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Middle East On Edge, Day After Israel, Hezbollah Exchange Heavy Fire
Hours after 100 Israeli warplanes swooped over southern Lebanon, taking out thousands of Hezbollah missile launchers in what was called a preemptive strike, the Middle East braced for an expanded conflagration.
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Explained: How Israel Faces A New Challenge In Its Multi-Front War With Iran
Iran's weekend attack on Israel with more than 300 missiles and drones marks a perilous turn for a fragile region. It was an unprecedented action, the first strike on the Jewish state from Iranian soil. Iran declared it a massive success.
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Palestinians Starve As Hamas And Israel Battle For Control Of Gaza
A top Hamas police commander met in mid-March with the heads of a Gaza clan who'd been commandeering aid meant for hungry Palestinians. He told them to stop taking the shipments or they'd be killed. A week later, that commander was killed.
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Tension Between Israel And US Is Rising With Gaza Death Count
The almost-daily phone calls stopped months ago. Now the tensions between Joe Biden and Benjamin Netanyahu over Israel's war on Hamas have burst into the open as the two leaders bicker publicly.
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What Will Happen In Gaza After Israel Stops Its War On Hamas?
As Israel has waged its war in the Gaza Strip, officials across the world are united in trying to figure out how to restore order when all the fighting stops. There's little agreement, however, and even less optimism.
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Hamas Leader Who Tricked Israel Is Top Target For Assassination
Five years ago, the leader of Hamas in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, scrawled a note on a document that he knew Egyptian intermediaries would hand to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Israel's Fight With Iran Proxies In Syria Poisons Russia Ties
Since it went to war with Hamas early last month, Israel has stepped up strikes against Iran-backed militias in Syria who have moved close to the Israeli border.
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Israel Finds Itself Increasingly Alone As Fury Grows Over Gaza
Jordan's Queen Rania Al Abdullah was offered a chance to express horror at the October 7 Hamas killing and abduction of Israelis. How did she feel, she was asked in a CNN interview, "as an Arab, as a Palestinian, a human being, a mother?"
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Israel Finds Itself Increasingly Alone As Anger Grows Over Gaza
Jordan's Queen Rania Al Abdullah was offered a chance to express horror at the Oct. 7 Hamas killing and abduction of Israelis.
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Gaza Deaths Hurting Israel's Attempt To Cast Hamas As ISIS
After US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh Sunday, both posted a similar photo - but with contrasting descriptions.
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Israel Moves From "Mowing Lawn" Policy For Hamas To Destroying It
For 16 years, Israeli governments worked to manage the Hamas leaders in Gaza, not topple them. The Islamist group rejected Israel's existence and engaged in violence, but kept order over the territory. Better Hamas than chaos.
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Brutality Of Surprise Attack Unites Israel Around One Goal- Crush Hamas
The normally bustling streets of Tel Aviv are empty, schools shut, flights canceled and a major gas field closed. Men of all ages are getting called to their reserve units, hundreds of thousands throwing on uniforms.
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Surprise Attack on Weakened Israel Imperils Regional Geopolitics
A surprise multifront attack on Israel by the Palestinian group Hamas will likely lead to a massive military retaliation on Gaza and possibly to a wider conflagration with repercussions beyond the Middle East.
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China Could Bail Pak Out Of Being Placed On Anti-Terror Blacklist
Pakistan is looking to China and two other developing nations for support in avoiding tough financial sanctions, amid signs it is running out of time to meet global anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing standards, according to people familiar with the matter.
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As Saudis Go Nuclear, US Seeks An Edge Over Great-Power Rivals
At a meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna last September, word spread that Saudi Arabia had identified a handful of countries that could build two nuclear reactors in the kingdom. The U.S. wasn't among them -- until Energy Secretary Rick Perry buttonholed the Saudi delegates and told them America wanted in.
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Middle East On Edge, Day After Israel, Hezbollah Exchange Heavy Fire
Hours after 100 Israeli warplanes swooped over southern Lebanon, taking out thousands of Hezbollah missile launchers in what was called a preemptive strike, the Middle East braced for an expanded conflagration.
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Explained: How Israel Faces A New Challenge In Its Multi-Front War With Iran
Iran's weekend attack on Israel with more than 300 missiles and drones marks a perilous turn for a fragile region. It was an unprecedented action, the first strike on the Jewish state from Iranian soil. Iran declared it a massive success.
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Palestinians Starve As Hamas And Israel Battle For Control Of Gaza
A top Hamas police commander met in mid-March with the heads of a Gaza clan who'd been commandeering aid meant for hungry Palestinians. He told them to stop taking the shipments or they'd be killed. A week later, that commander was killed.
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Tension Between Israel And US Is Rising With Gaza Death Count
The almost-daily phone calls stopped months ago. Now the tensions between Joe Biden and Benjamin Netanyahu over Israel's war on Hamas have burst into the open as the two leaders bicker publicly.
-
What Will Happen In Gaza After Israel Stops Its War On Hamas?
As Israel has waged its war in the Gaza Strip, officials across the world are united in trying to figure out how to restore order when all the fighting stops. There's little agreement, however, and even less optimism.
-
Hamas Leader Who Tricked Israel Is Top Target For Assassination
Five years ago, the leader of Hamas in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, scrawled a note on a document that he knew Egyptian intermediaries would hand to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Israel's Fight With Iran Proxies In Syria Poisons Russia Ties
Since it went to war with Hamas early last month, Israel has stepped up strikes against Iran-backed militias in Syria who have moved close to the Israeli border.
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Israel Finds Itself Increasingly Alone As Fury Grows Over Gaza
Jordan's Queen Rania Al Abdullah was offered a chance to express horror at the October 7 Hamas killing and abduction of Israelis. How did she feel, she was asked in a CNN interview, "as an Arab, as a Palestinian, a human being, a mother?"
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Israel Finds Itself Increasingly Alone As Anger Grows Over Gaza
Jordan's Queen Rania Al Abdullah was offered a chance to express horror at the Oct. 7 Hamas killing and abduction of Israelis.
-
Gaza Deaths Hurting Israel's Attempt To Cast Hamas As ISIS
After US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh Sunday, both posted a similar photo - but with contrasting descriptions.
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Israel Moves From "Mowing Lawn" Policy For Hamas To Destroying It
For 16 years, Israeli governments worked to manage the Hamas leaders in Gaza, not topple them. The Islamist group rejected Israel's existence and engaged in violence, but kept order over the territory. Better Hamas than chaos.
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Brutality Of Surprise Attack Unites Israel Around One Goal- Crush Hamas
The normally bustling streets of Tel Aviv are empty, schools shut, flights canceled and a major gas field closed. Men of all ages are getting called to their reserve units, hundreds of thousands throwing on uniforms.
-
Surprise Attack on Weakened Israel Imperils Regional Geopolitics
A surprise multifront attack on Israel by the Palestinian group Hamas will likely lead to a massive military retaliation on Gaza and possibly to a wider conflagration with repercussions beyond the Middle East.
-
China Could Bail Pak Out Of Being Placed On Anti-Terror Blacklist
Pakistan is looking to China and two other developing nations for support in avoiding tough financial sanctions, amid signs it is running out of time to meet global anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing standards, according to people familiar with the matter.
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As Saudis Go Nuclear, US Seeks An Edge Over Great-Power Rivals
At a meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna last September, word spread that Saudi Arabia had identified a handful of countries that could build two nuclear reactors in the kingdom. The U.S. wasn't among them -- until Energy Secretary Rick Perry buttonholed the Saudi delegates and told them America wanted in.
