MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 31 JANUARY 2025 Israel releases 110 Palestinian prisoners amid hostage handover chaos; Gaza could take 15 years to rebuild - US envoy 8 min 58 By Reuters
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 30 JANUARY 2025 Netanyahu meets Trump’s Mideast envoy Witkoff; Israeli troops to remain in Jenin refugee camp - defence minister 8 min 18 By Reuters
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 29 JANUARY 2025 Israeli airstrike injures 14 in south Lebanon; Netanyahu to visit Washington, says Trump 8 min 1 By Reuters
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 28 JANUARY 2025 Residents return to north Gaza after hostage breakthrough; Hezbollah rejects Israeli troop withdrawal extension 9 min 0 By Reuters
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 27 JANUARY 2025 Trump wants Jordan, Egypt to take in displaced Palestinians; Israel blocks thousands from returning to northern Gaza 8 min 21 By Reuters
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS OP-ED Anger, despair and a sliver of hope for Gaza — the road to ceasefire is scarred with suffering 6 min 20 By Mel Frykberg
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 24 JANUARY 2025 Jenin residents leave homes as West Bank raids continue; Hezbollah ceasefire terms require more work, says Israel 9 min 8 By Reuters
ANALYSIS Ceasefire hardball — the Gaza deal, the ‘Palestinian Nelson Mandela’ and the one-state solution 13 min 107 By Kevin Bloom
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 23 JANUARY 2025 Israel continues major military West Bank operation; Trump’s envoy deployed to inspect Gaza ceasefire 7 min 13 By Reuters
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 22 JANUARY 2025 IDF kills eight in ‘significant’ West Bank raid; Israeli army chief to resign over 7 October security breach 8 min 26 By Reuters
TRUMP, UNLEASHED ANALYSIS US presidential inauguration — this was not just one of those weeks, that’s for sure 9 min 208 By J Brooks Spector
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 21 JANUARY 2025 Mistrust and bitterness pervade after delayed start to Gaza ceasefire; Gazans search for people buried under rubble 7 min 6 By Reuters
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 20 JANUARY 2025 Israelis cheer release of first three Gaza hostages; Hamas’ armed wing ‘will abide by ceasefire deal’ 6 min 16 By Reuters
GREENLIGHT Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal approved by Israeli cabinet 4 min 0 By James Mackenzie and Nidal al-Mughrabi for Reuters
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 17 JANUARY 2025 Gaza ceasefire to start on time despite ’loose end’, says US’s Blinken; Putin to meet with Iranian president 8 min 22 By Reuters
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS Pretoria welcomes fragile Gaza ceasefire deal, calls for ‘lasting peace’ 4 min 35 By Victoria O’Regan
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 16 JANUARY 2025 Biden announces Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal; Palestinians in Gaza burst into celebrations 9 min 2 By Reuters
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS Negotiators reach phased Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal meant to end war, says official 3 min 30 By Reuters
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 15 JANUARY 2025 US's Blinken lays out post-war Gaza plan; ceasefire deal ‘closer than ever’ - mediators 6 min 15 By Reuters
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS UPDATE: 14 JANUARY 2025 ‘Breakthrough’ final draft of Gaza truce deal presented to Israel and Hamas; US foresees ceasefire pact ‘this week’ 7 min 3 By Reuters
GEOPOLITICS A slew of complex global challenges are about to get very real for Donald Trump 5 min 20 By J Brooks Spector
