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Many Syrians rejoiced at the chance to return to homes and lands they had abandoned, but now they face fresh waves of displacement — driven by revenge, sectarian violence, property disputes and Israeli occupation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/30/world/society/syria-transition-displacement/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #society #middleeast #syria #refugees

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Syria’s rocky transition brings new waves of displacement

Between December 2024 and July 2025, more than 430,000 people in Syria were newly displaced, according to the United Nations.

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · 17 hours ago

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Syria’s rocky transition brings new waves of displacement

Between December 2024 and July 2025, more than 430,000 people in Syria were newly displaced, according to the United Nations.

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · yesterday

Gaza’s fragile ceasefire was back on track Wednesday, after Israel said it would halt a series of airstrikes that briefly raised doubts about whether the U.S.-brokered deal would hold. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/30/world/israeli-army-ceasefire-gaza-strikes/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu #us #donaldtrump

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · 2 days ago

In its effort to disarm Hezbollah, a once-dominant political force in Lebanon, the Lebanese army walks a political tightrope. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/29/world/politics/lebanese-army-tightrope-hezbollah/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #lebanon #hezbollah #us

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Lebanese army walks political tightrope to disarm Hezbollah

Hezbollah, which is designated a terrorist group by the U.S., was once the dominant political force in Lebanon.

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · 3 days ago

Israeli planes launched strikes in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday after Israel accused the militant group Hamas of violating a ceasefire in the Palestinian territory. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/29/world/politics/israel-gaza-hamas-us-ceasefire/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas

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Israel strikes Gaza after accusing Hamas of violating U.S.-brokered ceasefire

The development is the latest test of the fragile deal brokered earlier this month.

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@Faithslayer202@mastodon.social · 3 days ago

This article, on how #Israel used #drones to massacre #children in #Gaza while they were drinking tea, is more than 16 years old.

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@Faithslayer202@mastodon.social · 3 days ago

This article, on how #Israel used #drones to massacre #children in #Gaza while they were drinking tea, is more than 16 years old.

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · 3 days ago

Richard Attias, a power broker who has been ensconced at the heart of Saudi Arabia’s global outreach, has spent the past decade courting investors to back the kingdom's economic transformation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/28/tech/saudi-ai-pivot-wall-street/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #saudiarabia #oil #tech #ai #middleeast

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · 3 days ago

The Gaza ceasefire faces a myriad of disputes, but many Israelis and Palestinians are finding a common cause: locating, identifying and burying their dead. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/28/world/gazans-rubble-unmarked-graves/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · 3 days ago

The United Nations and France condemned Israeli fire near U.N. peacekeeping troops in southern Lebanon, after an incident during which peacekeepers neutralized an Israeli reconnaissance drone. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/28/world/un-france-israel-peacekeepers-lebanon/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #lebanon #drones #un #france #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar

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U.N. and France slam Israel after attack on U.N. peacekeepers in Lebanon

The incident 'shows disregard for safety and security of the peacekeepers implementing Security Council mandated tasks in southern Lebanon,' the U.N. peacekeeping force said.

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · 4 days ago

Persuading Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to help fund Gaza's reconstruction is unlikely to be as easy as U.S President Donald Trump has claimed. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/27/world/politics/trump-gulf-rebuild-gaza/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #donaldtrump #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · 5 days ago

Benjamin Netanyahu says that Israel would determine which foreign forces it would allow to help secure Gaza under Donald Trump's plan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/27/world/politics/netanyahu-israel-foreign-troops-gaza/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · last week

U.S. President Donald Trump warned Israel over annexing the West Bank while visiting Secretary of State Marco Rubio voiced confidence that a U.S.-backed ceasefire in Gaza would hold. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/24/world/us-pressure-west-bank/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu #westbank #jdvance #donaldtrump

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U.S. pressures Israel on West Bank as Rubio voices confidence in Gaza truce

Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned before his arrival in Israel that the annexation moves were 'threatening' to the fragile ceasefire in Gaza.

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · last week

A bill applying Israeli law to the occupied West Bank, a move tantamount to annexation of land that Palestinians want for a state, has won preliminary approval from Israel's parliament. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/23/world/politics/israel-parliament-west-bank-annex/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu #westbank

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Israel's parliament gives initial nod to occupied West Bank annexation

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party did not support the bill put forth by lawmakers outside his ruling coalition.

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · last week

By persuading Hamas to accept U.S. President Donald Trump’s Gaza deal, Turkey has reasserted itself on the Middle East chessboard, to the dismay of Israel and Arab rivals. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/22/world/politics/erdogan-trump-gaza-turkey/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #receptayyiperdogan #turkey #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #us #donaldtrump

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Erdogan turns Trump's Gaza deal into a power play for Turkey

Initially resistant to Trump's ultimatum, Hamas leaders relented only when Turkey, a country they view as a political patron, urged them to agree to the plan.

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · last week

Iran's economy is at risk of simultaneous hyperinflation and severe recession, as clerical rulers scramble to preserve stability with limited room to maneuver after a snapback of U.N. sanctions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/22/world/politics/iran-economic-un-sanctions/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #iran #nuclearweapons #nuclearenergy #middleeast

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Iran risks severe economic downturn and unrest as renewed U.N. sanctions bite

Economic disparities between ordinary Iranians and a privileged clerical and security elite, economic mismanagement, inflation and state corruption have fanned discontent.

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · last week

The U.S. increased pressure on Hamas to disarm in the next phase of an already fragile Gaza ceasefire as President Donald Trump pushed to cement an end to the devastating conflict. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/22/world/politics/trump-hamas-gaza-truce/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #us #donaldtrump

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Trump threatens Hamas amid push toward next steps of Gaza truce

With the existing truce already shaky, the U.S. and mediators Egypt, Qatar and Turkey are trying to move toward the far more complicated second phase of talks.

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · last week

Israeli settler violence has "skyrocketed” in the West Bank as extremists again disrupt the economically vital olive harvest in Palestinian communities, a United Nations official said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/22/world/israeli-settler-violence-olive-harvest/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #westbank

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Israeli settler violence skyrockets in West Bank amid olive harvest, U.N. says

While the nearby Gaza Strip has been engulfed by war over the last two years, the West Bank has seen a steady rise in violence.

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · last week

U.S. envoys met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with the aim to corral Israel and Hamas to get the Gaza ceasefire plan back on track after violence over the weekend threatened to derail the week-old truce. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/21/world/politics/us-diplomacy-gaza-truce/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #donaldtrump #trade #tariffs #republicans #jdvance #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu

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U.S. steps up diplomacy after Gaza truce shaken

The weekend violence reflected the stumbling blocks to keeping the long-sought ceasefire from unraveling and securing a lasting peace in Gaza.

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · 2 weeks ago

Relatives of the last Israeli hostages released from Gaza after two years in captivity have said their loved ones endured harrowing conditions, with some reportedly held in cages, pits or underground tunnels. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/20/world/relatives-gaza-hostages-conditions/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu

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Relatives of Gaza hostages recount dire conditions in captivity

One former hostage's mother said her son had been flogged and beaten between April and July 'with objects I won't even mention.'