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Thousands of supporters gathered in downtown Beirut on Friday to mark the 20th anniversary of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri’s assassination, which comes amid seismic regional political shifts. The ousting of Bashar Assad in December after 54 years of family rule in Syria marked the...

Hamas said it would release three more Israeli hostages as planned, paving the way toward resolving a major dispute over the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. The militant group had threatened to delay the next release of captives after accusing Israel of failing to meet its obligations to allow in tents...

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) called for a ceasefire in Sudan during the coming holy month of Ramadan, a UAE official said. The call was rejected by the Sudanese army, as the country's civil war approaches the two-year mark. The army considers the UAE to be an aggressor of the war, accusing it of...

A court in Stockholm convicted a Swedish woman of genocide, crimes against humanity, and gross war crimes committed in Syria in 2015 against women and children of the Yazidi religious minority, sentencing her to 12 years in prison. The woman, identified as 52-year-old Swedish citizen Lina Ishaq...

Hamas said it will delay the further release of hostages in the Gaza Strip after accusing Israel of violating a fragile ceasefire. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is under heavy pressure to secure the release of remaining hostages after three Israelis came home emaciated after 16 months in...

Israel says it has begun preparations for the departure of Palestinians from Gaza despite international rejection of President Donald Trump’s plan to empty the territory of its population. Egypt has launched a diplomatic blitz behind the scenes against the proposal, warning it would put its peace...

Weeks into the ceasefire in Gaza, thousands of Palestinians who left for neighboring Egypt are grappling with the question of when they might go home, though they reject the prospect of a mass displacement proposed by U.S. President Donald Trump. A proposal by Trump that much of the population of...

Two weeks after the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel took effect, aid is flooding into the Gaza Strip, bringing relief to a territory suffering from hunger, mass displacement, and devastation following 15 months of war. But Palestinians and aid workers say it is still an uphill battle to ensure...

After a delay from the Israeli government, the release of 110 Palestinian prisoners has begun. This follows the confirmation by the Israeli military of the release of three Israelis, one male and two female, and five Thai nationals from captivity in the Gaza Strip. Hamas has confirmed the killing of...

The U.S. and Lebanon say the ceasefire deal with Israel, due to expire on January 26, has been extended until mid-February. Israel had kept troops deployed in Lebanon beyond the initial deadline, accusing the Lebanese government of not fully implementing its part of the deal, which required the...