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  • Israeli army carries out a raid, and replaces the UN flag with the Israeli flag at the UNRWA center in east Jerusalem on Monday, December 08.
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    Israeli police raid UNRWA compound in East Jerusalem and replace UN flag with Israeli flag, head of the agency says
  • A Palestinian child receives a polio vaccination at a clinic in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, on October 16, 2024.
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    $1.9 billion pledged in fight against polio. But huge gap remains after cuts from donor countries.
  • Syrians shout slogans and wave flags outside the Umayyad Mosque before a prayer held ahead of celebrations marking the first anniversary of the ousting of the Bashar Assad regime in Damascus, Syria, Monday, Dec. 8, 2025.
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    A year on from the ousting of Assad, Syrians remember the pain but rejoice at their freedom
  • Bassem Naim, an official in Hamas' political wing, speaks in Istanbul, Turkey,  on Thursday.
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    Hamas willing to discuss ‘freezing or storing’ weapons, senior official says, amid concerns over ceasefire
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    Bulldozed corpses and unmarked graves, CNN investigates the fate of Gaza’s missing aid seekers
  • Pope Leo XIV disembarks the papal plane upon arrival at Rafic Hariri International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon, during his first foreign trip, on November 30, 2025.
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    Pope Leo arrives in Lebanon, bringing call for unity in crisis-hit nation
  • A view shows the Saint Maroun monastery, which the pope is expected to visit during his trip to Lebanon, in Annaya, Lebanon November 25, 2025. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
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    In battered Lebanon, an ancient Christian community awaits the new pope
  • Israeli soldiers take position during a raid in Jenin in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, November 27, 2025.
    Mohamad Torokman/Reuters
    Israeli ​military kills two men after they appeared to surrender during operation in West Bank
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  • Palestinians carrying bags return from a food distribution point run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation near the Netsarim corridor in the central Gaza Strip on October 5, 2025.
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    Controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation to close aid effort
  • People gather looking at a residential building following an Israeli military strike in Beirut's southern suburbs.
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    Israel says Hezbollah chief of staff killed in first strike on Beirut in months
  • Israeli settlers set fire to multiple cars in the town of Huwara in the occupied West Bank on Thursday.
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    Israeli settlers torch scrapyard in West Bank arson attack as Netanyahu calls meeting on rising extremist violence
  • WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 18: U.S. President Donald Trump (L) welcomes Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia during an arrival ceremony at the White House on November 18, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump is hosting the crown prince for meetings aimed at strengthening economic and defense ties, including the U.S. sale of F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
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    Jets, chips and a clean slate: Saudi Arabia’s crown prince got almost everything he wanted from Trump
  • Released Israeli hostage Bar Kupershtein waves to supporters as he returns to his home in the city of Holon, Israel, after completing hospitalization and treatment following his release from captivity, on November 2.
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    ‘In your head, you count every day’: Ex-October 7 hostage describes 2 years in captivity
  • Kamal Kharrazi, foreign policy adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is interviewed by CNN's Fred Pleitgen on Tuesday.
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    Exclusive: Iran open to resuming nuclear talks with the US but won’t shift its conditions, supreme leader’s adviser says
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    Trump’s plan for Gaza endorsed by UN Security Council
  • Why Trump’s plan to sell F-35 jets to Saudi Arabia is so controversial
  • Video Palestinians in Gaza react to UN Security Council vote to endorse Tump’s Gaza plan 0:50
  • Dozens of Israeli settlers launch arson attack in West Bank as attacks against Palestinians surge
  • Yamen's dream is to become an artist. While living in his hospital room in Jerusalem for the past two years, he's been painting colorful illustrations that remind him of his home in Gaza.
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    ‘A death sentence for my son’: Israel plans to deport sick Palestinians back to Gaza, patients and doctors say
  • A US plan for Gaza with big ambition and scant detail faces crucial UN vote
  • Iran nuclear sites left ruined in US and Israeli strikes but program ‘intact,’ deputy foreign minister tells CNN
  • The war in Gaza is over, but the fight in Israel for accountability has barely begun
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