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U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters stand on their vehicles in a line of cars just past a blue sign with an arrow pointing in the direction they are traveling that says, "Airport" Other cities on the sign are Manbej, Damascus, Aleppo, and Idleb
Kurdish fighters leave northern city in Syria as part of deal with central government

Ghaith Alsayed - AP News

April 4, 2025

Scores of U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters have left two neighborhoods in Syria’s northern city of Aleppo part of a deal with the central government in Damascus.
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The site of an Israeli airstrike shows a completely destroyed vehicle sitting in a pile of white ash and metal debris. In the background is open land with many sheep roaming across the dry yellow grass.
Israel Hits Syria With New Strikes and Ground Raid as Tensions Soar

Carlotta Gall - The New York Times

April 3, 2025

Israel defended the moves as necessary security measures, but Syria accused it of trying to destabilize the country.
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Video still of Benjamin Netanyahu in a navy blue suit with light blue necktie
Netanyahu: Israel is ‘dissecting the Gaza Strip’

Al Jazeera

April 2, 2025

Israeli PM Netanyahu says Israel is “dissecting the Gaza Strip” to pressure Hamas into releasing hostages.
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An image of a large group of people gathered together with some holding up the red, black, white, and green flag of Palestine. Layered on top of that image is the title of the letter typed in white font against a transparent blue background.
Open Letter: Stop the Israeli Government's Systematic Assault on Civil Society - حملة - المركز العربي لتطوير الإعلام الاجتماعي

7amleh

April 2, 2025

We, the undersigned Palestinian civil society organizations in Israel, write with grave concern and urgent alarm over the Israeli government's intensified efforts to dismantle civil society...
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IDF deploys another division in southern Gaza as offensive expands

Emanuel Fabian - Times of Israel

April 2, 2025

After extensive overnight strikes in the southern Gaza Strip, the IDF has deployed another division to the area as Defense Minister Israel Katz says the military is expanding its offensive against Hamas.
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Israeli ground forces said to be operating in Rafah area

Times of Israel

April 2, 2025

Israeli ground forces have begun operating in parts of Rafah
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Walid Jumblatt standing posed with his hands behind his back inside his home. He is wearing a gray tweed jacket and black vest over a button up collared shirt.
Walid Jumblatt on confronting Israel's 'dislocation' plans and why Syria’s new leader deserves a chance

Jamie Prentis - The National News

April 2, 2025

Lebanese veteran politician has witnessed every major transformation in the Middle East over the past several decades
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Israelis hold posters, yellow flags, and the flag of Israel while they protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government, calling for a deal to free the hostages near the Knesset
Hamas willing to release all hostages at once for permanent ceasefire, Palestinian official tells ToI

Jacob Magid - Times of Israel

April 2, 2025

Hamas is prepared to release all of the remaining hostages at once, in exchange for a permanent ceasefire, a senior Palestinian official familiar with the ongoing truce talks tells The Times of Israel.
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Ahmad Dwikat, a Palestinian worker, inspects bars of soap stacked to dry before packing them at a soap factory
Palestinian soap gets UNESCO recognition as Israel's military operation closes in

Kat Lonsdorf - NPR

April 1, 2025

An age-old Palestinian tradition of making soap in the Israeli-occupied West Bank was recognized by UNESCO. A visit to one factory tells you why.
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Brett McGurk (L) and Benjamin Netanyahu seated in brown leather arm chairs around a small round table with a US flag and Israel flag placed on top.
Israeli ambassador and Biden adviser clash over Gaza war legacy

Barak Ravid - Axios

April 1, 2025

Israeli Ambassador Yechiel Leiter had a tense exchange with Brett McGurk, former President Biden's top Middle East adviser, after Leiter condemned the Biden administration's Gaza policy in a closed-door briefing at the Atlantic Council last week
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Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman sails across the ocean carrying many military jets
Pentagon announces deployment of second US aircraft carrier to Mideast

