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Trump to Remove US Sanctions on Syria in Major Policy Shift

RIYADH/DAMASCUS (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would order the lifting of sanctions on Syria at the behest of S...
A girl holds a Syrian flag, as people celebrate after U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would order the lifting of sanctions on Syria, in Damascus, Syria May 13 , 2025. REUTERS/Yamam Al Shaar

Trump to Remove US Sanctions on Syria in Major Policy Shift

RIYADH/DAMASCUS (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would order the lifting of sanctions on Syria at the behest of S...

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resident Donald Trump is greeted by Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani as he arrives on Air Force One at Hamad International Airport in Doha, Qatar, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (AP/Alex Brandon)

Trump’s Middle East Visit Comes as His Family Deepens Its Business, Crypto Ties in the Region

WASHINGTON — It’s not just the “gesture” of a $400 million luxury plane that President Donald Trump says he’s smart to accept from Qatar. Or...

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Palestinians mourn children from their families who were killed in Israeli airstrikes in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, on Wednesday, May 14, 2025. According to local hospitals, the strikes killed 48 people, including 22 children. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Israeli Airstrikes in Gaza Kill 70 People, Including 22 Children, Health Officials Say

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli airstrikes pounded northern and southern Gaza on Wednesday, killing at least 70 people, including almost...

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U.S. President Donald Trump, Qatar's Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg attend a signing ceremony in Doha, Qatar, May 14, 2025. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

Qatar Signs $200 Billion Deal to Buy Jets From Boeing During Trump Visit

DOHA (Reuters) – Qatar signed a deal on Wednesday to purchase jets from U.S. manufacturer Boeing for Qatar Airways during President Do...

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Palestinians inspect the damage at the European Hospital, which was partially damaged following Israeli airstrikes, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, May 13, 2025. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled

Israeli Strike on Gaza Hospital Kills Wounded Journalist

CAIRO/GAZA (Reuters) – An Israeli airstrike on the Gaza Strip on Tuesday killed a well-known Palestinian journalist whom it accused of...

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President Donald Trump, right, meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Feb. 4, 2025. Both men are politically divisive, fiercely combative and have outsize egos but as Trump arrives in the Middle East next week, the fate of the region could hinge on their relationship. (Eric Lee/The New York Times)

Once in Sync, Trump and Netanyahu Now Show Signs of Division

JERUSALEM — When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House in February, the two men could...

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Adam Boehler, U.S. President Donald Trump's Special Envoy for Hostage Affairs, speaks to the media as he and U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff visit the Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, Israel May 13, 2025. REUTERS/Nir Elias

Trump Envoys See Better Chance for Hostage Release in Gaza

TEL AVIV (Reuters) – U.S. officials told families of hostages still held in Gaza they see a better chance of a deal for their release ...

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Trump Signs Economic Partnership Agreement With Saudi Arabia

RIYADH (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump signed a strategic economic agreement with Saudi Arabia on Tuesday as the oil power rol...

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A general view shows Damascus from Mount Qasioun, after one month since the ousting of Syria's Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus, Syria, January 7, 2025. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi/File Photo

Trump Tower Damascus? Syria Seeks to Charm US President for Sanctions Relief

DAMASCUS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A Trump Tower in Damascus, a detente with Israel and U.S. access to Syria’s oil and gas are part of Syr...

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The motorcade of U.S. President Donald Trump is parked next to a 12-year old Qatari-owned Boeing 747-8 that Trump was touring in West Palm Beach, Florida, February 15, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

Trump Plans to Accept Luxury 747 From Qatar to Use as Air Force One

(Reuters) – President Donald Trump‘s administration intends to accept a Boeing 747-8 airplane as a gift from the Qatari royal fa...

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People walk outside Milwaukee County Courthouse, after Wisconsin county judge Hannah Dugan was arrested by U.S. officials, charging her with helping a man in her court evade immigration authorities in an escalating dispute between President Donald Trump's administration and local officials over immigration enforcement, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S., April 25, 2025. REUTERS/Vincent Alban/File Photo
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Olga Urbina carries baby Ares Webster as demonstrators rally on the day the Supreme Court justices hear oral arguments over U.S. President Donald Trump's bid to broadly enforce his executive order to restrict automatic birthright citizenship, during a protest outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 15, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard
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US Supreme Court Scrutinizes Trump Bid to Restrict Birthright Citizenship

U.S. Vice President JD Vance participates in a discussion at a Munich Security Conference event in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 7, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
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The World Is Wooing US Researchers Shunned by Trump

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Badar Khan Suri, a Georgetown University scholar from India, speaks after he was released from immigration detention facility Wednesday, May 14, 2025, in Alvarado, Texas. (AP/Kendria LaFleur)
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Georgetown University Student Released From Immigration Detention

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