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Byline: Claire Parker; Heidi Levine; Miriam Berger; Abbie Cheeseman JERUSALEM -- Just days after a ceasefire took hold in Gaza, bringing relative calm to the Palestinian enclave, violence flared in [...]

Byline: John Hudson; Ellen Nakashima; Missy Ryan; Karen DeYoung; Shane Harris The Biden administration is divided over Israel's military escalation against Hezbollah with some senior officials viewing it as a [...]

Byline: Susannah George; Suzan Haidamous NABATIYEH, Lebanon -- For weeks, the Middle East has been on edge, waiting for a retaliatory Iranian attack on Israel that many fear could trigger [...]

Byline: Missy Ryan; John Hudson; Yasmeen Abutaleb; Karen DeYoung JERUSALEM -- The Biden administration is racing to avert an explosion of violence across the Middle East, a high-stakes moment that [...]

Byline: Alex Horton Five U.S. service members and two contractors were injured Monday in a rocket attack at an Iraqi air base, defense officials said, an incident that risks further [...]

Byline: Heidi Levine; Kareem Fahim; Steve Hendrix; Kelsey Ables TEL AVIV -- A surprise drone attack in the heart of Israel's most populous city killed one and injured at least [...]

Byline: Steve Hendrix; Dan Lamothe; Alex Horton JERUSALEM -- Iran launched a massive attack of more than 300 missiles and drones toward Israel late Saturday, a stunning assault that put [...]

Byline: Dan Lamothe; Missy Ryan The Biden administration is expanding efforts to surveil and intercept Iranian weapons being smuggled to Yemen, where Houthi militants have staged a deadly campaign of [...]

Byline: Alex Horton; Toluse Olorunnipa; Dan Lamothe; Missy Ryan A militant drone attack killed three U.S. service members and injured at least 34 in Jordan on Sunday, officials said, marking [...]

Byline: John Hudson; Abigail Hauslohner; Claire Parker The Biden administration is seeking firmer commitments from Israel that U.S.-made weapons will not get into the hands of Israeli settlers before approving [...]

Byline: Alex Horton; Dan Lamothe; Abigail Hauslohner A surge in attacks on deployed U.S. forces has roiled some within the Defense Department, where officials, frustrated by what they consider an [...]

Byline: Dan Lamothe; Alex Horton; Missy Ryan American fighter jets struck an Iranian weapons facility in eastern Syria on Wednesday, the Pentagon said, marking the latest use of military force [...]

Byline: By Regarding David Ignatius's Oct. 9 op-ed, 'The Hamas attack is an intelligence failure that could take Israel years to unravel': How is it remotely possible that authorities in [...]

Byline: Joby Warrick; Ellen Nakashima; Shane Harris; Souad Mekhennet The Palestinian militants behind the surprise weekend attack on Israel began planning the assault at least a year ago, with key [...]

Byline: Brian Murphy; Adam Taylor; Sammy Westfall; Bryan Pietsch; Steve Hendrix Hundreds have been killed and thousands injured after Palestinian gunmen from Hamas infiltrated Israel on Saturday, launching attacks on [...]

M2 PRESSWIRE-November 13, 2023-: Israel-Palestine crisis: Amid war crimes fears, UN rights chief renews calls to stop violence, free hostages  (C)1994-2023 M2 COMMUNICATIONS RDATE:10112023 'Water is scarce and fear is [...]

Byline: Steve Hendrix JERUSALEM -- The recent spate of settler attacks on Palestinian villages in the West Bank is deepening fissures in Israel's right-wing government, with hard-line ministers pushing back [...]

Byline: Katharine Houreld ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia -- Nothing illustrates the violence and intrigue that has engulfed southern Ethiopia like the life of Fekade Abdisa. A rebel and former prisoner, Fekade [...]

Byline: Steve Hendrix; Shira Rubin; Hazem Balousha JERUSALEM -- The Israeli military continued its withering pursuit of senior leaders of Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Gaza for a third day as [...]

Byline: Katharine Houreld; Ellen Francis; John Hudson; Sammy Westfall NAIROBI -- Gunfire and explosions continued in Sudan's capital, Khartoum, on Tuesday evening, after the deadline for a 24-hour cease-fire set [...]

Byline: Dan Lamothe; Missy Ryan A burst of deadly violence between U.S. forces and suspected Iranian proxies in Syria has reignited long-smoldering tensions between Washington and Tehran, as President Biden [...]

Byline: Miriam Berger Israeli forces killed more Palestinians in the West Bank in 2022 than in any year since the United Nations began systematically recording fatalities in 2005, after the [...]

Byline: Callie Ferguson Mar. 14If you or someone you know needs resources or support related to sexual violence, contact the Maine Coaltion Against Sexual Assault's 24/7 hotline at 800-871-7741. Democratic [...]

Byline: Alex Horton; Annie Gowen; Derek Hawkins; James Bikales The Navy veteran who tried to breach the FBI's Cincinnati field office Thursday once handled highly classified material years ago while [...]

Byline: Callie Ferguson Nov. 15Editor's note: This is the first in a three-part investigation by the Bangor Daily News into the Maine Army National Guard's handling of sexual assaults. If [...]

