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Airplanes at Ben Gurion Airport. February 11, 2026. (Photo: The Times of Israel)

Middle East

Israeli Airlines Ease Cancellation Rules as Fears Grow of Escalating Tensions in the Middle East

Israeli soldiers walking down a hill in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights. (AP)

Middle East

Israel, Syria Move Toward U.S.-Brokered Security Deal, Diplomatic Ties

Saudi Arabia flag, U-L, United Arabian Emirates flag. (Graphics: Kurdistan24)

Middle East

Saudi-UAE Media War Exposes Deepening Gulf Rift After Yemen Clashes

An Air France plane lands at the International O.R. Tambo Airport in Johannesburg, Oct. 1, 2020. (AP)

Middle East

European Airlines Suspend Regional Service as Israel Clears Airspace

Smoke and sparks ascend from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted a building in the southern Lebanese village of Al-Kfour on Jan. 21, 2026. (Photo: Kurdistan24)

Middle East

Israel Strikes Four Border Crossings Between Syria and Lebanon

Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, enters the Alexander Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace, in Moscow, Russia, Jan. 15, 2026. (AP)

Middle East

Kremlin Confirms Putin Invited to Trump’s “Board of Peace” for Gaza Reconstruction

Iranian FM Abbas Araghchi, L, his Iraqi counterpart Fuad Hussein, Jan. 18, 2025.

Middle East

Iran Says US Troop Withdrawal From Ain al-Asad Reflects Growing Security Cooperation With Iraq

Former British PM and Middle East Quartet envoy Tony Blair gestures during his visit to the West Bank village of Zakaria near the Jewish settlement of Efrat, south of Bethlehem, March 19, 2009. (AFP)

Middle East

Israel Objects to Gaza Governance Panel Under Trump’s Board of Peace

Kurdistan Region President Nechirvan Barzani. (Photo: Kurdistan Region Presidency)

Middle East

Nechirvan Barzani Welcomes Syrian Decree Recognizing Kurdish Rights, Calls for Constitutional Guarantees

Tent shelters housing displaced Palestinian families set up along the shore in Gaza City, Jan. 13, 2026. (AFP)

Middle East

Trump Administration Names Blair, Kushner, and Senior U.S. Officials to Advise Gaza Reconstruction Body

Afghan women with their malnourished children sitting inside the (MSF) malnutrition ward at a hospital in Herat, Jan. 8, 2026. (AFP)

Middle East

WFP Warns of ‘Harrowing’ Malnutrition Crisis Facing Afghan Women and Children Amid Aid Cuts

Yemen's newly appointed PM Shayea Mohsen Zindani. (AFP)

Middle East

Yemen Names Foreign Minister as New Premier Amid Rift in Gulf Coalition

Members of the security forces with Syria's new government inspect a warehouse that was used to hide pills of Captagon, during a raid in Latakia on January 19, 2025. (Photo: AFP)

Middle East

Syria, Iraq Seize 2.5 Million Captagon Pills in Joint Anti-Drug Operation

A large group of the CMF naval personnel pose on the deck of a warship. (Photo: CMF)

Middle East

CTF 150 Seizes Record Amount of Meth in Major Maritime Counter-Narcotics Operations

Yemenis brandishing the People's Republic of South Yemen flag and the image of the STC president Aidarous Al-Zubaidi, rally in support of Yemen's southern separatists, in Aden, Jan. 10, 2026. (AFP)

Middle East

Yemeni Separatist Leader Calls for Protests in Aden After Disappearance

Palestinians walk along a road amid destroyed buildings in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, Jan. 10, 2026. (Photo: AFP)

Middle East

Phase Two of Trump’s Gaza Plan Launches with Palestinian Technocratic Committee