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Middle East & Africa
First, the ceasefire. Next the Trump effect could upend the Middle East
Will Israel and Donald Trump use the threat of annexation to secure a new grand bargain?
Middle East & Africa
After 15 months of hell, Israel and Hamas sign a ceasefire deal
Donald Trump provided the X factor by putting heat on Binyamin Netanyahu, who insists the war isn’t over yet
Middle East & Africa
From inside an obliterated Gaza, gunfire not a ceasefire
In north Gaza the IDF is now facing “a bitter guerrilla war”
Middle East & Africa
Israel and Hamas look close to some kind of deal
Lebanon, Syria and Donald Trump have all been important
Middle East & Africa
Binyamin Netanyahu is in court again in Israel
As he fights charges of corruption, his country’s democracy may suffer
Briefing
The Assad regime’s fall voids many of the Middle East’s old certainties
What if Syria abandoned its hostility to the West and stopped menacing Israel?
Middle East & Africa
Exploiting disarray in Syria, Israel grabs more of the Golan Heights
The incursions are neither justified nor necessary
Middle East & Africa
The ceasefire between Israel and Hizbullah holds, for now
People on both sides of the border are returning to devastated homes
By Invitation
A broader peace is within Israel’s grasp, say Tamir Pardo and Nimrod Novik
A former Mossad director and former foreign-policy adviser on an offer not to be refused
Middle East & Africa
Israel and Hizbullah strike a fragile deal to end their war
Joe Biden makes a last push to bring peace to the Middle East
Middle East & Africa
The arrest warrant is a diplomatic disaster for Netanyahu
But may also undermine the International Criminal Court
Middle East & Africa
Israel’s hardliners reckon Gaza’s chaos shows they must control it
Only 11 out of a recent convoy of 109 aid trucks managed to get in
Middle East in 2025
Binyamin Netanyahu weighs up the political impact of a ceasefire
He wants to avoid a reckoning
Middle East in 2025
The outlook for the Middle East depends on three cantankerous old men
Ali Khamenei, Binyamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump will determine whether the conflict continues
Middle East & Africa
Iraq could be the Middle East’s next battleground
Until recently violence was at its lowest since the American invasion
Asia
South-East Asian Muslims are incensed by the war in Gaza
A few may become radicalised off the back of it