Times of Israel

April 1, 2025

The United States is increasing the number of aircraft carriers deployed in the Middle East to two, keeping one that is already there and sending another from the Indo-Pacific, the Pentagon says.
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Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (left) and Defense Minister Israel Katz (center) tour West Bank settlements alongside senior IDF officials
Katz, Smotrich tour West Bank, vow to crack down on illegal Palestinian construction

Stav Levaton - Times of Israel

April 1, 2025

Defense Minister Israel Katz and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich tour the West Bank, reaffirming their commitment to Jewish settlements and cracking down on illegal Palestinian construction, according to a statement from Katz’s office.
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Mourners gather around the bodies of 8 Red Crescent emergency responders. The bodies lay on stretchers and are wrapped in white sheets with the Red Crescent logo and their photos attached.
Israeli troops killed 15 Palestinian medics and buried them in a mass grave, UN says

Fatma Khaled, Lee Keath, Wafaa Shurafa - AP News

March 31, 2025

Palestinians held funerals for 15 medics and emergency responders killed by Israeli troops in southern Gaza.
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Heavy equipment at work and a newly built perimeter wall.
Israel Digs In Beyond Its Northern Border

Aaron Boxerman, Samuel Granados, Sanjana Varghese - The New York Times

March 31, 2025

Israel has built a growing network of outposts and fortifications in Syria and Lebanon, deepening concerns about a protracted occupation in parts of the two countries.
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Three Israeli soldiers stand at a fence around an illegal settlement
Meta profits as ads promote illegal Israeli settlements in West Bank

Caolan Magee - Al Jazeera

March 31, 2025

Companies are selling homes in illegal settlements and individuals are fundraising to buy weapons for Israeli soldiers.
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Police detain demonstrators at a protest. One officer is dragging a person on the street by the top handle of their backpack.
Germany Turns to U.S. Playbook: Deportations Target Gaza War Protesters

Hanno Hauenstein - The Intercept

March 31, 2025

Four Gaza protesters in Germany are set for deportations despite objections from an immigration official that none were convicted of crimes.
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A young boy pushes a woman and toddler across a dirt road in a wheelchair as Palestinians in Rafah, Gaza move to safer areas with a few belongings
Israel to reoccupy 25% of Gaza to press Hamas to release hostages, official says

Barak Ravid - Axios

March 31, 2025

The Israeli military will expand its ground operation in Gaza to occupy 25% of the enclave over the next two to three weeks, a senior Israeli official said in a briefing with reporters on Monday.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wearing a dark suit with blue tie speaks at a lectern on a stage with a blue background. Parts of the US flag and Israeli flag can be seen behind him.
Israel again expands Gaza war as Netanyahu vows he’s changing the Middle East. The endgame is unclear as ever | CNN

Mick Krever - CNN

March 30, 2025

It has become a familiar refrain: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that he is “changing the face of the Middle East.”
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Benjamin Netanyahu speaking at a lectern in between two blue and white flags of Israel
Israeli PM Netanyahu vows to pressure Hamas after ceasefire proposal

James Mackenzie, Nidal Al-Mughrabi - Reuters

March 30, 2025
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Syrians walking down a crowded aisle with market stalls on both sides in Damascus
Syria’s Leader, Ahmed al-Shara, Names Transitional Government

Carlotta Gall - The New York Times

March 30, 2025

The list of ministers appears to be a compromise between calls for a diverse cabinet to unite the divided country while keeping allies of the interim president, Ahmed al-Shara, in powerful roles.
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Iran rejects direct nuclear talks with Trump, open to indirect negotiations

Al Jazeera

March 30, 2025

US president threatens Iran with bombings if Tehran does not come to a nuclear agreement with Washington.
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People visiting the graves of relatives in Gaza City. The concrete graves are surrounded with overgrown greenery. A woman weeps, while other kneel down on the ground. A boy pours water over one of the plots.
What We Know About Talks for a Renewed Gaza Cease-Fire

