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The group sank just two ships in all of 2024, and none since last June. Now they have sunk two in less than a week. Yet the ...

Sasha Polakow-Suransky speaks to Dahlia Scheindlin, Israeli pollster and author of ‘The Crooked Timber of Democracy in Israel: Promise Unfulfilled’ ...

The U.S. attack on Fordow did real damage to the site. But it also set back the IAEA's oversight of Iran's nuclear program. The post Iran's Nuclear Program Took a Real Hit. So Did IAEA Oversight of It ...

Israel carried out a series of powerful strikes on the Syrian capital Damascus Wednesday, escalating a campaign it says is in support of an Arab minority group involved in deadly clashes with Syrian ...

Israel struck Syria’s military headquarters in Damascus on Wednesday and moved more troops to the border in a bid, officials said, to prevent attacks against the Syrian Druze community.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Washington this week did not result in a ceasefire deal for the Gaza war, despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s efforts ...

Israel launched strikes in the Syrian capital, Damascus, followed by a ceasefire announcement, but it was unclear if it would hold ...