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Houthi attacks are driving up oil prices. For Yemenis in the crossfire, the toll is far greater

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• Sep 16, 2026 10:34 pm

CAIRO (AP) — As Houthi rebels closed in, Eshraq Abdel Gelil and her husband fled their home, walking through the…

Iran hesitates to clamp down on defiance of headscarf rules as war and economic pressures mount

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• Sep 16, 2026 02:19 pm

Photos of the funeral for victims of a deadly prison fire and riot in northern Syria

Tensions flare in Syria’s Kurdish northeast as government integration deal moves forward

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• Sep 16, 2026 10:05 am

Building damaged by strikes collapses in Gaza, killing 21 as perilous living conditions persist

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• Sep 16, 2026 06:12 am

Photos show Houthi rallies, fighters and daily life inside Yemen.

Why Yemen’s Houthis have only grown stronger through years of war

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• Sep 15, 2026 10:49 pm

Italy Venice Film Festival Closing Ceremony

An Israeli documentary on the war in Gaza sets off a firestorm at home after Venice award

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• Sep 15, 2026 06:21 am

As the last US troops pack up in Iraq, militias signal their weapons will stay

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• Sep 15, 2026 06:13 am

Lebanese army detains Bashar Assad’s relative on weapons and drugs charges

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• Sep 12, 2026 06:55 am

Prison riot and fire in a northern Syrian town kills at least 7

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• Sep 12, 2026 05:01 am

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A fire and riot broke out in a prison in a predominantly Kurdish town in northern…

People fleeing Iran-backed rebels’ advance in Yemen describe a ‘hysterical panic’

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• Sep 12, 2026 04:57 am

Lebanon’s president makes a rare visit to southern city as fears of Israeli attacks grow

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• Sep 12, 2026 04:52 am

Iraq says Saudi pipeline attack originated from its territory, and other Mideast news

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• Sep 12, 2026 04:43 am

Residents of southern Lebanon gather to watch Israeli drones drop explosives on their village

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• Sep 11, 2026 08:26 am

Yemen’s Houthis capture a Red Sea island in a threat to shipping, and other Mideast developments

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• Sep 11, 2026 05:56 am

Saudi Arabia shuts down a pipeline as Houthis seize an island, opening a new front in the Iran war

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• Sep 11, 2026 04:17 am

Iran-backed Houthi rebels take strategic port city in Yemen, raising threat to Red Sea shipping

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• Sep 10, 2026 11:54 am

Houthis seize strategic Red Sea port in Yemen, and other Mideast developments

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• Sep 10, 2026 06:21 am

Yemen’s Houthi rebels have taken the strategic Red Sea port city of Mokha, bringing them closer to controlling key shipping…

Yemen risks a return to civil war as Iran-backed rebels target a vital oil shipping route

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• Sep 10, 2026 04:36 am

Warehouse explosion in northwestern Syria kills at least 14

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• Sep 9, 2026 06:28 am

Yemen prison death toll rises to 23 as Houthi rebel clashes with Saudi-backed forces escalate

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• Sep 9, 2026 06:23 am

Volunteer firefighter dies in Turkey while tackling wildfire, 8 people injured

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• Sep 9, 2026 05:59 am

Photos show what remains of an Iranian school where some 120 children died in a U.S. strike

Families grieve in the ruins of an Iranian school where a US strike killed dozens of children

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• Sep 9, 2026 12:11 am

Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis have become an increasingly disruptive force in the Mideast

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• Sep 8, 2026 12:17 pm

A wind-fueled wildfire forces hundreds from homes in Turkey as firefighters battle flames

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• Sep 8, 2026 11:57 am

UAE warned Netanyahu of major Hamas operation days before Oct. 7 attack, news report says

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• Sep 8, 2026 06:28 am

JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was directly warned by the president of the United Arab Emirates that Hamas…

US strikes Iranian tankers plus other key Mideast news

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• Sep 8, 2026 06:21 am

Photos show daily life in Iran on the beach along the Strait of Hormuz

An Iranian port city feels the pain of Washington’s tightening economic measures

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• Sep 7, 2026 10:17 pm

Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia ignite fires at oil facilities and wound 73 people

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• Sep 7, 2026 10:12 pm

Houthis accuse Saudi Arabia of a strike on a prison in northern Yemen, killing 7, including a child

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• Sep 7, 2026 10:42 am

Israeli airstrikes on Lebanese village kill 12, plus other key Mideast developments

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• Sep 7, 2026 05:25 am

Israeli airstrikes on a village in southern Lebanon kill 12 people, including 2 children

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• Sep 7, 2026 05:19 am

The Iranian school struck in the war’s earliest attacks is now a memorial for children

