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Turkey to Join Task Force Monitoring Gaza Ceasefire

This is Beirut, 2025-10-09 17:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday said Turkey would participate in a "task force" to oversee the implementation of a ceasefire deal reached between Israel and Hamas. "We will hopefully join the task force that will monitor the implementation of the agreement on the ground," Erdogan said. Turkey, which has been closely involved in the ...

How Trump’s Plan Tries to Rewire the Middle East’s Deterrence Map

Salam El Zaatari, 2025-10-09 11:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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In a region addicted to repetition, President Donald Trump is once again attempting to rewrite the script. His new “Gaza Peace Plan,” a 20-point proposal for a ceasefire, hostage exchange and technocratic governance under a US-chaired “Board of Peace,” is more than a humanitarian play. It’s a geopolitical lever meant to corner Tehran, ...

Trump Says May go to Middle East at End of Week

This is Beirut, 2025-10-08 23:39 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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US President Donald Trump said Wednesday he may travel to the Middle East later this week, as negotiators in Egypt reported "encouraging" progress toward a deal to end the Gaza war. Trump, whose 20-point peace proposal forms the basis of the talks in the resort town of Sharm El-Sheikh, said a peace deal between Israel and Palestinian ...

Gaza, Hamas, Israel and Hezbollah on This is America!

Tylia El Helou, 2025-10-08 22:00 - Reading : less than a minute

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On this week’s episode of This is America, we cover the ongoing negotiations in Cairo over Gaza and the US government shutdown. We also feature an exclusive interview with Hussain Abdul-Hussain, Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), who shares his insights on the Gaza conflict and the prospects for peace in the region.

Gaza: Paris Meeting on Post-War Plans Sparks Israeli Anger

This is Beirut, 2025-10-08 21:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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A meeting scheduled for Thursday in Paris, bringing together European and Arab foreign ministers to discuss “modalities for a collective post-war engagement” in the Gaza Strip, has already drawn Israel’s ire, which denounces it as “an attempt to internationalize the conflict.” “This meeting represents a new step in France’s ...

Turkey and Syria Highlight Security Concerns and Gaza Talks

This is Beirut, 2025-10-08 18:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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In a joint press conference on Wednesday, the foreign ministers of Turkey and Syria addressed a wide range of issues, from ongoing negotiations in Gaza to developments in southern Syria and the future of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan warned that Israel’s military operations in southern Syria pose a ...

Gaza: Turkey Takes the Lead, Leveraging Its Ties with Hamas

This is Beirut, 2025-10-08 17:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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By backing the ongoing indirect negotiations in Egypt between Israel and Hamas, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Turkey is drawing on its long-standing ties with the Palestinian Islamist movement. Erdogan said Wednesday that he had been “explicitly” asked by Donald Trump to convince Hamas to engage in peace talks with Israel. The ...

Hamas Says 'Optimism Prevails' in Gaza Talks With Israel

This is Beirut, 2025-10-08 15:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Hamas said Wednesday that "optimism" was prevailing in indirect talks with Israel aimed at ending the Gaza war, with the militant group submitting a list of prisoners it wants released in exchange for freeing Israeli hostages under a deal. The talks aim to thrash out a plan to implement a 20-point peace proposal put forward last month by US ...

Trump Says 'Real Chance' of Gaza Peace Deal

This is Beirut, 2025-10-07 22:43 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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US President Donald Trump voiced optimism that there was a "real chance" to end the war in Gaza, as Israel marked the second anniversary of the October 7 attack on Tuesday. In his message marking the anniversary, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to achieve all the goals of the war. "We are in fateful, decisive days. ...

Two Years of Arab and Muslim Failure

Hussain Abdul-Hussain, 2025-10-07 13:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Today marks the second anniversary of the horrific attacks when Hamas militants stormed out of the Gaza Strip into nearby Israeli towns. They killed, maimed and burned 1,200 civilians in a brutal door-to-door rampage, kidnapping 250. This assault demanded unequivocal condemnation from Arab and Muslim populations, yet responses ranged from ...

Gaza: Two Years After the War, A Devastating Toll

Marie de La Roche Saint-André, 2025-10-07 12:25 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

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Two years after Hamas launched its deadly attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, which claimed 1,219 Israeli lives according to AFP, the conflict continues to wreak havoc on the Palestinian enclave of Gaza. Of the 251 Israelis abducted during the attack, 47 remain in captivity in Gaza, including 25 who have since died, according to Israeli military ...

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