strikes near one of Beirut’s main hospitals
Lebanese health officials say Israeli airstrikes in and around Beirut have caused significant damage to the country’s largest ...
What Is the U.N. Resolution That Tried and Failed to Keep the Peace in Lebanon?
U.N. Security Council Resolution 1701 was intended to create a buffer zone between Israel and Hezbollah. Here’s a look at why ...
Blinken heads to Middle East for new ceasefire push as Israel strikes Beirut
Blinken will discuss the importance of ending the war in Gaza, ways to chart a post-conflict plan for the Palestinian enclave ...
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America’s election and Israel’s wars reach a crescendo—together
The region is in the grip of a trio of wars that are connected yet also partly independent and dangerously unpredictable. Israel will probably attack Iran in the coming days in retaliation for its ...
Blinken heads to the Middle East for the 11th time since the Gaza war, but truce prospects uncertain
Secretary of State Antony Blinken is headed again to the Middle East, making his 11th trip to the region since the Gaza war ...
Israel Versus Iran: How Their Conflict Shapes the Middle East
The low-boil conflict between Israel and Iran has shaped the Middle East for decades. Of the many conflicts that have roiled ...
A Mideast Shift Is Underway, Without Israel
Before Hamas’s Oct. 7 attacks, Saudi Arabia was open to forging stronger ties with the Israelis. Now, a year into the war in ...
Middle East latest: Hezbollah says its war with Israel is entering a new phase
Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group says it is entering a new phase in its fight against invading Israeli forces, as the ...