Middle East

Houthi fighters and tribesmen stage a rally against U.S. and U.K. strikes on Houthi-run military sites near Sanaa, Yemen, on Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024.

U.S. military launches another barrage of missiles against Houthi sites in Yemen

8:33pm January 17, 2024

by The Associated Press

The strikes were launched from the Red Sea and hit more than a dozen sites. They follow an announcement that the U.S. has put the Houthis back on its list of specially designated global terrorists.

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How can the U.S. contain the growing conflict in the Middle East?

5:29pm January 17, 2024

Ari Shapiro interviews former Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes about the expansion of the conflict in the Middle East and what the U.S. can do to contain it.

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The U.S. has designated Houthis as terrorists once again

5:29pm January 17, 2024

The U.S. is once again describing the Houthis in Yemen as a terrorist group, and is planning to impose sanctions within the next month unless the Houthis stop attacking ships in the Red Sea.

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Sakher Abu Dahouk in front of the razor wire of the separation barrier that surrounds his land in Beit Hanina Al-Balad in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. His extended family has moved several times since 1948, as Israel seized territory in subsequent wars, redrew boundaries and built more Jewish settlements. "We still have deeds to our land," in what's now southern Israel, he says.

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What Palestinians in Gaza may fear even more than Israeli bombardment

5:29pm January 17, 2024

by Lauren Frayer

In the past three months, 2 million Palestinians have been internally displaced by war. Some far-right Israeli officials want them to leave Gaza altogether — evoking the trauma of past displacement.

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

7:25am 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.

Veterinarians and others plan mission to rescue animals from zoos in Gaza

5:12am January 17, 2024

NPR's A Martinez talks to Amir Khalil, an Egyptian veterinarian who is part of a team at Four Paws, an organization that rescues animals from war zones, is working to save animals from zoos in Gaza.

The tiny Persian Gulf nation of Qatar occupies a big role on the world stage

5:12am January 17, 2024

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Mehran Kamrava, professor of government at Georgetown University in Qatar, about how Qatar has become a bridge between the West and its adversaries.

Politics & Government

Morning news brief

5:12am January 17, 2024

U.S. Navy continues to fire missiles at Houthi fighters in Yemen. After Iowa, only three major GOP presidential candidates remain. Supreme Court to hear case that could weaken federal rule making.

Palestinians walk through destruction by an Israeli bombardment in the Nusseirat refugee camp in Gaza on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024.

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France and Qatar announce a deal to deliver medicine to Israeli hostages in Gaza

9:37pm January 16, 2024

by The Associated Press

France and Qatar said they had brokered a deal between Israel and Hamas to deliver medicine to hostages in Gaza, as well as additional aid to Palestinians in the besieged territory.

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The economic impact from the Red Sea tensions

4:59pm January 16, 2024

Attacks by Houthi rebels continue to disrupt shipping in the Red Sea. But so far the economic fallout has been relatively muted.