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A woman holds a picture of the Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei in a memorial for school children who were killed during a strike on a school in southern town of Minab, in downtown Tehran, Iran, April 7, 2026. (AP/Vahid Salemi, File)
April 22, 2026, 6:51 am
After surviving US-Israeli strikes, Iran regime may be divided over terms for ending war
While Islamic Republic’s leaders have united around a hard line, negotiations with US could test panel that now seems to be running Iran by exposing differences among its members
By AMIR-HUSSEIN RADJY and Lee Keath
Protesters display a banner calling for a halt to executions in Iran during a rally in Berlin, Germany, on January 10, 2026, in support of the Iran protests. (John MacDougall / AFP)
March 21, 2026, 4:56 pm
Wave of executions feared in Iran as authorities hang 3 young men nabbed in protests
Rights groups say victims include star wrestler, 19, who said in court he was tortured into confessing to killing a cop during regime’s brutal crackdown in January
By Lee Keath, Julia Frankel and Sarah El Deeb
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks in a meeting, in Tehran, Iran, February 1, 2026, ahead of the 47th anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
February 4, 2026, 7:23 pm
After crushing protests, Iran’s supreme leader Khamenei looks to avert a US attack
With over 35 years of iron-fist leadership under his belt, Ali Khamenei faces what may be his toughest test yet as he scrambles to stave off regime change, regional war
By Lee Keath
Iranian protesters hold their country's flags and posters of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at an anti-US and anti-Israeli rally at Enqelab-e-Eslami (Islamic Revolution) square in downtown Tehran, Iran, June 24, 2025. (Vahid Salemi/AP)
June 26, 2025, 3:24 pm
A battered Iran faces an uncertain future after its bruising war with Israel
Supreme Leader Khamenei must regroup and reassert control while overseeing a failing economy and deciding what direction to take with the nuclear program
By Jon Gambrell and Lee Keath
Trucks carrying humanitarian aid line up at the Rafah Border Crossing, Egypt, on the way to Gaza, November 19, 2023. (AP/Amr Nabil, File)
January 7, 2024, 5:00 am
In Rafah, progressive US senators charge Israeli inspections slowing aid to Gaza
Chris Van Hollen, from Maryland, and Jeff Merkley, from Oregon, tour Egypt’s border crossing with Gaza Strip, claim process of humanitarian relief deliveries too cumbersome
By Lee Keath
In this 1998 file photo made available on March 19, 2004, Ayman al-Zawahiri poses for a photograph in Khost, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Mazhar Ali Khan, File)
August 2, 2022, 4:57 am
Bin Laden right-hand man al-Zawahiri’s path from Cairo clinic to top of al-Qaeda
Slain terror chief was crucial in shifting jihadi movement to target US; 9/11 made Bin Laden American enemy No. 1, but attacks likely wouldn’t have succeeded without his deputy
By Lee Keath
A protester faces riot police officers during a demonstration against the party of Tunisian ruler Ben Ali, in the center of Tunis, Tunisia, January 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)
December 15, 2020, 10:33 am
A decade on, Arab Spring’s legacy marked by upheaval and lost hopes
After wave of mass protests calling for political change was largely snuffed out by repression and civil war, some activists still hope that reform will eventually come
By Lee Keath
A tomb from the early 20th Century stands partially demolished amid construction of a new highway through the Northern Cemetery in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, July 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
July 31, 2020, 2:29 pm
Highway to hell? Road-building in Cairo’s City of the Dead raises alarm
Government razes hundreds of graves as families rush to move bodies of their loved ones; preservationists say valuable historical sites might be lost
By Lee Keath
In this frame grab from video provided by Hawar News, ANHA, the Kurdish news agency, residents who are angry over the US withdrawal from Syria hurl potatoes at American military vehicles in the town of Qamishli, northern Syria on October 21, 2019. (ANHA via AP)
October 22, 2019, 10:05 pm
‘America is running away’: Syrian withdrawal turns chaotic
US pullout being carried out with more haste and violence than expected, and may be partially reversed, as troops caught in middle of Turkish fire aimed at Kurdish forces
By Sarah El Deeb and Lee Keath
Illustrative: Forces loyal to the Saudi-backed Yemeni president flash their arms on a road at the entrance to Abyan province as they take part in an operation to drive Al-Qaeda fighters out of the southern provincial capital, on April 23, 2016. (AFP Photo/Saleh Al-Obeidi)
August 6, 2018, 2:18 pm
US allies in Yemen don’t defeat al-Qaeda, they pay it to go away instead
Investigation reveals Saudi-led coalition secretly paying jihadist fighters to leave town, often allowing them to keep weapons, equipment and looted cash
By MAGGIE MICHAEL, Trish Wilson and Lee Keath
Saudi King Salman, right, meets with outgoing Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, November 6, 2017. (Saudi Press Agency, via AP)
November 8, 2017, 5:19 pm
Saudis’ bolder moves to confront Iran echo across region
Crown Prince Mohammed’s quest for power through proxies risks increasing conflicts in Yemen, Lebanon, Qatar, Syria
By Aya Batrawy and Lee Keath
First aid workers inspecting a car damaged by a reported US airstrike on February 26, 2017. which killed Al Qaeda deputy leader Abu al-Khayr al-Masri (Screen capture: Twitter)
March 2, 2017, 10:48 pm
Al-Qaeda confirms deputy leader killed in US strike in Syria
Terror group praises Abu al-Khayr al-Masri as ‘wise leader’
By Lee Keath
File: An EA-6B Prowler launching from the American aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) supporting strike, surveillance and reconnaissance missions in Syria, September 26, 2014. (AFP Photo/Handout/US Navy)
November 11, 2016, 1:49 pm
With Trump, a major US shift in Mideast
New administration’s more direct focus on terrorism may ease relations with region’s conservatives and autocrats, but could stoke instability
By Lee Keath
In this Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2005, file photo, villagers gather to watch a theater play in front of the empty seat of the Buddha that was destroyed by the Taliban in Bamyan, central Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Tomas Munita, File)
August 26, 2015, 4:24 am
In Islamic State war, like others, heritage always a target
Throughout history, conquerors and zealots sought to punish and ‘purify’ by destroying cultural and religious shrines
By Lee Keath
File: Kuwait's emir, Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah, right, shakes hands with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani during a reception ceremony at the Saadabad Palace in Tehran, Iran, June 1, 2014 (AP/Ebrahim Noroozi, File)
July 15, 2015, 12:21 pm
Arab world worried boosted Iran will further bloody region
Saudi Arabia issues pointed warning to Tehran and threatens ‘decisive reaction’ to continued hostility, Egypt expresses hope for WMD-free Middle East
By Adam Schreck and Lee Keath
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