A tanker truck delivers potable water to residential users and businesses in Amman.
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Jordanians now only have access to publicly distributed water a day and a half a week – prompting many to turn to illegal markets.
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The US is relying more on its alliances in the Middle East in order to pull back a bit. This will likely continue no matter who is in the White House next year.
Hezbollah fighters carrying out a training exercise in southern Lebanon, May 21 2023.
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Hezbollah’s evolving capabilities are taking Israel by surprise.
Refugee camp in Suruc, Turkey. 2015.
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By externalising migration control the EU endangers lives, props up dictators, and empowers far-right parties.
Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, speaks to the media after casting his vote during the 2024 parliamentary elections in Tehran, Iran.
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The sudden death of Iran’s president, Ebrahim Raisi, has also sparked much speculation about the identity of the country’s next supreme leader.
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Ebrahim Raisi held substantial sway over Iran’s domestic and foreign policies. So, how will the regime fill his void at a challenging time for the country?
Iranian rescue workers near the wreckage of the helicopter that crashed carrying Iran’s president, Ebrahim Raisi, in Tabriz province, Iran.
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Iran’s president and foreign minister killed in helicopter crash – we ask an expert what might happen next.
Iran’s president, Ebrahim Raisi, is reported by state media to have died following a helicopter crash.
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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei announced a five day period of mourning following the discovery of wreckage on hillside.
A person watches from southern Israel as smoke rises following an Israeli strike on Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip.
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Negotiations over a ceasefire in Gaza are stalling, in large part because of how the war has gone for both sides.
Smoke rises following Israeli airstrikes in Rafah on May 7 2024.
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Diplomatic pressure, rising military casualties and the problem of Israeli hostages in Gaza have not deterred Netanyahu from ordering an offensive on Rafah.
Fighting between the army and paramilitaries has seen Sudan descend into civil war.
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With both sides in Sudan’s civil war accused of recruiting Islamist militiamen, terrorist groups look set to capitalize on a power vacuum.
Is Beirut back to the era of the militias?
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Lebanon’s precarious sectarian balance is tipping as militias take hold again.
Tourists prepare to enter the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem’s Old City, in November 2023.
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Israel’s tourism industry has taken a hit since the start of the war, and it may never fully recover.
People carrying Palestinian flags and banners gather in front of the International Criminal Court on Oct. 18, 2023.
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Prosecuting leaders indicted for war crimes is difficult. But the trial of Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic in the early 2000s offers a potential playbook.
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Maps can shape how we see conflict.
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.