Israel’s Netanyahu Heads for Washington to Renew Connection With Trump
By James Mackenzie
JERUSALEM, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu left Israel on Sunday for a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump that he hopes will reset relations with Washington after tensions with the previous administration over...
Syria’s Sharaa Meets Saudi Crown Prince in Riyadh on First Foreign Trip
CAIRO, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Syria's transitional president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, met Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh on Sunday in his first foreign trip as Syrian leader, in a sign of the major shifts...
Iran Foreign Minister Threatens ‘all-Out War in the Region’ if Nuclear Sites Attacked
CAIRO, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Iran will respond immediately and decisively if its nuclear sites are attacked which would lead to an "all-out war in the region," Tehran's foreign minister told Al Jazeera TV in an...
Suez Canal Authority Says Stability Returning to Red Sea
CAIRO, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Suez Canal Authority Chairman Osama Rabie has told shipping giant AP Moller-Maersk there are signs of stability returning to the Red Sea, and urged the company to take that into account...
Three Israeli Hostages, Including Dual US Citizen, Set for Release in Gaza on Saturday
By James Mackenzie
JERUSALEM, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Palestinian militant group Hamas said on Friday it would free the father of the youngest hostages seized in its Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel and two others including...
EXCLUSIVE – US Seeks to Block Iran-Backed Hezbollah Ally From Naming Lebanon Finance Minister,...
By Laila Bassam, Maya Gebeily and Samia Nakhoul
BEIRUT, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Washington is pressuring top Lebanese officials not to allow Hezbollah or its allies to nominate the country's next finance minister, five people with knowledge...
Israel Releases Palestinian Prisoners After Delay Over Traumatic Hostage Handover
By Nidal al-Mughrabi, Emily Rose, Maayan Lubell and Ali Sawafta
CAIRO/JERUSALEM/RAMALLAH, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Hamas freed three Israeli and five Thai hostages in Gaza on Thursday and Israel released 110 Palestinian prisoners after delaying the process in anger at the...
Palestinian Militants Begin Handover of Three Israeli Hostages in Latest Stage of Ceasefire Deal
By Nidal al-Mughrabi, Emily Rose and Maayan Lubell
CAIRO/JERUSALEM, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Palestinian militants began handing over three Israeli hostages in Gaza on Thursday in return for 110 Palestinian prisoners to be freed under a phased agreement that...
Israel Says Its Troops in Syria Will Remain on Mt Hermon Indefinitely
Jan 28 (Reuters) - Israeli troops who seized strategic ground in southern Syria after the fall of Bashar al-Assad will remain on the summit of Mount Hermon indefinitely, Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday after...
Iran-Backed Hezbollah Does Not Accept Reasons for Time Extension for Israeli Troop Withdrawal
CAIRO, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Lebanese Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem said on Monday that the group would not accept any justifications to extend the period for Israeli troops' withdrawal from southern Lebanon.
"What comes after the period...
