Greg Myre

Greg Myre appears in the following:

What's next with Israel and Iran

Friday, April 19, 2024

Arch-foes Israel and Iran are firing missiles at each other. But the unprecedented attacks on each other's territory appear — for now — not to have sparked an all-out war.

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Israel is engaged in conflicts on 3 separate fronts: Hamas, Hezollah and Iran

Thursday, April 18, 2024

Israel is fighting Hamas in Gaza, with Hezbollah in Lebanon, and now directly with Iran. How are the conflicts linked, and how does it intend to handle all three at once?

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Can Washington and the international community temper Israel's response?

Monday, April 15, 2024

How the Biden administration is assessing the weekend developments in the Middle East — following the recent tensions between President Biden and Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu.

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How the Gaza war is evolving: Fighting has gone down

Wednesday, April 10, 2024

The fighting in Gaza is down sharply. Israel has withdrawn most of its troops. Hamas has suffered heavy losses. Months of high-intensity battles have now given way to a low-intensity conflict.

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A closer look at U.S. military support for Israel

Thursday, April 04, 2024

President Biden says Israel is inflicting too many civilian casualties in Gaza. Yet he's also proposing $14 billion in fresh military assistance to help Israel wage the war.

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Workers with World Central Kitchen are reported killed in airstrike in Gaza

Tuesday, April 02, 2024

The strike comes as aid groups are desperately trying to find more ways to deliver food and other assistance to Gaza amid a worsening humanitarian crisis.

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The U.S. and Israel disagree over what should come next in Gaza

Tuesday, April 02, 2024

Does the growing friction between the U.S. and Israel over the war in Gaza mark a fundamental change in the countries' relationship?

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Putin's leadership challenges are starting to mount up

Tuesday, March 26, 2024

Vladimir Putin bills himself as the man who can provide security and stability to Russia. But the terror attack in Moscow is the latest in a series of events that challenges that narrative.

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Signs of growing friction between U.S. President Biden and Israel's Netanyahu

Tuesday, March 12, 2024

President Biden is warning Israel against an invasion of the Gaza town where displaced Palestinians are living in tents. Israel's leader, Benjamin Netanyahu, says the operation is still in the works.

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A crisis is underway as the Egyptian border is flooded with fleeing Palestinian refugees

Thursday, February 22, 2024

The Gaza war has created a crisis for Egypt, with hundreds of thousands of Palestinian refugees huddled against its border, facing a looming assault from Israeli forces.

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Israel still plans to mount an offensive against Hamas at the Rafah border

Monday, February 19, 2024

Despite international pressure against the move, Israel's military is planning a ground invasion of Rafah. The southern Gaza city is currently sheltering over a million displaced Palestinians.

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Israeli troops take control, cut power in one of Gaza's last functioning hospitals

Saturday, February 17, 2024

Israeli troops have taken command of a hospital in southern Gaza while negotiations for a cease fire are ongoing but substantial disagreements remain.

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A new effort begins in Egypt to work out a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas

Tuesday, February 13, 2024

Discussions are expected to focus on a cease-fire of up to 45 days — as well as another exchange of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners.

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Israeli military claims an underground tunnel links Hamas with the UNRWA

Sunday, February 11, 2024

Israel's military showed journalists what it claims is a Hamas tunnel beneath the Gaza headquarters of the UN agency that assists Palestinians.

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There are some positive signs in the effort toward an Israel-Hamas ceasefire

Tuesday, February 06, 2024

Hamas is responding to a ceasefire proposal in a "generally positive" way, Qatari mediators say — but there are still major sticking points.

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The U.S. issues order targeting Israeli settlers who attack West Bank Palestinians

Friday, February 02, 2024

President Biden sanctioned four settlers in the Israeli-occupied West Bank who are accused of violence against Palestinians. It comes against a backdrop of the ongoing Israeli-Hamas fighting in Gaza.

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What does Hamas have left?

Thursday, February 01, 2024

Hamas has lost thousands of fighters and apparently its ability to carry out large-scale rocket attacks. But Israel remains a long way from its stated goal of destroying the militant group.

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The U.S has repeatedly fired missiles into Yemen. What does it hope to accomplish?

Wednesday, January 17, 2024

The U.S. is responding to Houthi rebels who've attacked ships in the Red Sea. The exchange is seen as a widening of the Mideast conflict because Houthis say they're responding to the Israel-Hamas war.

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The U.S. military continues strikes in attempts to deter Houthi fighters in Yemen

Tuesday, January 16, 2024

The U.S. military is trying to put an end to attacks by Houthi fighters in Yemen

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The U.S. and U.K. launched strikes in Houthi-controlled territories of Yemen

Friday, January 12, 2024

President Biden says he ordered a series of airstrikes on Houthi forces in Yemen because of what he called "reckless attacks" by the Houthis on commercial ships in the Red Sea.

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