Opinion | The Middle East Cease-Fire Is in Trump’s Hands
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Opinion | The Middle East Cease-Fire Is in Trump’s Hands

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Before examining the pitfalls and weaknesses of the Gaza cease-fire, let us welcome even the least of what it may achieve. Fifteen months after the horrendous Hamas attack on Israel and the launch of Israel’s retaliatory invasion, Gaza is a moonscape, most of…

How the Oct. 7 Attacks Transformed the Middle East
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How the Oct. 7 Attacks Transformed the Middle East

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines When Hamas militants led a deadly cross-border raid on Oct. 7, 2023, they triggered a war with Israel that has devastated Gaza. They also set off shock waves that have reshaped the Middle East in unexpected ways. Powerful alliances were upended. Long-established “red…

What We Know About the Proposed Gaza Cease-Fire Agreement
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What We Know About the Proposed Gaza Cease-Fire Agreement

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines After more than 15 months of nearly uninterrupted fighting in Gaza, diplomats trying to broker a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas expressed cautious hope on Tuesday that a deal could finally be within reach. But that optimism was tempered — by the uncertainty…

Lebanese Lawmakers Choose a President After 2 Years of Gridlock
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Lebanese Lawmakers Choose a President After 2 Years of Gridlock

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Lebanon’s fractured Parliament overcame more than two years of gridlock on Thursday to choose a new president, a critical step toward bringing stability to a country attempting to recover from economic catastrophe and a devastating war. Lawmakers elected Gen. Joseph Aoun, the commander…

Assad has left Damascus, say senior army officers; Syria rebels say they are in capital
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Assad has left Damascus, say senior army officers; Syria rebels say they are in capital

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Syrian President Bashar al-Assad boarded a plane and left Damascus for an unknown destination on Sunday, two senior army officers told Reuters, as rebels said they had entered the capital with no sign of army deployments. “We celebrate with the Syrian people the…

Hezbollah chief: ‘Halt to hostilities is now in Israel’s hands’ | Israel attacks Lebanon

Hezbollah chief: ‘Halt to hostilities is now in Israel’s hands’ | Israel attacks Lebanon

Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem says his group has reviewed the US-drafted ceasefire proposal to end fighting with Israel and that a ‘halt to hostilities is now in Israel’s hands’. Qassem also said that Israeli strikes on Beirut would be met with strikes ‘on central Tel Aviv’. Check out our Latest…

US envoy Amos Hochstein arrives in Lebanon for ceasefire talks | Israel attacks Lebanon News

US envoy Amos Hochstein arrives in Lebanon for ceasefire talks | Israel attacks Lebanon News

Top Biden administration official visits Beirut hours after the Israeli military strikes the centre of the Lebanese capital. A senior United States envoy is visiting Lebanon for talks on a draft ceasefire proposal between Israel and Hezbollah as both sides continue to trade fire. Amos Hochstein landed in Beirut on…

At least five people killed in Israeli strikes on Lebanon’s capital | Hezbollah News

At least five people killed in Israeli strikes on Lebanon’s capital | Hezbollah News

Israeli strikes on densely populated central Beirut have killed at least five people in the third attack in two days in the middle of Lebanon’s capital, the Ministry of Public Health says. “The Israeli enemy strike on Zuqaq al-Blat in Beirut killed five people and injured 24,” a ministry statement…