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The F/A-18 Hornet under the Aperture in the Middle East Gallery, seen during a visit to view construction work of Anzac Hall at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra on Wednesday 2 July

From Black Hawks to $2 pool noodles: Inside the new Anzac Hall

Engineering and architectural nous is behind the controversial expansion of the Australian War Memorial, which will include helicopters, armoured vehicles and an F/A-18A Hornet.

  • Julie Power

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A member of Syria’s civil defence works in the aftermath of an Israeli airstrike on Syria’s defence ministry headquarters on Wednesday.

Syrian government, Druze announce new ceasefire after rare Israeli strikes hit military HQ

Convoys of government forces began withdrawing from the city of Sweida, but it was not immediately clear if the agreement would hold.

  • Abdelrahman Shaheen and Kareem Chehayeb
Trump speaks at the Saudi-U.S. Investment Forum in Riyadh.

‘Oh what I do for the crown prince’: Trump to lift sanctions on Syria after rebel takeover

The US president also secured a $926 billion US investment commitment from Saudi Arabia and expressed a willingness to negotiate with Iran.

  • Yousef Saba, Gram Slattery, Pesha Magid and Nafisa Eltahir
A dead man is removed from the rubble of the Manoun family’s house after it was targeted by an Israeli army strike in Jabalia al-Balad, Gaza City on Sunday.

Israel to keep troops in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria indefinitely. What does that mean?

Israel says it needs to hold on to the zones to prevent future attacks, but the takeovers appear to meet the dictionary definition of military occupation.

  • Joseph Krauss
Gaza strikes March 18.

Israel launches heaviest strikes against Hamas since ceasefire began, hundreds dead

The surprise attack shattered a period of relative calm during Ramadan and raised the prospect of a full return to fighting in the 17-month war.

  • Wafaa Shurafa and Josef Federman
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, left, shakes hands with Ahmad al-Sharaa, formerly known as Abu Mohammed al-Jolani during their meeting in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday.

Suit, tie and a new name: Syria’s rebel chief turns statesman

The former Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, leader of the offensive that overthrew the Assad regime, is trying to build a new state.

  • Adam Rasgon
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In defence of the middle ground on Gaza

Rodger Shanahan perfectly sums up the disturbing nature of Middle East commentary, where “advocates press hard for their side without conceding any ground to the other”.

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CNN investigates claim man ‘rescued’ from Syrian jail was part of Assad’s forces

The man found under a blanket in a prison in Damascus had claimed he had been arrested three months ago and interrogated about his phone contacts.

  • Benedict Smith
Deposed Syrian president Bashar al-Assad.

‘Never considered stepping down’: Bashar al-Assad says Russia forced him to flee Syria

In his first statement since the fall of Damascus, the exiled former president said he wanted to continue fighting.

  • Daniel Hardaker
Mick Kelly and Penny Wong.

Australia’s damning of Israel is poisonous. I say that as an ex-Labor minister

Israel has the right under international law to use military force to defend its very existence. The Albanese government’s response is despicable.

  • Mike Kelly

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