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News Articles: Middle East

Jad Deeb, a volunteer of the Lebanese Popular Relief Association, prepares school clothes for displaced Lebanese children with one of his colleagues in their office in Beirut, Lebanon.

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Lebanon's first responders say Israeli strikes target them as they work to save lives

More than 200 emergency and medical workers have been killed since last October, Lebanon's health ministry says. Many believe Israel's military is targeting them in its war against Hezbollah.

November 25, 2024
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  • Arezou Rezvani
Israeli police bomb squad inspect the site after a missile fired from Lebanon hit the area in Petah Tikva, outskirts of Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday Nov. 24, 2024.

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  • Middle East

Israeli strike kills Lebanese soldier as Hezbollah fires rockets at Israel

An Israeli strike on a Lebanese army center on Sunday killed one soldier and wounded 18 others, the Lebanese military said.

November 24, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Rescue workers and people search for victims at the site of an Israeli airstrike in Beirut, Lebanon, on Saturday.

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  • Middle East

At least 11 killed in Israeli strikes in Beirut as diplomats push for cease-fire

The strikes were the fourth on Beirut in less than a week. The escalation comes after a U.S. envoy traveled to the region this week in an attempt to broker a cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah.

November 23, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
The flag of the International Atomic Energy Agency flies in front of its headquarters during an IAEA Board of Governors meeting in Vienna, Austria.

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  • World

United Nations nuclear agency again condemns Iran for failing to fully cooperate

The resolution comes after the agency said Iran has defied demands to rein in its nuclear program and has increased its stockpile of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade levels.

November 22, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
The International Criminal Court building is pictured in The Hague, Netherlands, on Thursday, when arrest warrants were issued for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defense minister Yoav Gallant of Israel, and Hamas leader Muhammad Deif.

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  • World

What is the ICC and can it really arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu?

The ICC also issued warrants for Yoav Gallant, former Israeli defense minister, and Hamas leader Muhammad Deif. But it doesn't have an enforcement mechanism and relies on states to make the arrests.

November 21, 2024
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  • Chandelis Duster
The International Criminal Court in The Hague issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, as well as Hamas' military chief Mohammed Deif.

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  • World

The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant

The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants on Thursday for Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, for alleged war crimes in the Gaza Strip.

November 21, 2024
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  • Nick Spicer
A woman mourns over the bodies of victims from an Israeli airstrike outside a hospital in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, Sunday Nov. 17, 2024.

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  • Middle East

An Israeli strike in northern Gaza kills at least 30, hospital director says

A rare Israeli airstrike on central Beirut killed Hezbollah's chief spokesman Sunday, an official with the militant group said.

November 17, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Maggie Shaarawi, vice president of Animals Lebanon, tries to calm Sara the lion cub in Beirut before the animal is transferred out of the country, on Thursday.

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  • Middle East

Animal rescuers evacuate a lion cub from war-torn Lebanon to South Africa

The group Animals Lebanon says it rescued Sara the lion cub from abuse by a Lebanese social media influencer, kept it safe in Beirut and sent it to a wildlife sanctuary in South Africa.

November 16, 2024
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  • Jane Arraf
A  worker from Thailand rests after he was evacuated from Metula following a rocket strike from Lebanon that killed four laborers from Thailand and one Israeli citizen on Oct. 31 in Kfar Yuval, Israel.

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  • World

In northern Israel, migrant workers are farming while under fire from Hezbollah

Foreign laborers, many from Thailand, are tending fields and livestock in an area Israel has declared off-limits to its own civilians amid ongoing military operations against Hezbollah.

November 14, 2024
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  • Scott Neuman and
  • Daniel Estrin
Tarek Khoury, 40, is one of the Ashrafieh neighborhood watch guards in Beirut, who has an eye out not just for theft and attempted break-ins, but also for anyone suspicious who may be among the displaced.

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  • Middle East

In Lebanon, residents fear Hezbollah could be hiding among people displaced by war

A neighborhood watch group in a Christian Beirut neighborhood is on the lookout for militant operatives, which could make the area a target for Israeli airstrikes.

November 13, 2024
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  • Arezou Rezvani
Lebanese Red Cross volunteers and other rescuers search for victims at a house that was hit in an Israeli airstrike in Baalchmay village east of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024.

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  • Middle East

Israeli strikes kill dozens in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, medics say

Israeli airstrikes killed at least 46 people in the Gaza Strip in the past day, medics said. In Lebanon, warplanes struck Beirut's southern suburbs and killed 33 people in the country on Tuesday.

November 13, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
This courtroom sketch depicts a former detainee at Abu Ghraib prison, Salah Al-Ejaili (foreground with glasses), at the trial of CACI, a Virginia-based military contractor who is accused of contributing to the abuse and torture of detainees at Abu Ghraib, in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Va., on April 16.

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  • Middle East

A U.S. jury awards former Iraqi detainees $42 million for Abu Ghraib prison abuse

The jury also decided to hold a Virginia-based military contractor responsible for contributing to the torture and mistreatment of detainees at the notorious Iraqi prison two decades ago.

November 12, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee moderates a roundtable discussion with then-Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump in Drexel Hill, Pa. In a statement, now-President-elect Trump announced he will nominate Huckabee, an evangelical Christian, as ambassador to Israel.

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  • Politics

Trump to name former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee as ambassador to Israel

In the midst of the Israel-Hamas war, President-elect Donald Trump announced he will nominate Huckabee, a loyalist and former Republican governor, to serve in the key post as ambassador to Israel.

November 12, 2024
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  • Stephen Fowler
Israel's Defense Minister Yoav Gallant speaks during a ceremony marking the Hebrew calendar anniversary of the Hamas attack on October 7 last year that sparked the ongoing war in Gaza, at the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem, Israel Sunday Oct. 27, 2024.

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  • Middle East

Israel’s ousted defense minister says the military has done all it can in Gaza

On his last day in office, Israel’s ousted defense minister offered a revealing glimpse into the war in Gaza — and the decision-maker he holds responsible for holding up a cease-fire deal.

November 10, 2024
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  • Kat Lonsdorf and
  • Itay Stern
Children stare at the destruction following an Israeli strike in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on Thursday.

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  • Middle East

Qatar suspends mediation efforts between Israel and Hamas

The Arab Gulf nation, a U.S. ally that has been a haven for Hamas leaders for nearly two decades, also said it will no longer host the Palestinian militant group’s political office, an official said.

November 10, 2024
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  • Aya Batrawy
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