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Zero Hour for the Middle East
ByRoger Cohen, David Guttenfelder, Saher Alghorra, Daniel Berehulak and Nanna Heitmann December 28, 2025December 28, 2025

After more than a decade of wars, from Syria to Gaza, the Middle East is exhausted by conflict. Is it ready to find another way?

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One Gazan Girl’s Fight to Survive Extreme Hunger
ByBen Hubbard and Bilal Shbair December 26, 2025December 27, 2025

After Israel sealed Gaza’s borders, Hoda Abu al-Naja, 12, who suffered from celiac disease, spent months seeking the food and care she needed to combat malnutrition.

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The Deposed Assad Henchmen Plotting to Retake Syria
ByErika Solomon, Christiaan Triebert, Haley Willis and Ahmad Mhidi December 24, 2025

Hacked communications and a social media analysis reveal how former regime leaders are trying to arm fighters and exert influence as far away as Washington.

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The Truce Is 2 Months Old. So Why Have Hundreds of Gazans Been Killed?
ByDavid M. Halbfinger, Bilal Shbair, Aaron Boxerman and Saher Alghorra December 24, 2025December 25, 2025

Since the cease-fire took effect, Israel says it has targeted only militants. But death can come for Gazans while on a family outing or sleeping in a tent.

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After the Assad Regime’s Fall, His Enforcers Are Lying Low and Living Large
By December 22, 2025December 24, 2025

A Times investigation into the whereabouts of top Syrian officials who fled after the regime’s fall shows many remain free — shielded by wealth and accommodating host nations.

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Israel Says It Killed Senior Hamas Commander, Despite Cease-Fire
ByAaron Boxerman and Adam Rasgon December 13, 2025December 17, 2025

Hamas said the attack on Saturday was a breach of the truce. The militant group did not comment on Israel’s claim to have killed one of its members.

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Israel Says It Killed Senior Hamas Commander, Despite Cease-Fire
ByAaron Boxerman and Adam Rasgon December 13, 2025

Hamas said the attack on Saturday was a breach of the truce. The militant group did not comment on Israel’s claim to have killed one of its members.

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Hamas Committed War Crimes in 2023 Attack on Israel, Amnesty International Says
ByIsabel Kershner December 11, 2025December 12, 2025

The rights group said it had documented atrocities committed by Palestinian armed groups, including murder, imprisonment, torture and sexual violence.

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Deadly Attacks in Gaza Test Cease-Fire as Body of Another Captive Is Returned
ByAdam Rasgon and Natan Odenheimer December 5, 2025

Israel launched a military strike after it said Hamas militants attacked its soldiers, the latest clashes in the two months since a truce was signed.

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Gazans Say Israeli Forces Killed Two Children, Amid Persistent Violence
ByAaron Boxerman and Rawan Sheikh Ahmad November 29, 2025November 29, 2025

The Israeli military said it had fired on two “suspects” on Saturday who had crossed cease-fire lines in southern Gaza and did not comment on reports that they were young children.

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