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Will Netanyahu never learn?
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Will Netanyahu never learn?

Arming Palestinian clans in Gaza will only sow further chaos — and delay any chance of a two-state solution.

June 12, 2025 4:00 am CET
US Mideast allies face ‘worst-case scenario’ with Trump aid cuts and tariff whiplash
UK spending cuts leave anti-ISIS projects in limbo
As Trump cuts aid, EU leaders make plans to contain ISIS-linked camps
Trump launches strikes targeting Houthis in Yemen
Islamic State leader killed in ‘precision’ Iraq-US strike
EU set to suspend certain Syrian sanctions
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UK rejects Trump team’s call to repatriate ‘ISIS bride’

Foreign Secretary David Lammy says ISIS supporter Shamima Begum will remain in Syrian camp — despite protests from Trump pick Seb Gorka.

January 9, 2025 12:52 pm CET

Biden: Investigators checking for links between New Orleans attack, Las Vegas Tesla explosion

No such connection has yet been uncovered, the president said.

January 2, 2025 8:58 am CET

US national security adviser: ‘America’s competitors and adversaries are weaker than they have been’

Soon-to-depart national security adviser says the global situation is notably improved.

December 22, 2024 9:22 pm CET

Ireland elects a maverick ex-trucker as speaker

Verona Murphy was once known for anti-migrant rhetoric. Now she’ll be expected to be diplomatic, as Ireland’s likely next government tilts to the right.

December 18, 2024 3:18 pm CET

Pope reveals he was almost assassinated in Iraq in 2021

Vatican and Iraqi security forces intercepted a suicide bomber during the first ever papal visit to the country, the pontiff writes in his autobiography.

December 17, 2024 1:04 pm CET

Has Syrian rebel leader al-Golani really shaken off his al Qaeda past?

The leopard claims he has changed his spots, but will he bring stability to the devastated nation?

December 11, 2024 4:01 am CET

UK promises ‘swift’ decision on banned Syrian group

Hayat Tahrir al-Sham is a proscribed terrorist organization in the U.K., but played a major part in Bashar al-Assad’s ouster.

December 9, 2024 10:48 am CET

Assad’s downfall — the winners and losers

Across the region and beyond, POLITICO assesses the prospects of key players after the ouster of Syrian dictator Bashar Assad.

December 9, 2024 5:04 am CET

US pounds ISIS camps in Syria after Assad flees

“There should be no doubt — we will not allow ISIS to reconstitute,” a top general said.

December 9, 2024 12:54 am CET

Israeli military enters Golan Heights as Netanyahu warns off Syrian militants

PM Benjamin Netanyahu says “hostile forces” will not be tolerated near border, but offers “hand of peace” to Syrians who want peace with Israel.

December 8, 2024 10:25 pm CET

US pounds ISIS camps in Syria after Assad flees

US pounds ISIS camps in Syria after Assad flees

December 8, 2024 9:39 pm CET

EU welcomes collapse of Assad regime in Syria

Opposition fighters have taken control of key cities and freed prisoners held for years behind bars.

December 8, 2024 2:34 pm CET
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Terror attack on Bavarian Christmas market foiled by police

The 37-year-old suspect from Iraq had allegedly photographed the market in Augsburg and discussed driving a car through it.

December 6, 2024 10:51 am CET

Pentagon officials alarmed over Hegseth’s lack of experience: ‘Would you trust him to run Walmart?’

If confirmed, the Army vet would be in charge of one of the biggest bureaucracies in the world.

November 14, 2024 12:36 am CET

Germany arrests Libyan suspected of planning terror attack on Israeli embassy

Detention of Libyan man suspected of links to Islamic State threatens to further fan the debate over immigration.

October 20, 2024 1:25 pm CET

French cement company to face trial for financing ISIS

Lafarge kept operating in Syria even at the height of its civil war.

October 17, 2024 5:39 pm CET

PMQs: Keir Starmer wins despite all the drama

The PM was probed on his economic promises — and managed to largely escape unscathed.

October 9, 2024 2:19 pm CET

Revealed: Liz Truss lobbied for UK role in project now linked to Mozambique massacre

In the summer of 2020 Britain’s then-trade secretary defied her Cabinet colleagues to secure financial support for the controversial development.

October 9, 2024 4:25 am CET

ISIS is back, says UK spy chief 

Rare public appearance from MI5 boss Ken McCallum also includes stark warnings about Russia, Iran — and funding pressures on the intelligence service itself.

October 8, 2024 2:35 pm CET

US defense secretary orders forces to be ready to deploy in Middle East

The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln will remain in the region after Israel kills Hezbollah leader.

September 29, 2024 10:42 pm CET

‘All must be beheaded’: Revelations of atrocities at French energy giant’s African stronghold

Mozambican soldiers operating out of TotalEnergies’ natural gas plant abducted, raped and killed dozens of civilians.

September 26, 2024 4:30 am CET

France charges ISIS bride with crimes including genocide

Wife of a now-deceased ISIS leader is accused of enslavement, imprisonment and torture.

September 25, 2024 6:46 pm CET

The US government is keeping tabs on Americans headed to Ukraine’s war zone

The previously unreported DHS monitoring effort aims to scrutinize Americans who joined the fight in Kyiv — and identify if any could pose a threat when they return home.

September 24, 2024 11:09 am CET

World order ‘under threat,’ UK and US spy chiefs warn

MI6 boss Richard Moore and CIA chief Bill Burns said in an op-ed in the Financial Times that there was work being done to “disrupt the reckless campaign of sabotage” across Europe by Russia.

September 7, 2024 11:46 pm CET
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