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Middle East latest: Defense minister acknowledges Israel killed Hamas leader

Dec. 23, 2024 19:19 PM EST

Israel’s defense minister has confirmed that Israel assassinated Hamas’ top leader last summer and is threatening to take similar action against the leadership of the Houthi rebel group in Yemen. The comments by Israel Katz appeared to mark the first time that Israel has...

Former Israeli spies describe attack using exploding electronic devices against Hezbollah

Dec. 23, 2024 16:48 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two recently retired senior Israeli intelligence agents shared new details about a deadly clandestine operation years in the making that targeted Hezbollah militants in Lebanon and Syria using exploding pagers and walkie talkies three months ago. Hezbollah began...

In the ruins of a bombed-out church in Lebanon, there's now a tiny Christmas tree

Dec. 23, 2024 02:02 AM EST

DARDGHAYA, Lebanon (AP) — A Christmas tree stands among the fallen stones of what remains of St. George Melkite Catholic Church in southern Lebanon. Once a vibrant community center, the 18th-century church is in ruins after an Israeli airstrike in October. Georges Elia, a...

Prominent Lebanese figure meets Syrian insurgent who led Assad's ouster, seeking better relations

Dec. 22, 2024 12:52 PM EST

BEIRUT (AP) — A prominent Lebanese politician held talks on Sunday with the insurgent who led the overthrow of Syria's President Bashar Assad, with both expressing hope for a new era in relations. Druze leader Walid Jumblatt is the most important politician from Lebanon to visit...

Two AP journalists in Ukraine and the Mideast break down the wars they covered in 2024

Dec. 20, 2024 08:30 AM EST

For the world, 2024 was riven by — and in some ways defined by — conflict on two fronts. The ripples after the previous year's Hamas attacks in Israel left Gaza a shambles and tens of thousands dead, and an adjacent conflict between Israel and Hezbollah is playing out across the...

AP PHOTOS: Majdal Shams, Israeli-controlled home to the Druze, perches uneasily at the edge of war

Dec. 18, 2024 02:09 AM EST

MAJDAL SHAMS, Golan Heights (AP) — High in the mountains of the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, the town of Majdal Shams is home to members of one of the Middle East’s most insular religious minorities: the Druze. With its roots in 10th century Ismailism, a branch of Shiite...

A diminished Hezbollah is made even weaker by the toppling of Assad in Syria

Dec. 14, 2024 08:57 AM EST

BEIRUT (AP) — A severely hobbled Hezbollah was in no position to help defend former Syrian President Bashar Assad, a longtime ally, from the lightning-fast insurgency that toppled him. With Assad gone, the militant group based in Lebanon is even weaker. Hezbollah was dealt a major...

Migrant workers in Lebanon are trying to return home after abuses and then war

Dec. 12, 2024 10:07 AM EST

BEIRUT (AP) — Isatta Bah wakes up from a nap in a crowded shelter on the outskirts of Beirut, clutching her baby, Blessing. The 24-year-old from Sierra Leone spends her days waiting for an exit visa that could put her and her 1-year-old on a plane back to the West African nation....

AP photos in 2024 show a Middle East riven by wars, but also moments of grace

Dec. 11, 2024 03:07 AM EST

An Israeli bomb hangs suspended in air, caught in a split-second image of a suburb in Beirut before it slams into an apartment building, passersby already bracing for the explosion. An Israeli woman grieves, the deep lines of wrinkles stark as she thinks of a man killed in Hamas’...

Netanyahu is set to take the witness stand for the first time in his corruption trial in Israel

Dec. 09, 2024 14:17 PM EST

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to take to the witness stand Tuesday for the first time in his trial on corruption allegations, a pivotal point in the drawn-out proceedings that comes as he wages war in Gaza and faces an international arrest warrant for war...