Isabel Kershner - The New York Times

March 30, 2025

Hamas said it had accepted a proposal for a new cease-fire, which would see some hostages released from captivity in Gaza. But details were elusive.
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Hundreds rally in New York City in the streets between skyscrapers carrying signs supporting Mahmoud Khalil
SCOOP: ICE Revoking Students’ Immigration Statuses Without Their or the University’s Knowledge

Prem Thakker - Zeteo

March 29, 2025

“Never seen something like this,” say university officials about the secret targeting of Middle Eastern students.
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Hamdan Ballal, Oscar-winning Palestinian director of No Other Land, is released from a police station
Academy apologizes for not adequately supporting Oscar-winning Palestinian director

Chloe Veltman - NPR

March 29, 2025

The apology appeared after a wave of online protest against the Academy — first for not responding to Ballal's attack, and then for not naming him and his film directly in its initial statement.
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Students walking up steps outside on the campus of John Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins tells faculty not to “intervene” in ICE detainments

Ellie Wolfe - The Baltimore Banner

March 29, 2025

A memo sent by the Office of General Counsel at Johns Hopkins instructs faculty and staff not to intervene if federal law enforcement detains a community member on campus.
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This grab from a handout video statement released by the Syrian Presidency shows Syria's interim president Ahmed al-Sharaa wearing a black suit speaking in Damascus. The flag of Syria is posted behind him.
Syria’s Sharaa announces creation of new government

Times of Israel

March 29, 2025

Syria’s interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa announces the formation of a new government, reaffirming his commitment to “building a strong and stable state.”
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Rumeysa Ozturk wearing a beige blouse, glasses, and sage green hijab at Tufts University, poses in a photograph seated at a table resting her cheek on her closed fist
US judge halts deportation of Turkish student at Tufts

Kanishka Singh, Nate Raymond - Reuters

March 29, 2025

A federal judge in Massachusetts on Friday temporarily barred the deportation of a Turkish doctoral student at Tufts University, who voiced support for Palestinians in Israel's war in Gaza and was detained by U.S. immigration officials this week.
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IDF troops walking in the dark across a barren dirt landscape
Dozens of medical reservists said to refuse return to Gaza combat

Times of Israel

March 29, 2025

Dozens of reservists from the Medical Corps have declared their refusal to return to combat in the Gaza Strip, citing ethical and legal aspects and the extension of the conflict “beyond all reason,” Kan news reported this evening.
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Students walking down a paved concrete path lined with trees and black lampposts
How Colleges Are Surveilling Students Now

Isabelle Taft - The New York Times

March 29, 2025

Colleges are using surveillance videos and search warrants to investigate students involved in pro-Palestinian protests. Experts say it’s a new frontier in campus security that could threaten civil liberties.
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A woman yells into a megaphone with her fist in the air as people take part in a protest demanding the immediate release of hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, in Tel Aviv, Israel
Hamas says it accepts a new Gaza ceasefire proposal but Israel makes a counter-offer

Julia Frankel, Samy Magdy - AP News

March 29, 2025

The Hamas militant group says it has accepted a new Gaza ceasefire proposal from mediators Egypt and Qatar.
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Confetti and flowers are dropped from a military helicopter onto a crowd during a celebration in Idlib, Syria. People are seen looking up while holding their mobile devices and someone is waving the red, green, white, and black flag of Syria
US embassy in Syria tells Americans to leave, warns of 'potential imminent attacks'

David Brennan - ABC News

March 29, 2025

The American embassy in Syria has warned all U.S. citizens to leave the country due to "the increased possibility of attacks" during the Eid al-Fitr holiday.
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Current students and alumni of Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs hold signs and demonstrate against the school
Columbia University alumni rip up their diplomas in protest of school and leadership

Maya Eaglin - NBC News

March 29, 2025

Some current students at Saturday’s protest said they have lost faith in their school amid recent turmoil that has involved the federal detention of a graduate student.
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