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Still Divided, a Syrian City Ruined in War Edges Back to Life
ByCarlotta Gall, Saad Alnassife and Nicole Tung September 19, 2025

Battered by years of bombing and shelling, Deir al-Zour remains a frontline, even as its people struggle to rebuild.

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Autocrats Move Quickly to Fill Void as Trump Retreats From U.N.
ByMara Hvistendahl September 19, 2025

As President Trump pulls back U.S. funding of the United Nations, countries like China, Russia and Qatar are seeking to influence the body’s work on human rights and labor.

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Israel’s Assault on Gaza City Stifles Hope of Diplomatic Resolution to War
ByAdam Goldman September 17, 2025September 17, 2025

A negotiated settlement to end the fighting remains distant, in part because of the maximalist positions of Israel’s leader, Benjamin Netanyahu, and of Hamas.

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Israeli Ground Forces Move Into Gaza City, Sowing Chaos
ByAaron Boxerman, Lara Jakes, Isabel Kershner, Liam Stack and Michael Levenson September 16, 2025

The long-anticipated military assault is aimed, the Israelis said, at routing the militants of Hamas, but it deepened the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip.

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Israeli Ground Forces Move Into Gaza City, Sowing Chaos
ByAaron Boxerman, Lara Jakes, Isabel Kershner, Liam Stack and Michael Levenson September 16, 2025

The long-anticipated military assault is aimed, the Israelis said, at routing the militants of Hamas, but it deepened the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip.

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Rubio Heads to a Defiant Israel After Qatar Strike
ByMichael Crowley September 13, 2025September 13, 2025

The diplomat will consult with Israeli officials about their coming military offensive in Gaza City, as President Trump’s efforts to end the Gaza war appear stalled.

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U.S. Joins U.N. Security Council’s Criticism of Israeli Strike in Qatar
ByFarnaz Fassihi September 11, 2025

The United States, ordinarily a protector of Israel at the United Nations, signed on to a statement condemning its attack on Hamas in the Qatari capital.

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Elizabeth Tsurkov, Princeton Student, Is Released From Iraq, Trump Says
ByRonen Bergman, Patrick Kingsley and Aaron Boxerman September 9, 2025

Israel and Iraq confirmed the release of Elizabeth Tsurkov, a Russian-Israeli graduate student at Princeton who was kidnapped in Iraq in 2023 by the militant group Kataib Hezbollah.

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Gaza-Bound Flotilla Struck by Drone in Tunisia, Aid Group Says
ByPranav Baskar and Ephrat Livni September 9, 2025

Officials in Tunisia said there was no evidence of an attack on the ship, which the Global Sumud Flotilla hoped to use to bring humanitarian goods to Gaza.

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Trump Issues Warning to Hamas as Israeli Military Moves on Gaza City
ByIsabel Kershner September 8, 2025

The American president gave Hamas what sounded like an ultimatum, demanding that the militant group agree to a new truce proposal or face full-scale Israeli assault on Gaza City.

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