Jane Arraf
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Syria's Kurds, once backed by the U.S. to fight ISIS, have relinquished autonomy and dissolved their army to rejoin Syria.
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A U.S. official says the Strait of Hormuz will be 'irrelevant' in two years. Energy experts disagree.
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Iraq's new prime minister faces a huge dilemma in promising President Trump he will disarm Iran-backed militias by Sept. 30
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Iraq's new leader wants to disarm Iran-backed militias, but the move risks opening a new front in the Mideast.
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More than 20 million Shia pilgrims flocked to a shrine city in Iraq this week, including millions of Iranians, despite the wars tearing across the Middle East.
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Iranians are driven in greater numbers by the U.S. killing of their spiritual leader
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The U.S. military says it launched a "heavy wave of strikes" on Iran after an Iranian attack on a U.S. base in Jordan.
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The U.S. and Saudi Arabia struck Iran-backed militias in Iraq after they launched attacks.
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Oman says talks with Iran on reopening the Strait of Hormuz are making progress, as Tehran pauses retaliatory attacks after the U.S. suspends its strikes.
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Israeli attacks have left a historic hub of Lebanon's south, Nabatiyeh, in ruins — despite a three-month old ceasefire and security talks between the nations.