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people amid explosion
Israel-Hamas war
A timeline of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
US President Joe Biden and Israel's Prime Minister Yair Lapid, sign a security pledge at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Jerusalem
Nuclear
US and Israel sign joint declaration on Iran’s nuclear program during Biden’s visit
A man dressed in white stands by the closed door of an airplane.
Historic flight between Israel and the UAE lands in Abu Dhabi
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A woman in a headscarf looks at the camera as she puts a baby in a stroller
Gender
Deportation to Syria could mean death for women, children and LGBTQ refugees in Turkey
A man is shown wearing a salmon-colored collard shirt and sunglasses while holding the reins of a horse.
Elections
In Israel’s election, the Arab vote could be pivotal
Soldiers in white tanks on a road
Conflict & Justice
Israeli escalation against Iran is a ‘multilevel’ game
An image distributed by ISIS militants on social media purports to show the destruction of a Roman-era temple in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra
I’m one of hundreds of archaeologists exiled from Syria who’s mourning what the war is costing us
President Donald Trump holds a chart of military hardware sales as he welcomes Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S. March 20, 2018. 
Conflict
Trump’s override of Congress on weapons deals ‘is exactly what Iran would want’
A family portrait with several younger children in the front row and adults in the back row.
Migration
Torn apart by the Syrian war, these siblings struggle to stay connected across 6 different countries
The white gated entrance to the Am'ari camp.
Global Politics
US cuts funds to Palestinian refugees, leaving many without essential services
Qatar's Minister of Energy Mohammed al-Sada speaks on a panel
Qatar is leaving OPEC. Other countries could follow.
US President Donald Trump is shown shaking hands with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in a medium framed photograph.
Global Politics
Trump maintains business as usual with Saudis
Poster with a picture of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi lit up by candelight.
US slaps sanctions on 17 Saudis over Jamal Khashoggi killing, but not the Riyadh government
Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman wears traditional red and white checkered scarf headdress.
Commentary
Saudi Arabia’s gathering storm over its erratic crown prince
Crowded homes and buildings stacked on a hill.
Immigration
‘We were born refugees’ — Lebanon’s forgotten refugee camp
a child plays at a camp in Idlib, Syria
US Diplomacy
Is US policy in Syria driven by politics or emotion?
Still image taken from CCTV claims to show Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi
Saudi suspected of organizing killing of Khashoggi has close ties the crown prince
Human rights activists and friends of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi hold his pictures during a protest outside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey October 8, 2018.
Conflict & Justice
Why would someone want to kill Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi?
a bedouin village in israel
Conflict
Protesters arrive at Bedouin village as Israeli demolition looms
Al-Hurra
Combating Extremist Ideology Since 9/11
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A Palestinian woman sits next to bags of flour
UN agency chief says Palestinian refugees can’t ‘simply be wished away’
syrian food served in turkey
Conflict & Justice
Syrian revolution changed how women are viewed in the workplace
A Palestinian worker carries a bag containing items sent by mail
Eight years late, 10 tons of mail finally makes it to the West Bank
a woman driver in saudi arabia
Commentary
Saudi women can drive, but are their voices being heard?
Family or four, two girls, man and woman sit together on boardwalk at sunset
Immigration
‘I lost trust in the system,’ says US citizen now unable to reunite with his Yemeni family
A view of the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, Yemen May 10, 2017
Conflict
US stands by as Saudi coalition begins assault on Yemeni port city
Saudi women attend the opening of a cinema at Riyadh Park mall, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia April 30, 2018.
Saudi Arabia loosened some of its strict social rules, but intimidation of activists continues
fans in the stands shout slogans during a match
Global Politics
The right-wing origins of the Jerusalem soccer team that wants to add ‘Trump’ to its name
A stone building is crumbling and surrounded by tree branches
Conflict & Justice
Palestinians mourn the home they left decades ago
Men in camouflague fatigues walk down a street lined with rubble from destroyed buildings.
Global Satire
With an iPhone and the internet, this Syrian satirist is having conversations his countrymen can’t
israel
Culture
On Israel’s 70th anniversary, a lament: ‘The Jewish community in Iraq is no more’
Author Asne Seierstad
Books
The journey of two sisters into the Syrian jihad, and a father’s efforts to rescue them
Christian worshippers from around the world along the Via Dolorosa
Conflict
Tensions over Jerusalem palpable during Good Friday, Passover celebrations
Arts, Culture & Media
Middle East’s First Female Photo Collective Focuses on Gender
A Yazidi woman who joined the Kurdish Peshmerga forces sits next to rifles in the town of Bashiqa, after it was recaptured from the Islamic State, east of Mosul, Iraq Nov. 10, 2016.
