World | Middle East
- After year of war in Gaza, Hamas is mostly unseen. But it’s surviving.
Hamas’ attack on Israel a year ago sparked a war that has brought immense destruction and loss of life to Gaza, seriously degraded the militant movement, and sown the seeds for regional conflict. But it portrays its mere survival as a victory.
- Cover Story‘This is what the war has done’: How October 7 forever changed Israel and Gaza
One year after Oct. 7, on-the-ground reporting in Gaza, the West Bank, and Israel finds lives of Palestinians and Israelis forever altered.
- First LookOn eve of Oct. 7 anniversary, pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian crowds rally
Memorial events paying tribute to victims of Oct. 7 attacks took place in Paris and London. People took to the streets from Pakistan to Morocco in massive pro-Palestinian demonstrations.
- As Mideast emotions run high, is there room for restraint?
Israel and Iran may be on the brink of war, but past experiences of Mideast conflicts show that they rarely go as planned. Could that act as a brake?
- Fueling Israel-Iran escalation: Dangerous parallel universes
The need to establish deterrence has always risked cycles of escalation. As Israel and Iran trade blows, their competing views of the same events are sending tremors through the Middle East.
- Iranian missiles and Israeli invasion of Lebanon bring Mideast back to the brink
As Israel sends troops into Lebanon, what are their goals and do they have an exit strategy?
- Inside battered Hezbollah, words of defiance: ‘All red lines are gone’
Hezbollah has lost its charismatic leader, who delivered battlefield gains for decades, and absorbed a series of heavy blows from Israel. How ready are its fighters to resist Israel on the ground?
- Israel mulls Lebanon invasion. Hezbollah ‘coup de grâce’ or quagmire?
Israel has sown disarray in the ranks of the Iran-backed militia Hezbollah by killing its leaders. But how far will the Jewish state press its advantage?
- First LookIsrael kills Hezbollah’s leader. Iranian lawmakers demand ‘strong’ response.
Hassan Nasrallah led Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group for more than three decades, transforming it into an influential political force and Iranian proxy. His killing marks a major escalation in the Mideast.
- What do Jewish and Palestinian Israelis have in common? Hope.
A group uniting Jewish and Palestinian citizens of Israel is enjoying unexpected success with its advocacy of a shared home.
- Israel takes its conflict with Hezbollah to the brink of war
Israel’s unusually heavy bombardment of Hezbollah positions in Lebanon puts militia leader Hassan Nasrallah in an awkward spot.
- First LookIsraeli strike on Beirut apartment kills a Hezbollah leader wanted by the US
Israel's military says a senior Hezbollah leader was among those killed in an airstrike on a Beirut apartment block Friday, the deadliest strike on Lebanon's capital since the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war.
- First LookHezbollah and Israel exchange hundreds of missiles in worst conflict since 2006 war
Israel hit a Beirut suburb with an airstrike Sept. 20, not long after Hezbollah pounded northern Israel with 140 rockets. This follows Israel striking hundreds of Hezbollah rocket launchers on Sept. 19, and a mass bombing attack against Hezbollah this week.
- What a Tunisian exodus says about the future of global migration
In an age of global migration, Tunisia offers a window into key stressors driving migrants from their homes.
- His own party calls him traitor. Can Japan’s new PM rebuild trust in politics?
- Vance shows polish, Walz hits him on Jan. 6 in notably civil VP debate
- Ten years after 43 students disappeared, Mexican parents still seek the truth
- Once ‘extinct’ in Canada, the Sinixt people are reclaiming their ancestral home
- Apology but no cash payments: California reparations for slavery start incrementally