Members of the security forces try to stop protesters during a pro-Palestinian rally near the Israeli embassy in Amman, Jordan, in October 2023.
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Jordan’s foreign policy has landed the kingdom in hot water.
The 1983 Beirut truck bombing was the deadliest attack on U.S. forces abroad since World War II.
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More than 240 US personnel died in truck bombing – remembered as the worst day in his career by Gen. Alfred M. Gray Jr., who died on March 20, 2024.
It’s important to understand both the possibilities and limitations of campus dialogue. A person walks past a board with the message ‘Free Palestine’ on the campus of Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis, Feb. 7, 2024, in Indianapolis.
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In 2015, I saw Jewish and Muslim students forge a set of group agreements so they could dialogue on the Middle East conflict. Initiatives like this or a ‘Semester in Dialogue’ program are promising.
Hind Khoudary, based in the Gaza strip, has been reporting for Al Jazeera English and her own social media channels since Oct. 7, 2023. Media experts say western news outlets, not allowed into Gaza, should create more partnerships with journalists like Khoudary, shown here on Nov. 3, 2023.
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Experts say mainstream media coverage of the war in Gaza is severely skewed — with Palestinian voices getting stifled.
Iran’s foreign minister, Hossein Amirabdollahian, meets his Omani counterpart, Sayyid Badr Albusaidi, in Tehran on July 17, 2023.
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The small Gulf state has hosted high-level Western and Iranian delegations, passing messages between them.
Israel’s air defense system intercepted nearly all missiles fired from Iran on April 13, 2024.
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A long-running conflict between adversaries Israel and Iran fell short of open confrontation – until both countries took more direct aim at each other.
The Israeli Iron Dome air defence system launches to intercept missiles fired from Iran in central Israel on April 14, 2024, after Iran launched its first direct military attack against Israel.
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Despite launching an unprecedented attack on Israeli territory, Iran is still trying to avoid a larger war.
Members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps conduct a drill with ballistic missiles in 2021.
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Tehran has warned that no Israeli embassy is safe following deadly bombing of its mission in Damascus.
Emergency and security personnel inspect the rubble at the site of an Israeli strike on the Iranian embassy in Damascus on April 1.
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Israeli launched a strike against the Iranian embassy in Damascus on April 1.
While racist stereotypes have faced increasing criticism in recent years, anti-Black racism endures, sustained in part by a form of white fragility.
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Insights from the book White Fragility also shed light into racism in Arab society.
Ecuadorian special forces break into the Mexican Embassy in Quito.
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The bombing of the Iranian consulate in Damascus and storming of Mexico’s embassy in Quito breaks with accepted diplomatic norms − and could spell trouble.
A military spouse hugs a U.S. soldier at Joint Base Langley-Eustis ahead of deployment on March 12, 2024.
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President Reagan said sending troops to Lebanon was his ‘greatest regret.’ Other presidents left office with similar misgivings. Could leaving troops in Syria and Iraq be the next strategic mistake?
Existing models have over-estimated the role of north Africa as the primary source of global dust emissions for nearly 30 years.
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New research reveals our understanding of dust’s role in the environment is far from settled.
Donald Trump hugs and kisses the American flag as he speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Oxon Hill, Md., in February 2024.
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A second Donald Trump presidency would not necessarily implement a foreign policy any more destructive than what is normal for the United States.
The waters south of the Middle East are a strategic area rich in energy resources – often leading to conflicts.
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What is happening in Gaza is not simply a settlement issue. There are Israeli economic interests at stake.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas meet on Nov. 30, 2023.
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Israel has made it clear that Hamas should have no role in Gaza after the war. But seeking an alternative in the Palestinian Authority is fraught with problems.
A U.N. navy vessel seen through barbed wire patrols the Mediterranean Sea off the Lebanese coast.
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A maritime border agreement signed by Lebanon and Israel seemed like a step toward peaceful relations. But now both countries are getting ready for what looks like an unavoidable war.
A Thai foreign worker tends to an agriculture field in Beersheba, Israel.
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The contours of the Middle East conflict have long influenced Israel’s migrant worker policy.
Esmail Ghaani, head of Iran’s expeditionary Quds Force, speaks at a ceremony in Tehran on April 14, 2022.
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Esmail Ghaani took control of the unconventional warfare wing of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps following the killing of predecessor Qassem Soleimani.
A demonstration on Dec. 28, 2023, in Tel Aviv, organized by the peace group Standing Together, calls for a cease-fire.
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Secular Jewish groups have historically made up the majority of solidarity and peace groups. But Palestinian citizens and observant Jews are also key.