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Israel-UAE flights disrupted as airlines plan rescue flights: What to know

Israeli carriers are preparing repatriation flights from Dubai starting on Friday, subject to security approval.

United Arab Emirates

Houthi soldiers stand guard on a missile carrier during an official military parade marking the ninth anniversary of the Houthi takeover of the capital, Sanaa, on Sept. 21, 2023.

Saudi Arabia accuses Houthis of drone attack in Medina

The kingdom previously accused the Yemeni group of targeting the holy city of Mecca as fighting escalates.

Saudi Arabia

Sudan's Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok chairs an emergency cabinet session in the capital, Khartoum, on Oct. 18, 2021.

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Ex-PM says Sudan risks partition amid US ceasefire push

Former Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok also called for the United States to impose sanctions that would carry “personal consequences” for the warring sides.

The Hellenic Navy Roussen or Super Vita class Fast Missile Patrol Boat P 71 HS Ritsos patrols off the tiny Greek island of Kastellorizo (Megisti), in the Dodecanese, the furthest south eastern Greek Island, 2 kilometers from the Turkish mainland, on Aug. 28, 2020.

Turkey-Greece cable dispute hits impasse as Ankara insists on prior coordination

Turkey and Greece are increasingly at an impasse over the Great Sea Interconnector project, which aims to link the power grids of Greece and Cyprus and eventually Israel.

Turkey

Pentagon deploys thousands more Marines, another aircraft carrier to Mideast

Some 2,200 Marines of the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit and sailors aboard the USS Makin Island follow the USS Theodore Roosevelt in cycling into the Arabian Sea as the US blockade of Iran shows no sign of ending.

By Jared Szuba

In Washington, DC, reporting on defense, national security, military

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Turkey to receive first 2 C-130J aircraft in December under $730M UK deal

A Lockheed Martin C-130J-30 Hercules taxis before take-off from RAF Fairford on March 18, 2026 in Fairford, England.

Turkey

West Bank settlers attack Israeli activists as Netanyahu claims 'hoax'

Israel

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Rights, faith groups urge Congress to block $2.8B bomb sale to Israel

By Elizabeth Hagedorn

In Washington, DC, reporting on diplomacy, regional politics, human rights

Syria denies meeting with Lebanon’s Hezbollah in Turkey: What to know

Syria

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Iranian technician works at a production line of carmaker Iran Khodro, west of Tehran

US sanctions target Iran's auto, rail sectors as blockade chokes ship lanes

Reuters

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets Yaniv Hayun, a passenger on the FlyDubai flight

Israel's Netanyahu: Co-pilot of flydubai plane underwent radical Islamist indoctrination

Reuters

RAF Fairford airbase after a major incident, in Fairford

UK police arrest dual UK-Iranian man in Fairford air base investigation

Reuters

US President Donald Trump talks to members of the press before boarding Marine One from the South Lawn of the White House

Trump vows to hit Iran 'very hard' if linked to flydubai attack

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Trump's Africa adviser denies Libya plan would entrench rival families

US Department of State's senior advisor to the President for Arab and African Affairs Massad Fares Boulos attends a conference for the support of peace and prosperity in the Great Lakes region, in Paris, on October 30, 2025. The international community gathered in Paris on October 30, 2025 to raise awareness about the dire humanitarian situation in the Great Lakes region, aiming to raise hundreds of millions of euros despite a drastic decrease in international aid, particularly from the United States. (Phot

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Waltz: ‘Door open’ to Iran talks, more countries eye Abraham Accords

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Yemen separatists urge US not to let Saudi Arabia ‘call the shots’

Yemenis gather during a rally to show their support for the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) in the coastal port city of Aden, on December 14, 2025. (Saleh Al-OBEIDI / AFP via Getty Images)

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Why Turkey is drawing the line at defense in its support for Saudi Arabia

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan (3rd R) with Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al-Saud (R) and Pakistan Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar (2nd R), Saudi Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman (C), Turkish Chief of the General Staff General Selcuk Bayraktaroglu (L), Pakistani Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif (2nd R), Pakistani Chief of Defence Forces and Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir (3rd R) at the first meeting of the Strategic Political and Defence Committee in relation to the

By Ezgi Akin

In Ankara, reporting on diplomacy, EU-Turkey ties, NATO

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Qatar confronts new economic reality with Wall Street deals, Hormuz hopes

Traditional Qatari dhows docked in front of Doha's skyline from the Corniche promenade, Nov. 28, 2022.

By Samuel Wendel

In Washington, DC, reporting on regional business and tech

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Can Turkey’s Bashiqa withdrawal pave the way for deeper Iraq ties?

Turkish soldiers conduct military exercises near the Habur crossing gate between Turkey and Iraq on Sept. 27, 2017 in the Silopi district, southeast Turkey.

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In Ankara, reporting on geopolitics and national security

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As Iran’s grip on Hormuz weakens, what leverage does Tehran have left?

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In Tehran, reporting on politics

A woman crosses a street near a giant billboard erected on the facade of a building depicting a member of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps placing his foot on a US sea drone, reportedly seized by Iran in the Strait of Hormuz, in Vanak Square in Tehran, on Sept. 24, 2026.

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