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Israeli Druze are watching their government's pressure campaign in Syria. Israel says recent airstrikes inside Syria are to protect the Druze religious minority there from sectarian violence.

The luxury jet needs a security overhaul. That usually takes a few years, meaning it might not be ready until Trump is out of office. Shortcuts could create national security risks.

New reports show that the U.S. military effort to provide aid to Gaza with a floating pier became a desperate race against time -- and led to one soldier's death.

Israel has begun a new ground operation in Gaza in which it says it plans to take territory and hold it. Palestinians are fleeing the intense bombardment. At the same time, Israel and Hamas are holding peace talks. And Israel says it will start ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Palestinian writer Yousri Alghoul about life in north Gaza where he lives with his wife and four children, as Israeli airstrikes continue and food remains scarce.

Israel blocked all supplies into Gaza for nearly three months, the longest blockade it has ever imposed on Gaza. But Israel is relenting amid international pressure to allow food into the territory.

Israel and Hamas have entered the most substantive negotiations in months. The movement in a possible ceasefire comes amid intense Israeli airstrikes that have killed on average more than 100 Palestinians a day in the past 5 days.

Syria's new leadership has said it wants no trouble with Israel. President Trump has now hinted Syria is willing to go as far as normalizing relations with its once sworn enemy.

There was a lot of pomp on President Trump's Middle East trip, but not much talk about the biggest diplomatic challenge in the region -- the war in Gaza.

NPR's Scott Simon asks Eurasia Group's Firas Maksad about President Trump's visit to the Middle East and his administration's shifting priorities in the region.