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The deadly attack on U.S. forces in Syria underscores the challenges facing the new Syrian president one year into his rule of the fractious nation.

This time last year, Ahmed al-Sharaa [[ahk-mahd al-SHAH-raa]] had a $10 million U.S. bounty on his head. He is now Syria's president and will meet with President Trump at the White House Monday.

Iran's drone and missile assault on Israel heightens concerns about a widening regional conflict in the Middle East.

Amid the war in Gaza, a crowd of people went into the Mediterranean Sea this week to try to retrieve boxes of aid from air drops. Gaza authorities say 12 people drowned.

Israelis are holding protests calling for their government to end the war in Gaza. Palestinian leaders have also condemned a far-right Israeli politician for berating a notable Palestinian prisoner.

Israel bombed parts of central Beirut in what it says is a campaign to destroy the militant group Hezbollah. In return, Hezbollah retaliated with a missile attack on Tel Aviv.

A week after the Gaza ceasefire, Israel's new restrictions are keeping desperately needed aid out.

In an interview with NPR, a spokesman for the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah said that it would stop its attacks on Israel if Hamas agrees to a ceasefire in the war in Gaza.

In Iran, a pair of explosions killed more than 100 people and wounded many more, and a senior Hamas leader has been killed in Lebanon. No one has claimed responsibility for either incident.

In a lightning campaign, Syrian rebels seize the capital and end half a century of brutal Assad family rule.