Culture On lightning vacations, Ultra-Orthodox pour onto segregated Israeli beaches Israel's ultra-Orthodox have only three weeks of yeshiva break, and they take their brief summer vacation very seriously. Israel
Analysis Did Hamas win Israel-Islamic Jihad war in Gaza? Hamas, PIJ stir resistance in West Bank; Egypt steps up, again, as mediator. By Week in Review
Tracker: ships carry grain from Ukraine to Middle East Ships have left Ukraine for Turkey, Iran and elsewhere since the agreement between Ukraine and Russia on safe passage through the Black Sea. Turkey
Understanding Iraq's Coordination Framework The Coordination Framework is an umbrella bloc of Iraqi Shiite parties united mostly by their opposition to the Sadrist movement. Iraq
Restoring Iran deal may see trade-off between past, present knowledge Sticking points to kickstarting the Iran nuclear deal include Iran’s "demand that the IAEA end its investigation of uranium particles found at three sites in 2019." Iran