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A new year dawns on a Middle East torn by conflict and change

The streets were buzzing with excitement in Damascus as Syrians welcomed in a new year that seemed to many to bring a promise of a brighter future after the unexpected fall of Bashar Assad’s government weeks earlier.

Middle East latest: Dozens of patients and wounded evacuated from Gaza for treatment

AP WAS THERE: Carter announces Middle East peace agreement

Army National Guard soldier from Indiana dies in non-combat incident in Iraq

Middle East latest: Israel intercepts Houthi missile fired from Yemen

Security forces remove parts of missile that landed in Beit Shemesh after interception

Security forces early on Tuesday were seen removing part of a missile that was reportedly launched from Yemen and intercepted by Israel. (AP video by Shlomo Mor and Tel Aviv AP video by Sam Mednick)

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Air raid sirens ring out in Tel Aviv after reports of missile launch from Yemen

Latest Israeli attack on Syria hits weapons depot in Damascus countryside

Israel-Hamas war

In Gaza’s crowded tent camps, women wrestle with a life stripped of privacy

A fourth infant dies of the winter cold in Gaza as families share blankets in seaside tents

Israel detains the director of one of northern Gaza’s last functioning hospitals during a raid

Israeli troops forcibly remove staff and patients from northern Gaza hospital, officials say

Syria

Now Syria’s long-ruling Baath party is collapsing, too

Syria’s de facto leader says it could take up to 4 years to hold elections

Syria’s dwindling Jewish community can visit one of the world’s oldest synagogues again

Syria’s embassy in Lebanon suspends services as Lebanon hands over former Syrian army officers

Relatives of Bashar Assad arrested as they tried to fly out of Lebanon, officials say

AP PHOTOS: Portraits of former Syrian rebels now soldiers

An uneasy calm settles over Syrian city of Homs after outbreak of sectarian violence

A Syrian family recounts the horrors of the 2013 chemical attack near Damascus

AP EXPLAINS

What will Syria’s future look like? The answer could lie in other Arab countries’ recent pasts

Two AP journalists in Ukraine and the Mideast break down the wars they covered in 2024

UN Resolution 1701 is at the heart of the Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire. What is it?

What to know about the ceasefire deal between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah

What Assad’s fall has revealed about Syria’s trade in the stimulant drug Captagon

Why is only limited aid getting to Palestinians inside Gaza?

Warrants put Israeli PM and others in a small group of leaders accused of crimes against humanity

Trump promises to bring lasting peace to a tumultuous Middle East. But fixing it won’t be easy

Five things to know about Israel’s attack on Iran

Israel and UN are maneuvering fraught but fundamental ties during Middle East wars

Oct. 7 ANNIVERSARY

Born on Oct. 7, Ali’s first year has played out against the backdrop of the Israel-Hamas war

Ali Al-Taweel was born on Oct. 7, 2023, as Israeli warplanes started to pound the Gaza Strip after Hamas’ surprise cross-border attack on southern Israel.

One year in, war is part of everyday life and the national mood in Israel

A year into the Israel-Hamas war, students say a chill on free speech has reached college classrooms

Gaza is in ruins after Israel’s yearlong offensive. Rebuilding may take decades

A year later, Israeli survivors reflect on the lingering toll of Oct. 7

She fought for her life as a hostage in Gaza. A year later, she’s fighting for her husband’s freedom

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US imposes sanctions on Russian and Iranian groups over disinformation targeting American voters

Jimmy Carter sought to expand democracy worldwide long after he left the White House

Jimmy Carter is being mourned in his tiny hometown and around the world

Iran confirms arresting Italian journalist Cecilia Sala

Israeli hospital says Netanyahu has undergone successful prostate surgery

Israeli airstrikes hit a Yemen airport as a jet with hundreds onboard was landing, UN official says

Italian journalist Cecilia Sala detained by police while reporting in Iran