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A row of aircrafts belonging to Israeli airlines El Al, Arkia, Israir sit parked in a row along the apron of Cyprus' main airport in Larnaca, Saturday, June 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

Airports close across the Mideast as the Israel-Iran conflict shutters the region’s airspace

The conflict between Israel and Iran has forced many countries in the Middle East to close their airspace, as Israeli jets and Iranian exploding drones and missiles fly over their night skies.
 
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, and Cyprus' President Nikos Christodoulides attend a news conference during their meeting at the Presidential palace in Nicosia, Cyprus, Monday, June 16, 2025. (Iakovos Hatzistavrou/Pool Photo via AP)

India and Cyprus to step up defense, maritime and cybersecurity cooperation, Indian PM says

 
A man carries a wounded girl after an explosion in downtown Tehran amid Israel's three-day campaign of strikes against Iran, Sunday, June 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Morteza Zangene/ISNA)

Israel and Iran trade strikes for a third day and threaten more to come. Over 230 are reported dead

 
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks with participants of the Time of Heroes, an educational program for veterans of special military operation, at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, June 12, 2025. (Sergei Bulkin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin and Trump discussed Middle East tensions, Ukraine war in phone call

 
This combo made with two satellite images provided by Maxar Technologies shows the Natanz nuclear enrichment facility, 135 miles southeast of Tehran, Iran, on Friday, Jan. 24, 2025, top, and on Saturday, June 14, 2025, after multiple buildings were destroyed from recent Israeli strikes. (Maxar Technologies via AP)

Satellite photos reveal damage to Iranian missile bases and nuclear facilities after Israeli strikes

 

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Israeli soldiers check the identification cards of Palestinians while they evacuate their homes in the West Bank refugee camp of Nur Shams, near Tulkarem, while the Israeli military operation continues in the area on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

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Displaced Palestinians, traveling in vehicles, wait to cross through a security checkpoint at the Netzarim corridor as they make their way from central Gaza to the northern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Hamas says it will free 6 living hostages and hand over 4 bodies, accelerating Gaza releases

 

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An Israeli flag is draped over the Microsoft offices in a building in the Gav Yam technology park in Beersheba, Israel, on Thursday, May 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

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This image from Israeli Defense Forces drone video shows a car in crosshairs, moments before it was destroyed in the town of Ainata, southern Lebanon, near the border with Israel, on Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023. (IDF via AP)

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Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman gestures during a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Monday Feb. 17, 2025. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool Photo via AP)

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Taliban fighters hold their flag as they celebrate one year since they seized the Afghan capital, Kabul, in front of the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)

Taliban representatives visit Tokyo for talks with Japanese officials

 

Israelis call for return of all hostages as they mark 500 days of Gaza war

 
A Lebanese man watches bulldozers at work on the Hamamis hill, background, near the town of Khiam, southern Lebanon, Monday, Feb. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Border town’s residents rebuild in south Lebanon as Hezbollah leader calls for Israeli withdrawal

 
A Palestinian man and two girls stand a mid of the rubble of homes, destroyed by the Israeli army's air and ground offensive against Hamas in in Bureij refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, Monday, Feb. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

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A man identified as Imad Mohammed Al-Mahmoud, is arrested by security forces in Tadamon, a suburb of Damascus, Syria, Monday, Feb. 17, 2025. Three individuals, alleged former operatives with the military security before the fall of Bashar Assad, were arrested accused of being involved in the execution of hundreds of civilians by government forces in Damascus in 2013.(AP Photo/Omar Albam)

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President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speak during a news conference in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, file)

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Families of remaining Israeli hostages mark their loved ones’ 500 days in captivity

 
Relatives and supporters of Israelis held hostage in the Gaza Strip, block a freeway during a protest demanding their release from Hamas captivity as they mark 500 days of the Israel-Hamas war in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, Feb. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

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Relatives and supporters of Israelis held hostage by Hamas in Gaza release balloons to mark the 500 days of captivity and demand their release in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Monday, Feb. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israel’s ceasefires with Hezbollah and Hamas are both in doubt again

 
A member of the Syrian Civil Defense (White Helmets) takes a photo of his colleague holding the new Syrian flag at the ancient city of Palmyra, Syria, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

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Hezbollah supporters protest near Beirut's international airport against Lebanon's decision to revoke permission for an Iranian carrier after Israel accused Iran of smuggling cash to Hezbollah, in Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025. (AP Photo)

Woman killed as Israeli forces fire on returnees to southern Lebanon ahead of ceasefire deadline

 

Rubio speaks alongside Netanyahu In Jerusalem, comments on Trump’s Gaza proposal, Syria and Iran

 

Drone footage shows destruction in Jabaliya, northern Gaza as fragile ceasefire remains

 

Rubio meets Netanyahu as he kicks off his MidEast trip in Israel

 
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands during a news conference at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, Israel, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg,Pool)

Israel’s Netanyahu signals he’s moving ahead with Trump’s idea to transfer Palestinians from Gaza

 
People clear the rubble inside a home that was damaged and looted, in Maarat al-Numan, on the outskirts of Idlib, Syria, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

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