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A convoy carrying a UN security council delegation, tours the border with Israel close to the southern Lebanese area of Naqura on December 6, 2025. UNIFIL peacekeepers have been tasked with acting as a buffer between Israel and Lebanon since March 1978, and with monitoring the November 2024 ceasefire that sought to halt more than a year of hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah. (Photo by Mahmoud ZAYYAT / AFP via Getty Images)

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Differences over the so-called economic zone and the high civilian toll from Israeli strikes capped the second meeting between Lebanese and Israeli officials on Friday.

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Ministerios yemeníes declaran su apoyo a la campaña del STC mientras aumentan las tensiones en el Golfo

El gobierno de Yemen, respaldado por Arabia Saudita, criticó las declaraciones en apoyo del Consejo de Transición del Sur, que cuenta con el apoyo de los Emiratos Árabes Unidos, mientras los estados del Golfo deliberen sobre cómo avanzar.

A worker turns a valve at the Shirawa oil field, where oil was first pumped in Iraq in 1927, outside the northern city of Kirkuk, Jan. 19, 2004.

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Lo que Turquía espera de Irak para renovar el acuerdo del oleoducto

Ankara está presionando para obtener el control total sobre la sección turca del oleoducto y un sistema de asignación de capacidad, mientras se prolongan las batallas de arbitraje con Bagdad.

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Turquía niega divisiones internas mientras altos funcionarios se encuentran en Siria antes de la fecha límite de las SDF

El partido gobernante de Turquía niega que haya divisiones internas en torno a las Fuerzas Democráticas Sirias e insiste en que el grupo liderado por los kurdos debe desarmarse.

Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto (Middle-L) meets with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun (R) in Beirut at Baabda Palace, on Dec. 22, 2025.

Italia se compromete a mantener tropas en el sur del Líbano tras la retirada de la FPNUL

Italia desempeña un papel crucial en la Fuerza Provisional de las Naciones Unidas en el Líbano, con un italiano al frente de su mando y el país aportando más de 1.000 soldados a la misión.

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Siria incauta misiles antiaéreos cerca de la frontera iraquí: Qué hay que saber

Syria's security directorate in al-Bukamal seized SAM-7 missiles being prepared for smuggling into Iraq, on Dec. 22, 2025.

Turquía alcanza un hito en energía renovable: la energía solar supera al gas en capacidad energética

Employees install new solar panels at the Kalyon Energy's Karapinar Solar Power Plant on December 02, 2021 in Karapinar, Turkey.

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Los centros financieros del Golfo compiten por expandirse mientras los fondos de cobertura acuden en masa a Dubái y Abu Dabi

Traffic moves on Sheikh Zayed Road in Dubai on March 24, 2025.

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Por Samuel Wendel

In Washington, DC, reporting on regional business and tech

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Tras el ataque de Palmira, Turquía aumenta la presión para un acuerdo entre las SDF y Damasco

A picture taken on March 2, 2017, shows a sign displaying the routes to Palmyra-Deir Ezzor and Damascus-Iraq as Syrian regime fighters advance to retake the ancient city of Palmyra, from Islamic State (IS) group fighters. / AFP PHOTO / STRINGER (Photo credit should read STRINGER/AFP via Getty Images)

Barin Kayaoglu

Por Barin Kayaoglu

In Ankara, reporting on geopolitics and national security

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Paramedics place a wounded person on a stretcher inside a hospital, during a wave of attacks by government forces and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, December 22, 2025. REUTERS/Karam al-Masri

At least two civilians killed in Aleppo violence as Syrian government, SDF trade blame

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This handout photograph provided by the Turkish Foreign Ministry press service shows Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan meeting with his Syrian counterpart Asaad al-Shaibani in Damascus

Deadly clashes in Aleppo as Turkey urges Kurds not to be obstacle to Syria's stability

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis hold a joint press conference after a trilateral meeting at the Citadel of David Hotel, in Jerusalem, December 22, 2025. ABIR SULTAN/Pool via REUTERS

Netanyahu to discuss Iran, next phase of Gaza plan with Trump

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Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam speaks to journalists at the government headquarters in Beirut, Lebanon, December 3, 2025. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Lebanese PM urges swift approval of law aimed at paying back depositors

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A worker turns a valve at the Shirawa oil field, where oil was first pumped in Iraq in 1927, outside the northern city of Kirkuk, Jan. 19, 2004.

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