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Features Palestinians look at the destruction after an Israeli airstrike on a crowded tent camp housing Palestinians displaced by the war in Muwasi, Gaza Strip, Sept. 10, 2024. (AP)

As Israel’s Fight with Hezbollah Heats Up, People of Gaza Fear Being Forgotten

As the escalating conflict between Israel and Hezbollah grabs global attention, Palestinians in Gaza wonder: What will become of their plight after nearly a…

Features Smoke rises from Israeli airstrikes on villages in the Nabatiyeh district, seen from the southern town of Marjayoun, Lebanon, Monday, Sept. 23, 2024.(AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

What to Know about the Growing Conflict between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah

The past week has seen a rapid escalation in the nearly yearlong conflict between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah. First came two days of exploding pagers and…

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Features Members of Sudan’s armed forces take part in a military parade on Army Day in Gadaref on August 14, 2024. (AFP)

British Researcher Urges Coordinated Int’l Pressure to Prevent Sudan’s Fragmentation

Coordinated and high-level political attention is paramount to ending the devastating war in Sudan between Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support…

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Features A Hezbollah fighter salutes during funeral of two people who died in communication devices blasts, in Beirut, Lebanon, 19 September 2024. (EPA)

A Modern ‘Trojan Horse’: Two Days of Mayhem in Lebanon

It's around 3:30 in the afternoon on September 17. People in Lebanon are going about their daily business, doing the shopping, having a haircut, conducting…

Features This undated photo provided by Hezbollah Military Media on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024, shows Hezbollah commander Ibrahim Akil. (Hezbollah Military Media vía AP)

Killed Hezbollah Commander Aqil Was Wanted for Deadly 1983 US Embassy, Marine Blasts

The Hezbollah commander killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut’s southern suburbs Friday was one of the Lebanese armed group’s top military officials, in…

Features Japanese radio equipment maker Icom Inc director Yoshiki Enomoto shows its model IC-V82 device, which the company said they stopped production in 2014, during an interview at its headquarters in Osaka, Japan, September 19, 2024. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Hack of Hezbollah Devices Exposes Dark Corners of Asia Supply Chains

The lethal hack of Hezbollah's Asian-branded pagers and walkie-talkies has sparked an intense search for the devices' path, revealing a murky market for older…

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Features Hezbollah fighters carry one of the coffins of four fallen comrades who were killed Tuesday after their handheld pagers exploded, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP)

Doubts Cast over Hezbollah’s Ability to Wage Wide-scale War against Israel

Israel’s cyberattacks against Hezbollah’s communication network this week has cast doubt on the Iran-backed party’s ability to wage a wide-scale war against…

Paula Astih (Beirut)
Features Police officers inspect a car inside of which a hand-held pager exploded, Beirut, on Sept. 17, 2024. (AP)

Thousands of Exploding Devices in Lebanon Trigger a Nation That Has Been on Edge for Years 

Chris Knayzeh was in a town overlooking Lebanon's capital when he heard the rumbling aftershock of the 2020 Beirut port blast. Hundreds of tons of haphazardly…

Features  Hezbollah members carry the coffins of two of their comrades during a funeral procession in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP)

Exploding Device Attacks Dealt Major but Not Crippling Blow to Hezbollah, Analysts Say

The waves of remotely triggered explosions that hit pagers and walkie-talkies carried by Hezbollah members in grocery stores, on streets and at a funeral…

Features Flares are fired from northern Israel over the southern Lebanese border village of Aita al-Shaab, on October 28,2023. (Photo by FADEL SENNA / AFP)

Is Israel Preparing for a War With Hezbollah?

With Israel's defense minister announcing a “new phase” of the war and an apparent Israeli attack setting off explosions in electronic devices in Lebanon, the…

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Features Paramedics transport an injured person to the American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC) after an incident involving Hezbollah members' wireless devices in Beirut, Lebanon, 17 September 2024. (EPA)

What to Know about the Deadly Pager Explosions Targeting Hezbollah 

In what appears to be a sophisticated, remote attack, pagers used by hundreds of members of Hezbollah exploded almost simultaneously in Lebanon and Syria…

Features A man's bag explodes in a supermarket in Beirut, Lebanon September 17, 2024 in this screen grab from a video obtained from social media. (Social media/via Reuters)

What We Know about the Deadly Pager Blasts in Lebanon 

At least nine people were killed and nearly 3,000 wounded when pagers used by Hezbollah members - including fighters and medics - detonated simultaneously…

Features Palestinian triplets from al-Bayouk family, born prematurely and separated from their mother who had to leave them at hospital in Jerusalem to recover as she had to return to Gaza after her Israeli-issued permit expired before the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, are cared for at Makassed hospital.  Reuters

