Even before the first phase is completed, the fragile cease-fire agreement that has paused 15 months of war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas faces increasingly long odds of lasting or even reaching phase two.

Justice Min. releases two add'l names of prisoners to be released • IDF conducts Jenin op. • IDF to stay in Lebanon post-ceasefire

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is visiting Qatar to meet with leaders of the Tehran-backed Palestinian group Hamas, according to a Thursday statement.

Wealthy Arab nations consider bankrolling Gaza’s reconstruction, but they want assurances Palestinians will lead in the postwar period.

Tehran's Foreign Minister Araghchi mocks Trump for suggesting Gazans be relocated to other countries, advises sending Israelis to Greenland instead

in the southern Gaza Strip, May 11, 2024. (photo credit: REUTERS/Hussam Al Masri) For several months now, there has been a heated debate between the US and Israel about whether it would take four ...

Naim Qassem, the leader of Hezbollah, praised the 'success' of the Palestinians in achieving a ceasefire in Gaza, specifically thanking Iran, Yemen, Iraq, and Lebanon for 'victory'

To better understand what the cease-fire will mean for the Israelis, the Palestinians, and the Middle East, Foreign Affairs turned to Marc Lynch, a professor of political science at George Washington University and the director of its Middle East Studies program.

Doha:Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign AffairsHE Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani met Thursday with Minister of Foreign

Israel wants to annex the occupied West Bank and further weaken Iran, but Trump's other priorities may hold those back

Left: Relatives and friends of people killed and abducted by Hamas react to the ceasefire announcement in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Jan. 15. Right: Palestinians celebrate the ceasefire deal in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, on Jan. 15.