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E ven before the ceasefire in Gaza Donald Trump had begun to reshape the Middle East. He was influential in pushing Israel to ...

President Joe Biden rushed to take credit for the deal, noting it was “the precise contours” the plan he laid out on May 31.

Under the terms of the deal, Hamas will release 33 hostages over a period of 42 days, including women, children, the sick, ...

In 1982 an uprising in the city of Hama by the Muslim Brotherhood, a Sunni Islamist group originating in Egypt, challenged ...

Anticipation is growing as Israel and Hamas appear to be at the closest point yet to sealing a deal to end 15 months of war.

Anticipation is growing as Israel and Hamas appear to be at the closest point yet to sealing a deal to end 15 months of war.

It turns out that when Trump warned there would be “hell to pay” in Gaza – he didn’t mean Hamas would be making the payment.

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“All too often, the Middle East, we’ve seen how the shoes of one dictator can be filled by another ... a ceasefire had to be ...

Jordanian Parliament Speaker Ahmad al-Safadi said maps of ancient Israel “express a criminal mentality and malicious ambitions that cannot be tolerated.” ...