Conflict
Kurdish troops fight for freedom — and women’s equality — on battlegrounds across Middle East
An aerial view of Baghdad, Iraq March 4, 2018.
Conflict
Fifteen years after the US entered Iraq, Baghdad breathes new life
A woman lies on a table, her arm outstretched. Her face is hidden by a blue cloth.
Conflict
In a Yemeni town, hardship awaits displaced civilians
shukor in space
Islam and the cosmos
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A man holds a child after an airstrike in eastern Ghouta, Syria, Feb. 7, 2018. In the Damascus suburb, besieged by government forces since 2013, about 78 civilians were killed by airstrikes and artillery fire on Tuesday, according to monitors. A further 2
Conflict
Syria’s war enters a dangerous new phase
Lebanon border
Conflict
Lebanon challenges Israel’s plans for border wall
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi meets with with U.S. Vice President Mike Pence at the Presidential Palace in Cairo, Egypt on January 20, 2018.
Justice
In President Sisi’s Egypt, human rights are under threat
Director Ziad Doueiri poses during a photocall for the movie "The Insult," at the 74th Venice Film Festival in Venice, Italy on August 31, 2017. The film won Best Actor for Kamal el-Basha’s role. When he returned to Lebanon, Doueiri was detained by author
Arts
This Lebanese filmmaker is getting global acclaim, but back home he got arrested
16-year-old Palestinian teen Ahed Tamimi enters a military courtroom escorted by Israeli Prison Service personnel.
Justice
Ahed Tamimi: A new symbol of Palestinian resistance?
Saudi Arabian Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal arrives at the Elysee palace in Paris, France
Finance
One of the wealthiest men on Earth is being detained, and no one is talking about it
A building burns during street protests in Dorud, Iran.
Conflict
Unrest is rippling through Iran’s strategic oil heartland
palestine
Global Politics
Palestinian officials rebuke Trump threat to block aid
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Economics
As US sanctions keep Western businesses out of Iran, China seizes the opportunity
Several people look at bags of dried ingredients laid outside a shop. In the foreground, a man leans against a stall.
Business
In rubble of Aleppo souk, tablecloth shop makes solitary comeback
Members of the Noh family in Ritsona refugee camp in Greece in May 2016.
Conflict
This Yazidi family escaped genocide in Iraq. Their next challenge is building a life in France.
Artist Haifa Subay paints a mural about children's suffering in a time of war, part of the 'Silent Victims' campaign in Sanaa, Yemen
Conflict
After 1,000 days of civil war in Yemen, violence has become ‘normalized’
A man walks on a street where Houthis have recently clashed with forces loyal to Yemen's former president
Conflict
Yemen’s capital is under lockdown — hear a first-person account
A supporter of Yemen's then President Ali Abdullah Saleh waves a poster featuring him during a rally to show support for him in Sanaa
Conflict
Yemen’s former president assassinated after his last ‘dance on the heads of snakes’
Members of the Druze community watch the fighting in Syria's civil war, next to the border fence between Syria and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, near the Druze village of Majdal Shams, June 16, 2015.
Conflict
Druze in the Golan Heights have long been ‘on the fence’ between Syria and Israel. Syria’s civil war has changed things.
Donald Trump and Mohammad bin Salman
Global Politics
White House seen to be ‘hands off’ as Saudi crown prince grabs more power
An Iraqi man holds a picture of victims of the Karrada suicide bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq on July 10, 2016, one week after the attack.
Conflict
More than 75 percent of terrorist attacks in 2016 took place in just 10 countries
People walk past signs bearing the name of U.S. President-elect Republican Donald Trump in Tel Aviv, Israel on November 14, 2016.
Conflict
Israel develops new ties with Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir
Trump’s approach to the Middle East
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Jordanian lawyer and human rights activist Asma Khader, left, with The World's Shirin Jaafari
Women’s work
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Abu Radwan and his family converted to Christianity after they fled Syria to Lebanon. He says it's a genuine conversion, though he does say he thinks it might help him get resettled in the West.
Conflict
Why some Muslim Syrian refugees are converting to Christianity
The Friends of Donald Trump in Lebanon Facebook page gets comments, such as: "Go Mr. President God bless you" and "We need someone like you [in Lebanon] to clean up our country."
Global Politics
Trump fans in Lebanon want to ‘make the Middle East great again’