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Byline: Steven Erlanger Israel has set itself a stiff challenge in aiming to vanquish Hamas. But an even bigger question looms: Once in Gaza, how and when does Israel get [...]

Byline: Steven Erlanger Some paradigms taken for granted about Israel and the Palestinians, both in Gaza and the West Bank, have been broken. So has the idea that Washington can [...]

Israel has set itself a stiff challenge in aiming to vanquish Hamas. But an even bigger question looms: Once in Gaza, how and when does Israel get out? As Israeli [...]

Israel has set itself a stiff challenge in aiming to vanquish Hamas. But an even bigger question looms: Once in Gaza, how and when does Israel get out? As Israeli [...]

Byline: Steven Erlanger Washington's strong support for Israel against Hamas is contrasted with Russian and Chinese efforts to align with the Palestinian struggle. As President Biden visited Israel on Wednesday, [...]

President Biden promised undying American backing for Israel in its war against Hamas. But that won't mean U.S. support for everything Israel does. In the wake of a visit by [...]

President Biden promised undying American backing for Israel in its war against Hamas. But that won’t mean U.S. support for everything Israel does. In the wake of a visit by [...]

Washington's strong support for Israel against Hamas is contrasted with Russian and Chinese efforts to align with the Palestinian struggle. As President Biden visited Israel on Wednesday, seeking to display [...]

Byline: Steven Erlanger Israeli Arabs, some 18 percent of Israel's population, speak of heightened tensions with their neighbors, when they are willing to speak at all. Fida Shehada is a [...]

The war in the Middle East, anxiety about the commitment of the U.S., and divisions in Europe are worrying Kyiv that aid from the West may wane. Clearly anxious, President [...]

Byline: Steven Erlanger and Ronen Bergman The country's new unity government agrees that Hamas must be destroyed so it can never attack Israel again, but there is little appetite for [...]

The war in the Middle East, anxiety about the commitment of the U.S., and divisions in Europe are worrying Kyiv that aid from the West may wane. Clearly anxious, President [...]

The country's new unity government agrees that Hamas must be destroyed so it can never attack Israel again, but there is little appetite for a reoccupation. Israel, already bombing intensively [...]

Byline: Steven Erlanger The horrors committed by Hamas on Israeli civilians are all but certain to mark Benjamin Netanyahu's legacy no matter the outcome of the war. If Israel considers [...]

As Israel’s extensive bombing of Gaza continues, the Israeli military is preparing to launch a multipronged invasion of the territory, if one is approved by the political leadership of the [...]

Byline: Steven Erlanger Israel had considered Hamas a terrorist organization but one that could play a useful role for Israel in the Gaza Strip, which the group controls. Now, senior [...]

The horrors committed by Hamas on Israeli civilians are all but certain to mark Benjamin Netanyahu's legacy no matter the outcome of the war. If Israel considers itself in a [...]

Israel had considered Hamas a terrorist organization but one that could play a useful role for Israel in the Gaza Strip, which the group controls. Now, senior Israeli officials say, [...]

Byline: Steven Erlanger Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is being pressured to launch a full-scale invasion that Israeli leaders have been scrupulously avoiding since 2005. Nearly 50 years to the day [...]

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is being pressured to launch a full-scale invasion that Israeli leaders have been scrupulously avoiding since 2005. Nearly 50 years to the day after the Yom [...]

The facade of the apartment building was blown off, the remains sagging to one side. Working together, the military police, the emergency services, the fire department and the explosives team [...]

Byline: Steven Erlanger After decades of going it alone in security issues, Finns are finding that life in a large alliance is complex, expensive and deeply political. Barely a year [...]

After decades of going it alone in security issues, Finns are finding that life in a large alliance is complex, expensive and deeply political. Barely a year after Russia's invasion [...]

Byline: Steven Erlanger President Biden has consulted Sauli Niinisto throughout Russia's war against Ukraine. Europeans should not dismiss the risks of a wider war, he says. The president of Finland, [...]

American-made Abrams battle tanks will arrive in Ukraine soon, the U.S. defense secretary, Lloyd J. Austin III, said on Tuesday, finally bringing a powerful new weapon to the battlefield in [...]

