US bolsters forces in Middle East following series of attacks on US troops in Syria | CNN Politics
CNN — The US has bolstered its military forces in the Middle East following a series of attacks on US...
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Syrian children traumatized by war are listening to a special lullaby to fall asleep | CNN
Editor’s Note: A version of this story appears in today’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, CNN’s three-times-a-week look inside...
Netanyahu is backed into a corner. Here’s what he may do next | CNN
Editor’s Note: A version of this story first appeared in CNN’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, a three-times-a-week look...
Why Israel’s instability matters to the US | CNN Politics
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Saudi Arabia releases dual US-Saudi citizen from prison after he posted critical tweets about the kingdom | CNN Politics
CNN — Saudi Arabia released US-Saudi dual national Saad Ibrahim Almadi from prison, more than a year after he was...
Netanyahu government makes first climbdown on plan to weaken Israel’s judiciary | CNN
Jerusalem CNN — The government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a change Monday to a key part of...
Opinion: Was toppling Saddam Hussein worth it? The answer isn’t straightforward | CNN
Editor’s Note: Peter Bergen is CNN’s national security analyst, a vice president at New America and a professor of practice...
A quake of unthinkable proportions is due in Istanbul. Residents ask if the city is prepared | CNN
Editor’s Note: A version of this story first appeared in CNN’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, a three-times-a-week look...
At least 4 Palestinians killed in IDF operation in Jenin | CNN
CNN — At least four Palestinians were killed on Thursday and 23 others injured after an Israeli Defense Forces (IDF)...
China has shattered the assumption of US dominance in the Middle East | CNN
CNN — With a grandiose diplomatic flourish China brokered a rapprochement between Saudi Arabia and Iran, in the process upending...
After a tragic shipwreck, no peace for the dead or living | CNN
CNN — Two weeks after a boat packed with migrants sank off the coast of southern Italy, there is still...
Iran arrests more than 100 people over suspected poisonings of schoolgirls | CNN
CNN — Iran has arrested more than 100 people “in connection with” the suspected poisoning of hundreds of schoolgirls across...
Opinion: China’s new role: relationship coach on the world stage | CNN
Editor’s Note: David A. Andelman, a contributor to CNN, twice winner of the Deadline Club Award, is a chevalier of...
Iran and Saudi Arabia signal the start of a new era, with China front and center | CNN
London CNN — When Saudi Arabia and Iran buried the hatchet in Beijing on Friday, it was a game-changing moment...
UN reveals plan to salvage oil from stricken supertanker | CNN
CNN — The United Nations has released a plan to offload 1 million barrels of oil off a rusting supertanker...
Blast kills Taliban governor in his office in Afghanistan | CNN
CNN — A Taliban governor in northern Afghanistan has been killed by an explosion in his office, police officials have...
Anti-Netanyahu protesters in Israel block roads to airport in latest nationwide demonstration | CNN
Tel Aviv, Israel CNN — Protesters blocked the road to one of the main terminals of Israel’s central international airport...
US transfers alleged al Qaeda bomb maker from Guantanamo Bay to Saudi Arabia | CNN Politics
CNN — The US transferred an alleged al Qaeda bomb maker from Guantanamo Bay to Saudi Arabia, the Defense Department...
US sanctions top Iranian officials over “serious” human rights abuses against women and girls in prisons | CNN Politics
Washington CNN — The Biden administration took action Wednesday against several Iranian officials and entities for committing human rights abuses...
Turkey’s earthquake caused $34 billion in damage. It could cost Erdogan the election | CNN
Editor’s Note: A version of this story first appeared in CNN’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, a three-times-a-week look...
