MIDEAST WARS

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While Syrian refugees don’t want to return, officials in Lebanon and Syria see exodus as opportunity

Hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees have returned to their country since Israel launched a massive aerial bombardment on wide swathes of Lebanon in September.

5 siblings some of whom deaf are among the dead in Israeli strikes in Lebanon

Attacks on Israeli soccer fans in the Netherlands prompts prime minister to cancel climate trip

Hungry Palestinians in north Gaza search for food, sealed off from aid for a month by Israeli siege

Officials say Qatar has decided to suspend its mediation efforts on Gaza

Oct. 7 ANNIVERSARY

Born on Oct. 7, Ali’s first year has played out against the backdrop of the Israel-Hamas war

Ali Al-Taweel was born on Oct. 7, 2023, as Israeli warplanes started to pound the Gaza Strip after Hamas’ surprise cross-border attack on southern Israel.

One year in, war is part of everyday life and the national mood in Israel

A year into the Israel-Hamas war, students say a chill on free speech has reached college classrooms

Gaza is in ruins after Israel’s yearlong offensive. Rebuilding may take decades

A year later, Israeli survivors reflect on the lingering toll of Oct. 7

She fought for her life as a hostage in Gaza. A year later, she’s fighting for her husband’s freedom

Israel strikes southern suburbs of Beirut

Several large airstrikes hit Beirut’s southern suburbs early Thursday, including one on a site adjacent to Lebanon’s only international airport. (AP video shot by Zakaria Al Khatib)

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Displaced Palestinians in Gaza largely disinterested in outcome of US election

Rescue operation continues after at least 30 killed following Israeli strike on Barja

Gaza medic realizes dead body is his mother killed in Israeli strike

Israel-Hamas war

A new law allows Israel to deport the relatives of attackers. Experts expect it to be struck down

UN agency for Palestinian refugees urges world to save it from Israeli ban

Israel’s Netanyahu dismisses his defense minister as wars rage. Protests erupt across country

US Army soldier injured while working on the Gaza pier project has died

Israel-Hezbollah war

Rescuers pull 30 bodies from a building in central Lebanon hit in an Israeli strike

Lebanon files complaint against Israel at UN labor body over deadly pager explosions

Red Cross launches international emergency appeal urging donors to provide resources for Lebanon

Israel blows up a Lebanese border village — and this family’s memories

Israel’s path of destruction in southern Lebanon raises fears of an attempt to create a buffer zone

Hezbollah cleric Naim Kassem picked to lead the Lebanese militant group

As Israel strikes deeper into Lebanon, fear rises in communities where the displaced took refuge

A Lebanese family held a Sunday gathering. An Israeli strike toppled their apartment building

AP EXPLAINS

What to know about Israel’s new laws banning UNRWA

Israel and UN are maneuvering fraught but fundamental ties during Middle East wars

Israeli weapon seen in rare AP photos of Beirut airstrike appears to be a powerful smart bomb

Analysis: Iran faces tough choices in deciding how to respond to Israeli strikes

What’s next for Hamas after its leader Yahya Sinwar’s death?

Who was Yahya Sinwar, the Hamas leader Israel says it killed?

Oil prices fall as reality of weak global demand overtakes risk of wider war in Middle East

How many US troops are in the Middle East?

Iranian American human rights activists expresses defiance over Iranian plots to kill her and Trump

A prominent Iranian American human rights activist has expressed shock but also defiance about Iranian murder-for-hire plots to kill her and Donald Trump that were disclosed by the U.S.

Famine is likely imminent in northern Gaza, hunger experts say

Hunger experts are warning that there’s “a strong likelihood” famine is imminent in parts of northern Gaza where Israeli forces are conducting a major offensive.

Justice Department brings criminal charges in Iranian murder-for-hire plan targeting Donald Trump

The Justice Department has unsealed criminal charges in a thwarted Iranian plot to kill President-elect Donald Trump before this week’s presidential election.

Morocco limits preaching about war in the Middle East that invokes jihad

In Morocco, politicians and activists are questioning limitations imposed on preachers regarding what they may say about war in the Middle East during sermons.

Middle East latest: Israeli defense minister officially steps down

Israeli defense minister Yoav Gallant has officially stepped down in a ceremony that replaced him with Israel Katz, the former foreign minister, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired Gallant earlier this week.

In an Israeli settlement named after Trump, residents see opportunity after the election

Israeli residents of a settlement named after Donald Trump hope his return to office will breathe new life into their tiny community in the Golan Heights.

Republican David McCormick flips pivotal Pennsylvania Senate seat, ousts Bob Casey

Republican David McCormick has won Pennsylvania’s pivotal U.S. Senate seat, beating three-term Democratic Sen. Bob Casey.