Displaced Gazan children wait in line to receive food.
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Arable land has been destroyed, as have food production sites. But even before the current operation in Gaza, Palestinians there suffered high rates of food insecurity.
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Many people in Yemen and throughout the Middle East believe terror groups are a tool that Western-backed oppressive regimes have long used to maintain power.
Armed and dangerous: fighters from Iran’s Quds Force at a funeral for comrades killed in the February 2 US airstrikes in Iraq.
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Iran funds a large network of armed groups across the Middle East as part of its ambition to replace the US as regional power.
A view of destroyed buildings and roads is shown in Khan Yunis, Gaza, on Feb. 2, 2024.
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While the conflict between Hamas and Israel is unique, the case of South Africa’s border war – and subsequent fall of apartheid – might offer lessons that apply to the Middle East.
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The Biden administration has calibrated its strikes so as not to provoke a wider armed conflict in the region.
The headquarters of an Iranian-linked group in Anbar, Iraq was among the sites targeted by U.S. bombers.
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More than 85 locations linked to militias were hit in a robust response by Washington to an earlier deadly drone attack on a US base in Jordan.
Weighing up options: the US president, Joe Biden, is considering how to retaliate to the drone attack which killed three US servicemen in Jordan on January 28.
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History tells us that US presidents tend to be cautious about foreign policy in an election year – especially in the Middle East.
Jordanian and U.S. tanks take part in joint maneuvers in September 2022.
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Three American troops were killed and dozens more injured in an attack on a base in Jordan. How the Biden administration responds could determine if conflict in the Middle East widens.
A billboard depicts the leaders of the Houthis, Hezbollah, Hamas, Islamic Jihad and Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
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Iran has expanded its network of partners across the Middle East. But it isn’t a simple case of Tehran dictating the terms of the alliance.
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Houthi attacks on ships in the Red Sea have disrupted trade between Asia and Europe – could ships cross the Arctic instead?
A view of Iran’s Qanat of Zarch in the city of Yazd.
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Qanats are an ancient system which could be a useful way of getting water to farms in arid areas.
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Conflict between Lebanon and Israel looms – it would throw the Lebanese economy further into crisis.
Houthi supporters rally in Yemen following U.S.-U.K. airstrikes.
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The raid follows warnings from Washington to cease attacks in the Red Sea − but it could serve to strengthen rebels and reignite civil war.
Hezbollah commander Wissam al-Tawil, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike.
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Israel and Hezbollah are engaged in tit-for-tat attacks, but a diplomatic path still exists to avoid an escalation.
Israeli army soldiers take up positions near the border with the Gaza Strip on Dec. 11, 2023,.
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Conflict has escalated between Joe Biden and Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu over the conduct of the Israel-Hamas war. But a national security veteran says the US has little leverage over Israel.
Display monitors show the result of voting at the United Nations General Assembly on Dec. 12, 2023, in favour of a resolution calling on Israel to uphold legal and humanitarian obligations in its war with Hamas.
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In war time, the type of conflict determines what formal rules of war apply. But how to determine the nature of the conflict?
The Socotra Dragon Tree, Dracaena cinnabari , is one of the archipelago’s unique species.
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Long a well-kept secret, the archipelago of Socotra is one of the most biodiverse on earth. But the Emirates have other plans for its main island, with which it has long cultivated ties.
People cheer as a vehicle carrying hostages released by Hamas drives toward an army base in Ofakim, southern Israel, on Nov. 26, 2023.
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The diversity of Israel’s Jewish population has been a source of tensions, but also strength, over the decades.
U.S. President Harry Truman holds a Torah given to him by Chaim Weizmann, the first president of Israel, in May 1948.
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A historian of the Middle East examines the decades-old ‘special relationship’ between Israel and the US.
U.S. Special Climate Envoy John Kerry, second from left, during climate negotiations in 2021.
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Negotiating global progress on climate change involves walking a fine line, as a former UN official explains.