No international body is searching for hundreds of Yazidi women and girls still held captive by the Islamist terrorists. Instead, their fates depend on a ragtag army of activists, relatives and armchair detectives.
By Eve Sampson
Scholars of international law say President Trump’s proposal for American control of a Gaza without Palestinians would be ethnic cleansing and a war crime.
By Edward Wong and Isabel Kershner
Days after the fragile truce appeared to be teetering, Hamas freed three Israeli hostages as Israel released 369 Palestinian prisoners. But it is far from clear whether the deal will reach a second phase.
By Aaron Boxerman, Fatima AbdulKarim and Johnatan Reiss
Hamas freed three Israelis, and Israel released 369 Palestinian prisoners in exchange, concluding the sixth hostage-for-prisoner swap under the cease-fire deal.
By Axel Boada
The emaciated condition of the three men released last week horrified Israelis. A crowd that gathered in Tel Aviv on Saturday to watch video of the latest handover in Gaza reacted more positively.
By Lara Jakes and Johnatan Reiss
The release of the men, who include an American, was the sixth in a hostage-for-prisoner exchange laid out in a cease-fire deal between Hamas and Israel.
By Natan Odenheimer, Ephrat Livni, Talya Minsberg and Matthew Mpoke Bigg
The interim government in Damascus has called for a powerful Kurdish-led militia backed by the United States to disarm and integrate into a national military force.
By Christina Goldbaum
President Trump’s plan would send a huge number of refugees to Jordan, adding new frictions to the kingdom’s often tense, sometimes violent history with displaced Palestinians.
By Ephrat Livni
Israel is set to free more than 360 Palestinian prisoners in an exchange that had been thrown into doubt after days of mutual recriminations, but it now appears to be on track.
By Aaron Boxerman
Thousands of bodies may be unearthed from Gaza’s ruins, the authorities say. Families with missing loved ones face fresh horrors as they search the rubble.
By Erika Solomon, Aaron Boxerman, Rawan Sheikh Ahmad and Saher Alghorra
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