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Palestinians walk in the destruction caused by the Israeli air and ground offensive in Jabaliya, Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Egyptian answer to Trump’s Gaza ‘Riviera’ doesn’t involve emptying it

Egypt’s three-phase reconstruction proposal comes after international uproar over Donald Trump’s call for the removal of Gaza’s Palestinian population.

  • Samy Magdy

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Trump hosts Jordan’s King Abdullah II in the Oval Office at the White House.

How Jordan’s king managed an awkward moment with Trump

The Middle Eastern leader did everything in his power to avoid being put on the spot during his meeting with the US president.

  • Michael Birnbaum and Dan Diamond
Displaced Palestinians returning to a destroyed Rafah in the Gaza Strip, a day after the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas came into effect.

Here’s why Trump’s ‘clean out Gaza’ idea is rejected

The US president said resettling most of the strip’s population of 2.3 million in Jordan or Egypt could be “temporary or long term”. He’s already heard a firm “no”.

  • Joseph Krauss
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One as he travelled from Las Vegas to Miami.

‘You know, it’s over’: Trump floats plan to ‘just clean out’ Gaza

Donald Trump told reporters he wants Jordan, Egypt and other Arab nations to take in “probably a million and a half” Palestinians from the war-torn strip.

  • Will Weissert and Zeke Miller
Syrian opposition fighters ride along the streets in the aftermath of the opposition’s takeover of Hama, Syria, on Friday.

Countries close borders after rebels’ stunning advance against Assad

A collection of rebel groups aiming to depose the Assad regime are advancing towards the capital, Damascus, making Iran and others nervous.

  • Raja Abdulrahim, Farnaz Fassihi and Thomas Fuller
The Treasury in Petra.

‘Stunning’ hidden tomb found at Petra site featured in Indiana Jones

Researchers found at least 12 skeletal remains and artefacts – including a ceramic vessel that “looked nearly identical to the Holy Grail” in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.

  • Annabelle Timsit
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Maalouba (a variant in spelling) at Cairo Takeaway in Enmore.

This Middle East one-pot wonder’s secret? It’s served upside down

The exact origins of dishes in this region are impossible to untangle. Indeed, many foods date back to times before modern borders existed.

  • Ben Groundwater

Houthis, Hezbollah and Hamas: Who they are and what they want

As Israeli troops raid Lebanon, conflict is spreading again in the Middle East. Who are the key players, and what is the Axis of Resistance?

  • Jackson Graham, Angus Holland and Cindy Yin
Food drop over Gaza beach.

Hungry Palestinians crowd on beaches as food is dropped from planes

One in six children under age 2 in northern Gaza suffers from acute malnutrition and wasting, a coordination director of the UN told the body.

  • Michelle Nichols and Suleiman Al-Khalidi
Sergeant William Jerome Rivers, Specialist Breonna Alexsondria Moffett and Specialist Kennedy Ladon Sanders.

Drone that killed US troops may have been allowed to pass by mistake

A preliminary report into the attack that killed three soldiers in Jordan says US forces may have mistaken the enemy drone as one of their own.

  • Lolita Baldor and Zeke Miller

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