Archives for September, 2024

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a news conference in Jerusalem on September 2, 2024. (Photo by Ohad Zwigenberg / POOL / AFP) (Photo by OHAD ZWIGENBERG/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Analysis

From yes to no to maybe: Behind Netanyahu's shifting stance on Lebanon cease-fire

Multifront conflicts are damaging Israel's economy, making a declaration of victory in Gaza by the Israeli prime minister a possibility at the UN.

In Tel Aviv, reporting on national security, Israeli politics, defense

The Hezbollah commanders killed in Israeli strikes

Agence France-Presse

Analysts say Iran's strategy is to project power without being dragged into a war and playing into Israel's hands

Iran treads carefully, backing Hezbollah while avoiding war

Agence France-Presse

In this pool photograph distributed by Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin (L) and Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev (R) attend the official dinner following their talks in Baku on August 19, 2024.

Analysis

How Iran's Zangezur concerns could backfire on its own interests

Sabena Siddiqui

By Sabena Siddiqui

In Karachi, reporting on South Asia, Middle East, Iran

Smoke rises over Beirut's southern suburbs after an Israeli strike targeted Hezbollah's headquarters on Friday afternoon

Israel strikes Hezbollah bastion in Beirut

Agence France-Presse

US President Joe Biden has put some pressure on Israel

Gaza war resonates but has global diplomacy shifted one year on?

Agence France-Presse

International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi said Tehran was 'showing signs of willingness to reengage'

Iran shows 'willingness' to re-engage on nuclear issue: IAEA chief to AFP

Agence France-Presse

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani speaks during the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations headquarters in New York City on September 26, 2024.

Interview

Iraq's Sudani: US troop withdrawal does not mean end of security relationship

At an event hosted by Al-Monitor and the US Chamber of Commerce, the prime minister discussed Iraq’s plan to achieve energy independence by 2030 and his desire to drawdown the US military presence in the country.

Mohammed Shia al-Sudani

Mohammed Shia al-Sudani

Prime Minister of Iraq

An Israeli fighter jet returns to base after a bombing mission on Thursday

Israel pours cold water on US-backed call for ceasefire with Hezbollah

Agence France-Presse

Displaced Syrian children play in swimming pools set up by the Smile Younited charity in the rebel-held part of Aleppo province on July 27, 2024

US announces new half billion dollars for Syria aid

Agence France-Presse

A dramatic escalation on the Israel-Lebanon border has sent Lebanese seeking safety in neighbouring Syria

Israeli bombing sends people fleeing Lebanon to war-ravaged Syria

Agence France-Presse

Mayor Eric Adams arrives for a press conference at 1 Police Plaza on April 18, 2023, in New York City.

What we know about Turkey-related charges against NYC Mayor Eric Adams

The indictment against Adams is largely based on his dealings with Turkish nationals and includes illegal travel benefits worth over $100,000.

A US Patriot missile defense system is exposed during a joint Israeli-US military exercise, "Juniper Cobra," at the Hatzor Airbase in Israel on March 8, 2018.

Israel: Pentagon finalizes $8.7B arms package as strikes on Lebanon continue

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu brushed aside the Biden administration's call for a cease-fire just days after Washington quietly released $3.5 billion in additional funds for the Israeli military.

Abbas said that Washington continued to provide diplomatic cover and weapons to Israel for its war in Gaza

Palestinian leader calls for world to stop sending Israel weapons

Agence France-Presse

Red paint and anti-Israel slogans were spreayed on the Danish foreign ministry building in Copenhagen

Danish foreign ministry spray-painted with anti-Israeli messages

Agence France-Presse

A crowd gathers for the burial in Khan Yunis of some of the 88 bodies the Palestinian health ministry says entered Gaza from Israel the day before

Gaza health ministry decries 'inhumane' treatment of dead bodies

Agence France-Presse