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America’s Iran policy is a failure − piecemeal deterrence and sanctions can go only so far

The escalating conflict between Israel and Iran in recent months is frequently explained as another extension of Israel’s war on Hamas in Gaza. After all, Hamas enjoys a close relationship with Iran, and both share the goal of eliminating the Jewish state.

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Mideast Negotiators Close To Gaza Cease-Fire Deal

Updates on Gaza cease-fire negotiations amidst Israel-Hamas war tensions. Efforts to secure an agreement and de-escalate the conflict.

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Horror at deaths of 12 children unites Druze across borders. But Mideast's wars tear at their bonds

The strike a week ago in the Israeli-held Golan Heights that killed 12 Druze children unified Druze across the region in grief

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Israel-Hamas war latest: International calls for cease-fire grow after assassinations in the Mideast

United States President Joe Biden says he’s “very concerned” that the violence in the Middle East could escalate, adding that the killing of a top Hamas leader in Iran has not helped efforts to negotiate a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war

The Independent UK

US and Europe warn Lebanon's Hezbollah to ease strikes on Israel and back off from wider Mideast war

U.S., European and Arab mediators are pressing to keep stepped-up cross-border attacks between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah militants from spiraling into a wider Middle East war that the world has feared for months

The Independent UK

Biden Outlines Three-Phase Deal To End Gaza Hostage Crisis

President Biden unveils a three-phase deal proposed by Israel to Hamas militants to end the Mideast war and secure hostage release in Gaza.

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Mideast Tensions Rattle European Markets

Global markets are on edge as Middle East tensions impact stocks, oil prices, and investor sentiment. Stay informed to navigate market fluctuations.

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5 takeaways from President Biden's State of the Union address

President Biden used the high-profile speech to draw a contrast with his 2024 likely opponent, former President Donald Trump. He hit on the economy, abortion, the Mideast and the border.

WEKU

Israeli Delegation To Paris For Ceasefire Talks Confirmed

Updates on Mideast tensions: Israeli delegation in Paris, violence in West Bank, concerns over Gaza offensive, Houthis escalate hostilities, U.S. forces co...

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Blinken Heads To Mideast To Press For Truce

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will kick off another Mideast crisis tour on Monday in a bid to secure a new truce in the Israel-Hamas war, as southern Gaza saw no let-up in fighting.

International Business Times

Crew extinguishes fire on oil tanker hit by Houthi missile off Yemen coast

The tanker carried Russian-produced naphtha, a flammable oil, drawing Moscow further into a conflict that so far it had blamed on the U.S.

WEKU

Blinken sees a path to Gaza peace, reconstruction and regional security after his Mideast tour

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has wrapped up his latest urgent Mideast tour in talks with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi

The Independent UK

Filipino Catholics pray for Mideast peace in massive procession venerating a black statue of Jesus

A massive crowd of mostly barefoot Catholic worshippers is marching in an annual procession in the Philippines’ capital, carrying a centuries-old black statue of Jesus

The Independent UK

US secretary of state rallies Mideast leaders to prepare for Gaza's post-war future

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says four key Arab nations and Turkey have agreed to begin planning for post-conflict reconstruction and governance of Gaza once Israel’s war against Hamas ends

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Blinken heads to the Mideast again as fears of regional conflict surge

Secretary of State Antony Blinken heads to the Middle East this weekend for the fourth time since the Israel-Hamas war erupted in October as once-abated fears about a regional conflagration are surging with attacks and assassinations in the Red Sea, Lebanon, Iran and Iraq

The Independent UK

UN appoints a former Dutch deputy premier and Mideast expert as its Gaza humanitarian coordinator

The Netherlands’ former deputy prime minister and a Mideast expert has been appointed the U.N. coordinator for humanitarian aid to Gaza, where there are more than 2 million desperate civilians in need of food, water and medicine

International Business Times

Attacks On Ships Put Focus On India But Modi Knows How To Walk The Tightrope

Geopolitical tensions in the Red Sea, which account for roughly 12% of world trade, in the wake of the Israel-Hamas hostilities, are drawing India into the minefield of political diplomacy as the U.S. seeks allies to counter the threat of trade disruption.

The Independent UK

US sanctions money lending network to Yemen's Houthi rebels, looks to boost maritime protections

The White House is encouraging Mideast allies to join the Combined Maritime Forces, a partnership that exists to counter malign action by non-state actors in international waters

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UAE-based broadcaster censors satiric 'Last Week Tonight' over Saudi Arabia and Khashoggi killing

A Dubai-based television network broadcasting across the Mideast cut substantial portions of an episode of the satiric news program “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” over references to Saudi Arabia’s crown prince being implicated in the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi

WEKU

Tensions at the United Nations continue as Gaza faces 'very critical' hours

The U.N. Security Council vetoed a U.S. resolution on the war. Gilad Erdan, Israel's U.N. ambassador, said the council "is incapable of doing the most basic task of condemning ISIS-like terrorists."

France 24

‘The trauma will take years to overcome’: Hamas attack rattles Israeli support for peace

The deadly fighting between Israel and Hamas has brought the long-festering Israeli-Palestinian conflict back to the fore, fueling international calls to revive a dormant Mideast peace process. But are pleas for peace still audible amid all the trauma? FRANCE 24 spoke to Israeli peace activists and former government officials about…

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Gaza carnage spreads anger across Mideast, alarming US allies and threatening to widen conflict

Within hours of a blast said to have killed hundreds at a Gaza hospital, protesters hurled stones at Palestinian security forces in the occupied West Bank and at riot police in neighboring Jordan

The Independent UK

Britain, France and Germany say they will keep their nuclear and missiles sanctions on Iran

Britain, France and Germany have announced that they will keep their sanctions on Iran related to the Mideast country’s atomic program and its development of ballistic missiles

The Independent UK

Mideast countries that are already struggling fear price hikes after Russia exits grain deal

Egypt and other lower-income Middle Eastern countries like Lebanon and Pakistan are worried about what comes next after Russia pulled out of a crucial wartime grain deal

The Independent UK

Saudi FM in Tehran as part of restoration of diplomatic ties after a 7-year rift

Saudi Arabia’s top diplomat has arrived in the Iranian capital, Tehran, the latest step in the restoration of diplomatic ties between the two Mideast rivals

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