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• Sep 6, 2026 08:54 am

US denies that Iran struck an uncrewed US military ship in the Strait of Hormuz

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• Sep 6, 2026 05:17 am

Iran says it struck a U.S. military boat in the Strait of Hormuz, marking renewed tensions after a month of…

A fuel tanker explosion in west Iran kills 11 and injures 7

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• Sep 6, 2026 05:13 am

US ambassador calls violent Israeli settlers ‘terrorists’ after weeks of West Bank unrest

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• Sep 5, 2026 11:42 am

US hits Iranian oil tankers, and other key Mideast developments

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• Sep 5, 2026 05:24 am

Months after ceasefire, Israel and Hezbollah battle over a strategic hill in Lebanon

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• Sep 5, 2026 05:20 am

Photos show destruction and mourning after a strike on an Iranian wedding

Women gathered in a small Iranian town for a wedding. Then deadly strikes hit

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• Sep 4, 2026 01:47 pm

Israel releases more 4 more prisoners, a shipping slowdown and other Mideast news

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• Sep 4, 2026 08:21 am

Israel frees 4 more Lebanon prisoners in a deal tied to missing Jews from Lebanese civil war

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• Sep 4, 2026 08:16 am

A Lebanese man held prisoner in Israel is released and handed over to Lebanon

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• Sep 3, 2026 07:05 am

A Lebanese man held in Israel has been released, marking the first such handover since the Israel-Hezbollah conflict began six…

Iran targets Kuwait in retaliation for US bombardments, and other Mideast news

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• Sep 3, 2026 07:00 am

Netanyahu’s big reelection concern isn’t his political rivals. It’s some of his biggest supporters

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• Sep 2, 2026 10:00 pm

School starts soon in Lebanon but thousands still shelter in them during war

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• Aug 31, 2026 05:40 am

US strikes Iranian rocket launchers on the Strait of Hormuz in first military action in weeks

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• Aug 30, 2026 01:23 pm

Iran’s supreme leader calls for Muslim unity against US and Israel, and other Mideast news

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• Aug 30, 2026 05:01 am

Netanyahu condemns rioters after weeks of West Bank settler violence, and other Middle East news

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• Aug 29, 2026 09:21 am

Six months on, the Iran war has changed the Middle East, but not in the way its architects had hoped

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• Aug 27, 2026 09:23 pm

Jerusalem court acquits a man indicted in nun attack, orders psychiatric care

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• Aug 27, 2026 06:05 am

A Jerusalem court has acquitted a man accused of attacking a Catholic nun, citing an insanity defense, but orders psychiatric…

Baghdad crackdown on illegal housing turns deadly as shooting kills Iraqi brigadier general

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• Aug 27, 2026 06:09 am

US goals have shifted after 6 months of Iran war. The Strait of Hormuz is now a top concern

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• Aug 26, 2026 09:52 pm

Kurds weigh hope and caution as Syria’s SDF dissolves and joins the state military

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• Aug 26, 2026 01:41 pm

Dubai airport reports sharp drop in second quarter traffic due to Iran war’s effects

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• Aug 26, 2026 06:02 am

Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces group says it has dissolved after merging with the Syrian army

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• Aug 25, 2026 12:02 pm

A year after Israeli strikes killed journalists at a hospital, no one has been held accountable

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• Aug 25, 2026 05:06 am

Strikes in Gaza kill 4, including 2 children, a week after US asked Israel to curb attacks

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• Aug 24, 2026 03:28 pm

Assad-era’s grand mufti sentenced to life in prison by Syrian court

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• Aug 24, 2026 05:39 am

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A former Islamic religious leader was sentenced to life in prison Monday in the latest Syrian…

Iran warns of a harsh response as US announces new sanctions and other Middle East news

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• Aug 24, 2026 04:11 am

A US envoy clarifies his comments on Golan Heights that contradicted Trump’s position

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• Aug 23, 2026 12:38 pm

Palestinians in Gaza scavenge trash for things to burn to cook meals, in photos

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• Aug 22, 2026 10:15 am

Israel will investigate Hind Rajab’s killing. Her mother wants more

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• Aug 21, 2026 08:08 am

Settlers kill a Palestinian teen in a West Bank clash, and other Middle East developments

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• Aug 21, 2026 08:02 am

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers release 2 UN staff members more than a week after detaining them

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• Aug 20, 2026 09:46 am

Syrian police investigator will face prosecution after detainee with hemophilia dies

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• Aug 20, 2026 05:08 am

Prices soar as Gaza smuggling booms. Officials, soldiers and middlemen are accused of cashing in

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• Aug 19, 2026 11:17 pm

The smuggling of goods restricted by Israel into Gaza has boomed. Items from cigarettes and iPhones to fuel and solar…

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RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Palestinian American whose home in the occupied West Bank has been besieged for more…

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