In a region “already on fire,” analysts say, rebels’ advance toward Damascus is a barometer of the shifting power dynamics that also affect nations like Iran, Turkey, Russia and the United States.
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Top U.N. Envoy Says Gaza War Followed Years of Weak Diplomacy
World leaders failed to focus on a permanent solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and risk making the same mistake again, the departing United Nations’ envoy in the region says.
Trump Says There Will Be ‘Hell to Pay’ Unless Hostages in Gaza Are Released
President-elect Donald J. Trump said in a social media post on Monday that the hostages must be released before his inauguration in January.
Who Is Massad Boulos, the Lebanese American Tycoon and Trump Adviser?
President-elect Donald J. Trump has selected Mr. Boulos, the businessman and father-in-law of Mr. Trump’s daughter, as a senior adviser on Arab and Middle Eastern affairs.
After Lebanon Cease-Fire, Gaza and Iran’s Nuclear Ambitions Await Trump
A broader peace in the Middle East will be difficult to achieve, and Iran’s threat to Israel looms over any diplomatic effort.
After Lebanon Cease-Fire, Gaza and Iran’s Nuclear Ambitions Await Trump
A broader peace in the Middle East will be difficult to achieve, and Iran’s threat to Israel looms over any diplomatic effort.
A Battered and Diminished Hezbollah Accepts a Cease-Fire
Thirteen months of war left Hezbollah weakened, isolated and desperate for a way to stop the fighting.
France Suggests It Would Not Immediately Arrest Netanyahu Despite I.C.C. Warrant
The Foreign Ministry did not say outright that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel would be free to travel to France, but it argued that an I.C.C. rule on immunity may apply to him.
Will Lebanon Deal Break Gaza Deadlock? Experts Doubt It
Hamas is unlikely to compromise in Gaza, despite the decision by its ally, Hezbollah, to stop fighting. A deal in Gaza would also be harder for Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister.
Biden Announces Cease-Fire Deal Between Israel and Lebanon
With a deal to end more than a year of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, the president turns his attention back to stopping the war in Gaza before leaving office.