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Humeyra Pamuk

A billboard depicting Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's late supreme leader who was killed on February 28 in an Israeli strike in Tehran, standing behind an Iranian soldier with a caption in Arabic reading 'A martyr leads the battlefield' is displayed along a road in the Ameriyah neighborhood in western Baghdad on March 18, 2026 (AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)
May 14, 2026, 3:30 am
Saudi warplanes struck Iran-backed militias in Iraq during war, sources say
Riyadh said to have targeted sites near the kingdom’s northern border from which drone and missiles were launched at Gulf states; Kuwait also said to have fired on Iraq
By Timour Azhari, Ahmed Rasheed and Humeyra Pamuk
US President Donald Trump departs a women's history month event in the East Room of the White House, March 12, 2026, in Washington, DC. (AP/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
March 13, 2026, 2:59 pm
With Iran war exit elusive, Trump aides vie to affect the outcome
US president’s shifting statements are result of tug-of-war in his administration, sources say, as officials weigh economic, political costs of continued strikes
By Nandita Bose, Matt Spetalnick and Humeyra Pamuk
Women walk past a ballistic missile launch vehicle in Tehran on February 11, 2026, during a rally marking the 47th anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution (AFP)
February 27, 2026, 9:29 am
Trump’s claim on Iranian missile development said unsupported by US intelligence
US president said Iran creating missile that could ‘soon reach’ US, but Tehran is years away from developing such a weapon, according to 2025 report that sources say is still current
By Jonathan Landay, Humeyra Pamuk and Gram Slattery
President Donald Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman speak during a meeting at the Royal Palace in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May 13, 2025. (AP/Alex Brandon)
November 18, 2025, 11:28 am
Trump to welcome Saudi’s MBS with offer of F-35s, while urging Israel normalization
Senior White House official says US president ‘has been hyping up the pressure’ on Riyadh to join Abraham Accords; analysts say lack of progress won’t hinder Saudi business deals
By Steve Holland, Matt Spetalnick and Humeyra Pamuk
Syria's interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa listens during a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron after a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, May 7, 2025. (Stephanie Lecocq/Pool via AP)
May 12, 2025, 10:16 am
Trump Tower Damascus? Syria seeks to charm US president for sanctions relief
With Gulf help, Sharaa launches bid to get face time with Trump during his Mideast visit, with a pitch that includes a detente with Israel and US access to Syria’s oil and gas
By Timour Azhari and Humeyra Pamuk
Italy's Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani (L) meets with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi at the Italian Foreign Ministry in Rome before nuclear talks, on April 19, 2025. (Handout / ITALIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY / AFP)
May 2, 2025, 4:14 pm
‘JCPOA 2’: New US-Iran nuke deal said shaping up as largely similar to one Trump ended
Agreement being negotiated ‘preserves the core’ of 2015 deal, sources say; may impose constraints on uranium enrichment but not dismantle nuclear facilities or address Iran’s ballistic missiles
By Samia Nakhoul, Humeyra Pamuk and Parisa Hafezi
People march in a 'Hands Off!' protest against US President Donald Trump in New York, April 5, 2025. (AP/Andres Kudacki)
April 18, 2025, 9:24 am
US to vet social media accounts of visa applicants who visited Gaza after 2007
Internal State Department cable says online profiles of relevant travelers should be searched for ‘potential derogatory information relating to security issues’
By Humeyra Pamuk
IDF soldiers are seen at a former Syrian Army post at Tel Kwdana, Syria, December 11, 2024. (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)
February 28, 2025, 8:19 pm
Report: Israel lobbying US to keep Russian bases in a ‘weak’ Syria
Jerusalem said to have told Washington that Damascus’s new Islamist rulers, backed by Turkey, pose a threat to Israel’s borders
By Maya Gebeily and Humeyra Pamuk
US President Joe Biden meets with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky at the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on September 26, 2024. (Saul Loeb/AFP)
November 17, 2024, 11:22 pm
In first, Biden gives okay for Ukraine to use US arms to strike deep inside Russia
Ukraine said planning to conduct its first long-range attacks in the coming days, after Biden reverses long-standing Washington policy, two months before Trump takes office
By Mike Stone and Humeyra Pamuk
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken attends a Joint Ministerial Meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)-US Strategic Partnership discussing the humanitarian situation in Gaza, at the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Secretariat in Riyadh on April 29, 2024. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool/AFP)
August 9, 2024, 11:34 pm
US expected to end three-year ban on weapons sales to Saudi Arabia
Embargo imposed following high civilian casualties in Saudi war against Houthi terror group, but rapid changes in region following Oct. 7 made Biden administration reconsider
By Humeyra Pamuk, Patricia Zengerle and Steve Holland
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