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Jan 13, 2025 | 
squamishchief.com | Aamer Madhani |Colleen Long |Matthew Lee |Colleen Long |Matthew Lee
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Monday that his stewardship of American foreign policy has left the U.S. safer and economically more secure, arguing that President-elect Donald Trump will inherit a nation viewed as stronger and more reliable than it was four years ago.
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Dec 19, 2024 | 
timesunion.com | Edith M. Lederer |Matthew Lee
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Dec 13, 2024 | 
squamishchief.com | Albert Aji |Matthew Lee
DAMASCUS (AP) — Exuberant Syrians observed the first Friday prayers since the ouster of President Bashar Assad, gathering in the capital's historic main mosque, its largest square and around the country to celebrate the end of half a century of authoritarian rule. The newly installed interim prime minister delivered the sermon at the Umayyad Mosque, declaring that a new era of “freedom, dignity and justice” was dawning for Syria.
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Aug 18, 2024 | 
wdtimes.com | Matthew Lee |Matthew Lee
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has begun his ninth diplomatic mission to the Middle East since the start of the Israel-Hamas war, with hopes for the quick conclusion of a ceasefire agreement hanging in the balance. Before another high-level meeting of ceasefire negotiators in Cairo later this week, Blinken arrived in Israel on Sunday to meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and President Issac Herzog on Monday.
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Jun 11, 2024 | 
princegeorgecitizen.com | Matthew Lee |Abby Sewell
BEIRUT (AP) — Hamas said Tuesday that it gave mediators its reply to the U.S.-backed proposal for a cease-fire in Gaza, seeking some “amendments” on the deal. It appeared the reply was short of an outright acceptance that the United States has been pushing for but kept negotiations alive over an elusive halt to the eight-month war.
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Jan 16, 2024 | 
lacrossetribune.com | Matthew Lee |Aamer Madhani |Zeke Miller |Matthew Lee
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is expected to soon announce plans to redesignate Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen as a specially designated global terrorists, according to two people familiar with the White House decision and a U.S. official. The move comes as the Houthis have launched dozens of attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Sea. The group says it has attacked the ships in response to Israel's military operations in Gaza in the aftermath of Hamas' Oct. 7 attack on Israel.
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Jan 10, 2024 | 
winnipegfreepress.com | Matthew Lee |Najib Jobain |Samy Magdy |Matthew Lee
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken will seek governance reforms when he meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday as part of U.S. efforts to rally the region behind postwar plans for Gaza that also include concrete steps toward a Palestinian state.
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Jan 8, 2024 | 
timesunion.com | Matthew Lee |Matthew Lee
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has opened his third day of meetings on an urgent Mideast diplomatic mission to prevent Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza from exploding into a broader regional conflict.
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Dec 29, 2023 | 
winnipegfreepress.com | Matthew Lee |Matthew Lee
By: Matthew Lee, The Associated Press Posted: 2:02 PM CST Friday, Dec. 29, 2023 WASHINGTON (AP) — For the second time this month the Biden administration is bypassing Congress to approve an emergency weapons sale to Israel as Israel continues to prosecute its war against Hamas in Gaza under increasing international criticism.
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Sep 28, 2023 | 
bdtonline.com | Eric Gay |Matthew Lee |Lolita Baldor
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The American soldier who sprinted into North Korea across the heavily fortified border between the Koreas more than two months ago was whisked to a Texas Army base Thursday for medical checks and interviews after his return to the U.S., according to the Pentagon. North Korea abruptly announced a day earlier that it would expel Pvt. Travis King. His return was organized with the help of ally Sweden and rival China, according to the White House.
