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Biden's Team Wanted War in the Middle East Without Owning It

Crossing the Red Line peels back the curtain on the bureaucratic machinery behind U.S. involvement in Gaza and beyond.

Reason · Sep 22

Turkey intensifies crackdown on public life in run-up to Nato summit in Ankara

More than 200 arrested in raids, comedian and journalists jailed, gay-friendly cruise turned away and protests banned

The Guardian - UK · Jul 6

Blinken report expected to criticize Israel, but say it isn't breaking U.S. weapons terms

The report sparked the most contentious internal debate in the State Department since the Oct. 7 attack, U.S. officials said.

Axios · May 10, 2024

Israel Strikes Palestinian Police Escorting Gaza Aid: US envoy

The US envoy reveals that Israel has struck Palestinian police who were escorting aid to Gaza, adding to the ongoing tensions in the region.

Top News · Feb 16, 2024

Israel kills seven more Hezbollah fighters on border with Lebanon

Iranian foreign minister says wider regional conflict inevitable as death toll among militant group rises to 78

The Guardian - UK · Nov 10, 2023

US president’s visit to Jordan cancelled – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Oct 17, 2023

Biden weighs Israel visit after Netanyahu extends invite amid Gaza war

US president’s presence could be seen as a provocative move by Iran, or potentially viewed as tone-deaf by Arab nations.

Al Jazeera · Oct 16, 2023

Palestinians scramble to find food, safety and water as Israeli ground invasion looms

More than a million people have fled their homes in the besieged Gaza Strip in the past week as water supplies dwindle and hospitals warn they are on the verge of collapse, while the enclave’s population waits for an expected Israel invasion that seeks to eliminate Hamas’ leadership after its…

The Independent UK · Oct 16, 2023

Gaza hospitals are overwhelmed with patients and desperately low on supplies as invasion looms

U.S. warships assemble off the Gaza coast as Israeli troops prepared for an expected ground invasion to drive Hamas militants out of the region.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 16, 2023

U.S. names new special envoy for Horn of Africa

U.S. Ambassador Mike Hammer will serve as the new U.S. special envoy for the Horn of Africa, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement on Wednesday.

Reuters · Jun 1, 2022