Middle East


US forces abandon Syria military base, relocate to Jordan

Syrian Democratic Forces and U.S. troops are seen during a patrol near Turkish border in Hasakah, Syria November 4, 2018

Trump's progress in Gaza may be used to delay a new Israeli invasion of Gaza - analysis

US President Donald Trump poses with the signed agreement at a world leaders' summit on ending the Gaza war, amid a US-brokered prisoner-hostage swap and ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, October 13, 2025.

UN begins clearing wartime landfill burying Gaza City market

PALESTINIANS WALK near a landfill, in Gaza City, February 11, 2026.