Mother in Gaza Longs for Triplets in Jerusalem Hospital

In August 2023, Hanan al-Bayouk travelled from Gaza to Israeli-occupied Arab East Jerusalem for a high-risk birth. Her triplets, born prematurely and…

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Features A torn elections poster of Netanyahu in 1999. (Getty Images file)

Netanyahu: How One Man Used the World to Serve His Personal Goals

Fifteen years ago, Benjamin Netanyahu’s father Benzion was asked to give an opinion about his son, the prime minister of Israel. He replied: “He is not an…

Nazeer Majli (Tel Aviv)
Features Egypt and Eritrea focused on strengthening bilateral relations across various fields and assessing political and security developments in the region. (Egypt Foreign Ministry’s Facebook page)

Egypt Deepens Presence in Horn of Africa amid Tensions with Ethiopia

Egypt’s General Intelligence Chief Major General Abbas Kamel and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Migration Dr. Badr Abdelatty visited the Eritrean capital,…

Fathiya al-Dakhakhni (Cairo)
Features A protester holds pictures of Kurdish Iranian woman Mahsa Amini during a demonstration in solidarity with Iranian women and protestors in Piazza del Campidoglio in Rome on October 5, 2022, following her death in the custody of morality police in Iran. (AFP)

Iran Two Years after Mahsa Amini: Persecution and Defiance

Persecution of bereaved relatives. Impunity for perpetrators. Rampant executions and infighting among the opposition. A bleak picture confronts opponents of…

Features The funeral of Qassem Bazzi, Mohammed Hashem and Abbas Hammoud, the three paramedics who were killed last Saturday in an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon (Reuters)

South Lebanon Front: Military or Political Solution?

Israeli threats against Lebanon have intensified along with renewed military tensions with Hezbollah. This escalation comes amid failed ceasefire negotiations…

Caroline Akoum (Beirut)
Features Residents walk on a flooded street in Morocco's Ouarzazate city on September 7, 2024. (AFP)

Deadly Floods Bring Relief to Moroccan Farmers

When powerful thunderstorms hit Morocco's arid south, they brought deadly floods but also provided some relief to farmers as the country grapples with its…

Features Mahmoud Ajjour, an injured child evacuated from Gaza, sits at home with his mother as she teaches him to write using his feet, in Doha, Qatar, September 11, 2024. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa Purchase Licensing Rights

Gazan Child Amputee Dreams Big after Evacuation to Qatar

Evacuated to Qatar from the chaos of Gaza, nine-year-old Palestinian Mahmoud Youssef Ajjour still dreams of becoming a pilot one day despite losing his arms in…

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Features A Palestinian burns plastic waste to produce alternative fuel amid scarcity as the Israel-Hamas conflict continues, in northern Gaza Strip, September 5, 2024. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa Purchase Licensing Rights

Gazans Burn Plastic Waste to Produce Fuel

With Israel blocking the entry of almost all fuel into Gaza to prevent its use by Hamas, some Palestinians in the north of the shattered territory have turned…

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Features A photo by a resident shows Mahmoud Hamadneh on the ground after he was shot. - The AP

Israel’s Crackdown on West Bank Insurgency is Killing Palestinian Youths

In the web of battered, sun-baked streets winding up the hillside, bloodshed is as unrelenting as the heat. So it is not hard to see why, when raid sirens and…

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Features Palestinians remove the rubble of houses destroyed by Israeli strikes, amid Israel-Hamas conflict, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, September 4, 2024. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights

Gaza's Huge Reconstruction Challenge: Key Facts and Figures

Billions of dollars will be needed to rebuild Gaza when the war between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas ends, according to assessments from the United…

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Features  Palestinian Saber Dawas crafts wooden sandals due to a shortage of footwear in the enclave and the lack of financial means to afford those which are available in the market, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Khan Younis in the the southern Gaza Strip, September 9, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem Purchase Licensing Rights

Gaza Carpenter Crafts Wooden Sandals for Daughters as War Rages

Twelve-year-old Heba Dawas lost her footwear in the chaos while fleeing Israel's military offensive in Gaza. So her carpenter father made wooden-soled sandals…

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Features Republican presidential nominee and former US President Donald Trump reacts in the spin room, on the day of his debate with Democratic presidential nominee and US Vice President Kamala Harris, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US, September 10, 2024. (Reuters)

Takeaways from the Harris-Trump Presidential Debate 

Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump met on Tuesday for their first and perhaps only debate, a square-off that could have a significant impact on…