By Samia Nakhoul DUBAI (Reuters) - 2025 will be a year of reckoning for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his country's arch foe Iran. The veteran Israeli leader is set to cement his strategic goals: tightening his military control over Gaza,

With the possibility of a region-wide war fading, the Palestinian militant group Hamas faces increased isolation and limited options

The Israeli Air Force struck a storage facility in southern Lebanon, claiming Hezbollah was operating "within a weapons storage facility."

Syria is in chaos. The danger to Israel and the West is that the next Syrian regime will be no friendlier than Assad was. After all, the enemy of your enemy isn’t always your friend.

The missile strike sent Israelis fleeing their beds to safety in the middle of the night, resulting in at least 14 people suffering minor injuries from broken glass.

Explore the surge in Israeli emigration following the Oct. 7 Hamas attack, as citizens seek safety and stability abroad.

To gain some insight into the year ahead, CFR fellows highlight some of the global developments they will be looking out for.

Associated Press journalists have been covering these conflicts since they began. Now, as 2024 ends and a new year begins, we asked two veteran AP reporters — Josef Federman in Jerusalem and Samya Kullab in Kyiv — to talk about what they saw the past year and what struck them. Here are their accounts:

A grand deal with Iran might be out of reach, but Trump could strike a more modest agreement.

A missile fired from Yemen hit Tel Aviv overnight into Saturday (local time), Israeli authorities said, in a rare instance of a failed interception over the city.

By Farid Mirbagheri The recent escalation of the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah has brought the region to the brink of a wider war that could engulf Lebanon, Iran and potentially other countries.