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
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
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
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
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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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
 
      
  
             
      
  
               
      
  
             
      
  
                            
                        
                         
      
  
               
      
  
              