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 What will happen to US, Iran relations?

Trump’s Iran talks could backfire, strengthen regime, expert warns

 Houthi fighters take part in a parade for people who attended Houthi military training as part of a mobilization campaign, in Sanaa, Yemen December 18, 2024.

Houthis claim new attacks on US, Israel amid rising tensions ahead of Iran talks

CHILDREN HOLD flags next to a sculpture of Druze warrior Sultan Pasha al-Atrash after Syrian rebels announced the ousting of president Bashar Assad, in the Druze village of Majdal Shams, Golan Heights, earlier this month.

OPCW estimates over 100 chemical weapons sites still active in Syria

 Medical staff and nurses roaming the halls of Ichilov Hospital.

Baby boom: Birth rates in Israel are on the rise, primarily in Jewish families

By DR NATHANIEL FISHER
A helicopter carrying released Israeli hostage, Agam Berger, a soldier who was seized from her army base in southern Israel during the deadly October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas, arrives at at Beilinson Schneider complex in Petah Tikva, Israel, January 30, 2025.

'We are entering a centuries-long War of Independence,' retired IDF general says

By DORON COHEN
 Drone view of a towed Syrian tank as they head towards the Syrian-Lebanese border following clashes with Lebanese soldiers and armed groups, in Qusayr, Syria, March 17, 2025.

Syrian troops exchange fire with Lebanese army, armed groups in northeast Lebanon

By REUTERS
US President Donald Trump seen over an Iranian flag (illustrative)

Iran says it didn't get Trump's letter on nuclear talks - so who is bluffing?

 Syrian Kurds hold flags as they gather after Turkey's jailed militant leader Abdullah Ocalan called on his Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) to lay down its arms on Thursday, a move that could end its 40-year conflict with Ankara and have far-reaching political and security consequences for the region,

Abdullah Ocalan calls on PKK to dissolve, regional leaders react

By REUTERS
 Red Cross vehicles en route to receive the bodies of four slain hostages.

Night unfolds as slain hostages transferred to IDF custody from Gaza

 Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani meets Qatari cadets during his visit to the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in Camberley, Britain, December 4, 2024.

Qatar’s Emir visits Syria in historic first meeting with interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa

By Rizik Alabi/The Media Line
THE BORDER fence cuts across the arid landscape. Looking north, Egypt and the Sinai Desert are to the left of the fence and Israel and the Negev Desert lie on its right.

Sinai is the answer: The bold plan to solve Gaza’s crisis

By YARON SCHWARTZ
 Israel's new ambassador to the United States, Yechiel Leiter

Saudi-Israel talks nearing breakthrough, says new Israeli ambassador to US

 IDF operating in Lebanon, published January 16, 2024

At least 22 killed as IDF fires on suspects returning to southern Lebanon

 Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud seen in Tehran, Iran, June 17, 2023

War between Israel and Iran should be avoided, Saudi FM says

 Aidarous al-Zubaidi, VP of Yemen.

Yemen vice-president says Trump return pivotal in fight against Iran backed-Houthis

By REUTERS
'A deal or a death sentence!'. Hostage protest in Tel Aviv. August 17 2024.

'Technical issues' in Gaza hostage and ceasefire deal are 'just the beginning,' source says

 IDF troops operating in the Litani River area in Lebanon for first time in over two decades

Crisis between Israel, US? Trump warns against collapse of Lebanon ceasefire

 Former hostages speak at Tel Aviv's Hostage Square.

Heart vs head: The hostage deal and the cost of compassion