M2 PRESSWIRE-December 22, 2021-: Middle East: Positive steps needed to restore calm (C)1994-2021 M2 COMMUNICATIONS RDATE:21122021 Tor Wennesland painted a grim picture of 'clashes, attacks, military operations' and continued settler-related [...]

M2 PRESSWIRE-December 7, 2021-: DR Congo: Limitations to 'strictly military approach' to stem violence, mission chief warns  (C)1994-2021 M2 COMMUNICATIONS RDATE:06122021 Bintou Keita argued that, for stability to return to eastern Congo, 'the State must [...]

M2 PRESSWIRE-December 7, 2021-: DR Congo: Limitations to ‘strictly military approach’ to stem violence, mission chief warns (C)1994-2021 M2 COMMUNICATIONS RDATE:07122021 Bintou Keita argued that, for stability to return to [...]

Byline: Louisa Loveluck; Mustafa Salim BAGHDAD -- An overnight drone strike on the home of Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi drew wide condemnation Sunday as the contours of a potentially [...]

Byline: Shira Rubin; Karen DeYoung TEL AVIV -- Forty-two people were killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza early Sunday, the deadliest attacks in the latest round of violence between Israel [...]

Byline: Steve Hendrix; Shira Rubin; Michael E. Miller JERUSALEM -- Violence between Israelis and Palestinians raged into a fourth day Thursday as rocket attacks on Israeli cities and airstrikes in [...]

Byline: Steve Hendrix; Shira Rubin JERUSALEM -- Violence between Israelis and Palestinians approached all-out war on Tuesday as rocket attacks on Israeli cities and airstrikes in the Gaza Strip killed [...]

Byline: Susannah George; Aziz Tassal KABUL -- The Taliban has carried out a string of attacks near vulnerable provincial capitals across Afghanistan since May 1, a marked escalation in violence [...]

M2 PRESSWIRE-April 5, 2021-: Cameroon: Boko Haram Attacks Escalate in Far North (C)1994-2021 M2 COMMUNICATIONS RDATE:05042021 The Islamist armed group Boko Haram has stepped up attacks on civilians in towns [...]

Byline: Missy Ryan;Anne Gearan;Alex Horton The Biden administration conducted an airstrike in Syria on Thursday that officials believe killed a number of alleged Iranian-linked fighters, signaling its intent to use [...]

Byline: Missy Ryan;Mustafa Salim The U.S. military strike on Iranian-backed fighters in Syria this week represents a crucial first test of the Biden administration's attempt to balance competing goals on [...]

Byline: Dan Lamothe;Missy Ryan;Gregory S. Schneider Governors in multiple states moved Thursday to activate National Guardsmen to bolster security in their own jurisdictions through Inauguration Day, adding new wrinkles to [...]

Byline: Pamela Constable KABUL -- Growing uncertainty over peace talks with the Taliban, a drumbeat of targeted killings and the looming withdrawal of U.S. troops have raised tension here to [...]

Byline: Abdullahi Halakhe;Anjli Parrin The New York Times reported in September that the U.S. Africa Command (Africom) seeks authorization to conduct drone attacks in Kenya against Somalia-based terrorist group al-Shabab. [...]

Event On March 11th a rocket attack on the Camp Taji military base, north of Baghdad, resulted in the deaths of US and UK service members. Analysis The unidentified assailants [...]

Byline: Gregory S. Schneider;Laura Vozzella;Patricia Sullivan;Michael E. Miller RICHMOND -- Thousands of gun rights advocates packed the streets around the Virginia Capitol on Monday, bristling with weapons, flags and threats [...]

M2 PRESSWIRE-December 27, 2019-: UN chief calls for 'immediate cessation of hostilities' in Syria amidst uptick in violence, displacement (C)1994-2019 M2 COMMUNICATIONS RDATE:24122019 In a statement issued on Monday night [...]

Byline: Susannah George WAZIR TANGI, Afghanistan -- Deep inside Taliban territory, high in the mountains that line the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, a top-ranking militant commander cradling a Kalashnikov boasted of the [...]

Event On May 13th Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS, a jihadi group), the Turkish-backed Jabhat al-Wataniya li Tahrir and Fateh Dimashq attacked Syrian army positions in response to recent territorial gains [...]

M2 PRESSWIRE-May 15, 2019-: Mali: Displacement figure triples because of violence and military operations (C)1994-2019 M2 COMMUNICATIONS RDATE:14052019 OSLO, Norway -- The number of people forced to flee their homes [...]

M2 PRESSWIRE-March 28, 2019-: Cameroon: New Attacks on Civilians By Troops, Separatists (C)1994-2019 M2 COMMUNICATIONS RDATE:28032019 NAIROBI, Kenya -- Government forces in Cameroon's Anglophone regions have killed scores of civilians, [...]

M2 PRESSWIRE-February 23, 2018-: 'You can still save lives'; UN aid chief urges Security Council action to halt violence in Syria's war-battered east Ghouta (C)1994-2018 M2 COMMUNICATIONS RDATE:22022018 'What we [...]