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  • Supporters of the UAE-backed separatist Southern Transitional Council (STC) wave flags of the United Arab Emirates and of the STC, during a rally in Aden, Yemen, December 30, 2025.
    Fawaz Salman/Reuters
    Saudi Arabia’s dispute with the UAE exposes a deeper regional power struggle
  • Romi Gonen speaks during an interview with Israel’s Channel 12 program Uvda.
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    Former Israeli hostage recounts sexual abuse in Hamas captivity and fear of becoming a ‘sex slave’
  • People walk past closed shops, following protests over a plunge in the currency's value, in the Tehran Grand Bazaar in Tehran, Iran, on December 30.
    Majid Asgaripour/Wana News Agency/Reuters
    Trump warns Iran after protests turn deadly across several provinces
  • American actress and filmmaker Angelina Jolie inspects the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip on January 2 in Rafah, Egypt.
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    Angelina Jolie visits Rafah Crossing as Gaza aid groups face Israeli suspension
  • A Yemeni man walks past buildings damaged or destroyed during the civil war, in Aden, Yemen, on October 26, 2024.
    Amr Alfiky/Reuters
    Two of the Middle East’s most powerful countries are facing off in Yemen. Here’s what to know
  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a commemoration ceremony for soldiers killed during the 2014 Gaza war, also known as Operation Protective Edge, at the Memorial Hall on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem on July 16, 2024.
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    Why Netanyahu’s visit to Mar-a-Lago is the opening act to Israeli Prime Minister’s reelection bid
  • Turkish special forces leave the site where an operation was carried out Monday targeting a house believed to contain suspected Islamic State militants in Yalova province, Turkey.
    Umit Bektas/Reuters
    Three Turkish police officers killed by ISIS militants as authorities step up raids over winter holidays
  • A displaced Palestinian man walks in front of his tent following heavy rains in Gaza City, on December 27, 2025. The majority of Gaza's 2.4 million people are displaced, often multiple times, by the war that begins with Hamas's attack on southern Israel on October 7, 2023. With many displaced living in tent camps, the coming winter raises serious concerns. Daily Life In Gaza Amid Hamas-Israel Conflict, Palestine
    Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto/Shutterstock
    A weekend of harsh winter weather brings more death and despair to people in Gaza
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  • The acting Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Pierbattista Pizzaballa attends a morning Mass at Saint Catherine's Church, in the Church of the Nativity, in Bethlehem, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank December 25, 2025. REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma
    Mussa Qawasma/Reuters
    Christmas celebrated once again in Bethlehem but West Bank suffering persists
  • Israelis look at troops standing guard during a weekly settlers' tour in Hebron, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on December 13, 2025.
    Mussa Qawasma/Reuters
    Israel’s approval of new West Bank settlements condemned by 12 European countries, Canada and Japan
  • Armed men stand near holy Muslim Quran books and broken glass following an explosion inside Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib Mosque in the Syrian city of Homs on December 26, 2025.
    Omar Haj Kadour/AFP/Getty Images
    Eight killed in Syria mosque explosion during Friday prayers
  • Protesters supporting women's rights dressed as characters from The Handmaid's Tale TV series attend a protest in Tel Aviv on February 20, 2023, against controversial legal reforms being touted by the country's hard-right government.
    Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images
    Women’s rights are on a sharp decline in Israel. Advocates blame Netanyahu’s far-right government
  • A location in Tehran targeted by Israel is ablaze on the third day of Israel's waves of strikes against Iran on June 15.
    Khoshiran/Middle East Images/AFP/Getty Images
    Iran refuses inspection of nuclear sites until IAEA provides new guidelines after bombing
  • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, Defense Minister Israel Katz and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir attend a discussion at the plenum in the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem, July 23, 2025.
    Ronen Zvulun/Reuters
    Israeli government approves controversial closure of Army Radio after 75 years
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  • A screengrab from video shows Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank town of Qabatiya.
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    Israeli soldiers shot and killed a West Bank teen they say ‘hurled a block.’ Video shows them shooting him point blank
  • ‘We are still here.’ Catholic patriarch leads Christmas Mass at Gaza church bombed by Israel during the war
  • Gaza no longer in famine, says global hunger watchdog, after influx of aid following ceasefire
  • Israeli PM Netanyahu announces $35 billion gas deal with Egypt as US pushes for summit
  • Narges Mohammadi in her apartment in Tehran, Iran, on January 23.
    Nooshin Jafari/Middle East Images/AFP/Getty Images
    Iran arrests Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi, supporters say
  • Trump determined to advance Gaza ceasefire deal as Israeli forces dig in
  • Videos show 6 Israeli hostages celebrating Hanukkah in Gaza tunnel months before they were killed
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