Syrian generals face a landmark war crimes trial in France
Paris CNN — Omar Abou Nabout is a man on a mission. Part diplomat-in-training, part legal campaigner, the 27-year-old Syrian spoke to CNN in Paris between meetings, flipping between his…
Gaza conditions worsen amid warnings shortages could ‘kill many, many people’
CNN — Shortages of food, fuel and electricity in Gaza “are going to kill many, many people,” a senior aid official warned Friday, as Israel’s siege and bombardment of the…
A secret weapons delivery and a cross-river raid: Here’s what to know about the latest in Ukraine
Kyiv CNN — Over the last week, a secret delivery of American weapons and a cross-river raid have injected much-needed energy into Ukraine’s largely stalled counteroffensive. In the east, Ukrainians…
Ukraine’s special forces use daring raids and distraction tactics in bid to free Crimea
Kyiv, Ukraine CNN — A swarm of Ukrainian jet skis races across the ocean under pitch black skies, visible only from the infra-red camera of a drone watching from above.…
Pentagon orders second carrier strike group to region as Israel prepares to expand Gaza operations
Washington/Seoul CNN — The Pentagon has ordered a second carrier strike group to the eastern Mediterranean Sea and is sending Air Force fighter jets to the region as Israel prepares…
Israel warns of new phase in war on Hamas, as Gaza civilians flee and Israeli troops gather near border
CNN — A new phase in Israel’s deadly war against Hamas is coming, Israeli forces said on Saturday, warning that the past week of crippling airstrikes in Gaza could soon…
U.S. tackles loopholes in curbs on AI chip exports to China
Processors on display at the Bitmain Technologies Ltd. Sophon booth at the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai, China, on Thursday, July 6, 2023. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg |…
Be’eri: The close-knit kibbutz that became home to a massacre
Dead Sea, Israel CNN — People from Be’eri sometimes used to say the reason the Israeli kibbutz was so close to the Gaza Strip was because otherwise, it would be…
Kfar Aza kibbutz attack: Children, women, elderly ‘butchered’ in Hamas attacks on border communities, IDF says
Kfar Aza, Israel CNN — Bodies of Israeli residents and Hamas attackers lay outside burned-out homes in the Israeli kibbutz Kfar Aza on Tuesday, days after the Palestinian militant group…
Everything you need to know about Israel’s war with Hamas
Editor’s Note: A version of this story appears in CNN’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, a three-times-a-week look inside the region’s biggest stories. Sign up here. CNN — Israel…