President Biden has consulted Sauli Niinisto throughout Russia's war against Ukraine. Europeans should not dismiss the risks of a wider war, he says. The president of Finland, Sauli Niinisto, is [...]

U.N. sanctions are set to expire in October, as part of the 2015 nuclear deal. Other nations, including Russia, will be free to buy Iranian missiles and drones. In a [...]

U.N. sanctions are set to expire in October, as part of the 2015 nuclear deal. Other nations, including Russia, will be free to buy Iranian missiles and drones. In a [...]

Byline: Steven Erlanger The monarchy is revered and nearly all powerful in Morocco. But details about the lives and actions of the king, his family and his entourage remain mysterious [...]

The monarchy is revered and nearly all powerful in Morocco. But details about the lives and actions of the king, his family and his entourage remain mysterious and subject to [...]

Discussion of a Plan B, should Ukraine fail to win a total victory, has become more fraught than ever, say those who have tried. Stian Jenssen, the chief of staff [...]

Discussion of a Plan B, should Ukraine fail to win a total victory, has become more fraught than ever, say those who have tried. Stian Jenssen, the chief of staff [...]

Byline: Steven Erlanger The prospect of a second presidential term for Donald J. Trump has many officials worried about alliance cohesion, NATO and the war in Ukraine. For most European [...]

Byline: Marc Santora and Steven Erlanger The Black Sea, a largely overlooked part of the war in Ukraine, is suddenly a cauldron of military and geopolitical tensions. The region is [...]

The Black Sea, a largely overlooked part of the war in Ukraine, is suddenly a cauldron of military and geopolitical tensions. The region is deeply important to Moscow, Ukraine and [...]

Byline: Steven Erlanger The alliance added Sweden, laid out new ambitions for itself and offered long-term support for Ukraine, promising membership someday. But Kyiv wanted more. VILNIUS, Lithuania - NATO [...]

The alliance added Sweden, laid out new ambitions for itself and offered long-term support for Ukraine, promising membership someday. But Kyiv wanted more. VILNIUS, Lithuania -- NATO had some significant [...]

Over the course of a two-day summit in Lithuania, the leaders of NATO’s 31 member nations projected unity in their support for Ukraine in the face of Russia’s bloody invasion, [...]

The alliance firmed up its plans to include Ukraine eventually, but gave no timetable, siding with President Biden and frustrating some East European members. NATO declared on Tuesday that Ukraine [...]

Byline: Steven Erlanger Supporting Ukraine and clarifying its relationship with the alliance will be a dominant theme at an upcoming summit. But NATO's efforts to strengthen its own defenses along [...]

The alliance firmed up its plans to include Ukraine eventually, but gave no timetable, siding with President Biden and frustrating some East European members. NATO declared on Tuesday that Ukraine [...]

Ukraine’s president wanted firmer commitments about when his country could join, but NATO’s 31 members did make some new pledges to draw Kyiv closer to the alliance. After weeks of [...]

VILNIUS, Lithuania — Turkey agreed on Monday to clear the way for Sweden to join NATO, a sudden reversal that allows the alliance to project an image of unity and [...]

VILNIUS, Lithuania — NATO leaders agreed in a joint statement to offer Ukraine an invitation to join, but remained vague on how and when, wording that essentially marked a victory [...]

The announcement allows the military alliance to project unity, which is getting harder to sustain as the war in Ukraine goes on. Turkey agreed on Monday to clear the way [...]

The announcement allows the military alliance to project unity, which is getting harder to sustain as the war in Ukraine goes on. Turkey agreed on Monday to clear the way [...]

Late last month, a German convoy of 1,000 troops with tanks, drones and armored vehicles made its way some 750 miles to a Lithuanian military compound in Pabrade in three [...]

The move came after the Turkish president’s surprising new demand that the European Union should move forward with his country’s bid to join the bloc, one day before a high-profile [...]

Supporting Ukraine and clarifying its relationship with the alliance will be a dominant theme at an upcoming summit. But NATO's efforts to strengthen its own defenses along its eastern flank [...]

Byline: Ben Hubbard and Steven Erlanger Alliance leaders wanted their summit next week to celebrate the arrival of a new member, but stalling by Hungary and objections from Turkey have [...]