As civilians on both sides of the border have fled en masse, the U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon has seen its position awkwardly shift, from monitoring violations at the border to patrolling a battlefront.

Iran’s president campaigned on promises to improve the economy by ending isolation and his cabinet appointments reflect a greater emphasis on diplomacy. But U.S. officials are waiting for signs of support from Iran’s supreme leader.

On the streets of Iranian cities, it’s becoming more common to see a woman passing by without a mandatory headscarf, or hijab, as the second anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini and the mass protests it sparked approaches.

A Turkish-American activist who was killed by Israeli fire in the West Bank was laid to rest on Saturday in her hometown in Turkey with thousands lining the streets and anti-Israeli feelings in the country rising from a conflict that threatens to spread across the region.

Iraqi forces and American troops have killed a senior commander with the Islamic State group who was wanted by the United States, as well as several other prominent militants, Iraq’s military said on Friday.

Iran launched a satellite into space Saturday with a rocket built by the country’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, state-run media reported, the latest for a program the West fears helps Tehran advance its ballistic missile program.

The so-called Philadelphi Corridor, a narrow strip of scrubland and sand dunes on the Gaza side of the border with Egypt, has emerged as a major obstacle in talks aimed at halting the Israel-Hamas war and freeing scores of hostages.

Russia, Iran and China are “ramping up” attempts to stoke divisions within the U.S. ahead of November’s presidential election, according to a top Department of Justice official.

The United States will withdraw most troops from Iraq over the next two years but leave a small residual force in the northern Kurdistan region under a plan negotiated by American and Iraqi officials, who disclosed the deal this week.

The father of the Turkish-American activist killed by Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank welcomed Turkey’s decision to initiate an independent investigation into her death and called on the United States to do the same.