Syrian opposition and government forces are engaged in a renewed struggle for the strategic city

Abbas’s consent to negotiations seen by many as a function of American leverage, with little hope of progress to an independent state

Jewish newcomers provide an infusion of optimism in minuscule communities that have virtually died off

‘From indiscriminate shelling to rape and sectarian killing,’ Syria’s civilians are being terrorized, Paulo Pinheiro tells world body

Livni describes mood at joint Iftar dinner as ‘very good,’ says sides have agreed to ‘code of silence’ on contents of talks

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Once the heart of the community, Le Marais is the current battleground between gentrification and French Jewish life, past and present

Peace talks should be based on the biblical paradigm of an inheritance dispute, not a bitter — and doomed — divorce battle