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With Sinwar now dead for 72 hours, the succession is a pressing issue not only for Hamas and Israel but also for the other “regional players” in the area.

The leader of Hamas Yahya Sinwar is dead, according to the Israeli army.

Istanbul is set to host the third meeting of a regional bloc focused on fostering peace and trade in the South Caucasus on Oct. 18.

The gathering will be chaired by Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and attended by his counterparts from Azerbaijan, Armenia, Iran and Russia.

Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the southern Lebanese viallge of Kfar Tibnit on Oct. 17, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Hezbollah and Israel.

Israel bombed a target in a Syrian coastal city on Thursday, and the United States conducted strikes in Yemen nearly a month into Israel's war with Hezbollah in Lebanon.

The recent U.S. strike with B-2 bombers on Houthi weapon depots in Yemen shows that the joint U.S.-Israel response to Tehran is taking shape, albeit gradually.

Israel's latest bombardment of Hezbollah targets caused widespread destruction in southern Lebanon, ahead of U.S. and Israeli strikes in the wider region Thursday.

Israel's assault on Lebanon on Wednesday toppled buildings and killed a city mayor, hours before Israeli strikes were reported in Syria and Gaza.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi will pay a visit to Türkiye, Egypt and Jordan as part of his Middle East tour to discuss ongoing conflicts in the Middle East, his office announced on Oct. 16.

Araghchi will engage in talks in a "diplomatic reach-out to countries of the region to end genocide, atrocity and aggression," the statement said.

Iran's top diplomat has warned U.N. chief Antonio Guterres that Tehran is ready for a "decisive and regretful" response if Israel attacks his country in retaliation for a missile attack.

Iranian state television today featured a man who appeared to be the high-ranking commander of Iran’s Quds Force, Ismail Qaani, in a ceremony for a Revolutionary Guards of Iran commander killed in Lebanon.

Sirens sounded in Tel Aviv and 180 communities in central Israel, with the IDF citing a barrage of rockets from Lebanon and Hezbollah claiming responsibility.