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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, right, talks with Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, Barbara Leaf, onboard a C-17 aircraft as he departs Israel for Cairo, Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool via AP)
January 24, 2025, 3:42 pm
‘We averted much worse’: Biden’s top Mideast diplomat looks back on tumultuous term
Barbara Leaf ends diplomatic career hopeful about developments in Syria and Lebanon, regrets she could not convince Netanyahu to advance alternative to Hamas rule in post-war Gaza
By Jacob Magid
Cars belonging to the US delegation drive in a street in Damascus, Syria, on December 20, 2024. (Omar Haj Kadour/AFP)
December 20, 2024, 7:43 pm
US diplomats meet HTS chiefs in Syria, the first in-person contact with new rulers
State Department says officials discussed ‘transition principles’ and battling ISIS with members of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, which is pushing for terror designation to be lifted
By Agencies
A worker sets up a Syrian "revolutionary" flag at the entrance of the Umayyad Mosque ahead of Friday prayers in Damascus, Syria, Friday December 20, 2024. 2024.(AP Photo/Leo Correa)
December 20, 2024, 1:05 pm
US diplomats arrive in Syria to talk to Islamist rulers about country’s future
American envoys to meet with HTS leaders to gauge commitment to democratic transition; US weighs removing terror designation from group, supporting new Syrian government
By Agencies
Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim al-Thani gives a joint press conference with the visiting US secretary of state in Doha on June 12, 2024. (Ibraheem Al-Omari/Pool/AFP)
June 19, 2024, 4:00 am
Qatari PM meets Haniyeh to push ceasefire as US blames ‘psychopath’ Sinwar for deadlock
Source says main stumbling block remains Hamas’s demand for Gaza war to end in first phase and Israel’s insistence that all hostages are freed before fighting stops
By Jacob Magid
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attends the APEC Leader's Informal Dialogue with Guests during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation APEC summit, November 18, 2022, in Bangkok, Thailand. (Athit Perawongmetha/Pool Photo via AP)
September 3, 2023, 6:55 pm
US delegation heading to Saudi Arabia amid Biden normalization push
Riyadh to host senior White House and State Department officials in same week as top Palestinian officials will be visiting to discuss high-stakes deal
By Jacob Magid
Minister of Defence Yoav Gallant during a discussion and a vote in Knesset, July 30, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 30, 2023, 2:02 am
Gallant meets US officials in NYC after Netanyahu said to bar talks in Washington
Defense minister speaks with State Department’s Barbara Leaf, White House Middle East coordinator Brett McGurk, US envoy to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield during muted trip to US
By Luke Tress
Then-US ambassador to the UAE Barbara Leaf. (Tech. Sgt. Anthony Nelson Jr./US Air Force)
March 31, 2023, 12:48 am
Judicial battle distracting Israel from fighting West Bank violence – top US official
Assistant Secretary of State Barbara Leaf says regional leaders are concerned over unrest beyond Green Line, laments that Israel’s ability to address it is ‘compromised somewhat’
By Lazar Berman
A Palestinian gestures to Israeli military vehicles during clashes in the West Bank city of Nablus, February 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
February 24, 2023, 12:47 am
Deadly Nablus raid places US-organized regional security summit at risk
Ramallah threatening to withdraw, which could lead to Aqaba’s meeting’s cancellation as representatives from Jordan and Egypt won’t want to attend without PA
By Jacob Magid
Religious Zionism party chief Bezalel Smotrich (center) and party members at the settlement of Efrat in the Gush Etzion region of the West Bank, October 26, 2022. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)
February 9, 2023, 8:48 pm
US views looming transfer of West Bank powers to Smotrich as step toward annexation
As Netanyahu set to decide how to implement coalition deal stripping critical powers away from defense minister, visiting Biden aide warns against move
By Jacob Magid
Members of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group participate in the funeral of Taher Zakarneh, 19, who was killed during clashes with Israeli forces, in the West Bank town of Qabatiya, near Jenin, September 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
September 14, 2022, 11:51 pm
Senior Biden official: US aiming to boost Israel-PA security ties amid violence wave
Barbara Leaf says security situation in West Bank cannot be looked at in a vacuum, improvements to Palestinians’ economic conditions essential for stability
By Jacob Magid
Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid and IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi at a graduating ceremony for new Israel Navy Officers at Haifa Naval Base, September 7, 2022. (Shir Torem/Flash90)
September 7, 2022, 7:54 pm
Rebuffing US, Lapid and Gantz say ‘no one will dictate’ IDF’s open-fire regulations
Bennett tells US envoy American intervention in matter ‘unacceptable,’ after Washington called to review policies in wake of accidental shooting of reporter
By Emanuel Fabian and Jacob Magid
A Palestinian holds a light candle and a picture of slain Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, to condemn her killing, in front of the office of Al Jazeera network, in Gaza City, May 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Adel Hana, File)
September 7, 2022, 1:12 am
US again pressing Israel to reconsider open-fire rules after IDF’s Abu Akleh probe
State Department indicates administration unhappy with steps taken by army so far on reforming rules of engagement in wake of accidental shooting of Palestinian-American reporter
By Jacob Magid
Palestinians prepare posters with pictures of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh and Arabic that reads, "Shireen, the pulse of Palestine," at the office of Al Jazeera channel, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Wednesday, May 11, 2022. (AP/Nasser Nasser)
September 6, 2022, 3:21 am
US says IDF review of Abu Akleh killing ‘welcome,’ stresses need for accountability
State Department notes importance of ‘policies and procedures’ to prevent such incidents after long-awaited report on death of Al Jazeera journalist says troops shot her by mistake
By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Jacob Magid
Banners depicting slain Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh hang on a building overlooking the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem in the West Bank, on July 14, 2022. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
September 5, 2022, 5:24 pm
IDF probe finds ‘high probability’ soldier accidentally killed Shireen Abu Akleh
Long-awaited report on death of Al Jazeera journalist says troops misidentified the targets of their shots as Palestinian gunmen; criminal probe will not be opened
By Emanuel Fabian
A mural of slain of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, in Gaza City, May 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)
September 4, 2022, 11:28 pm
Israel reportedly set to release investigation findings on Shireen Abu Akleh’s death
Upcoming report said to be in the works due to White House pressure, including recent visit by assistant secretary of state, almost four months after journalist was shot dead
By ToI Staff
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