Middle East

Christian Science Monitor·Feb 3

Middle East

Is our home safe? Is it rubble? For displaced Lebanese, anguished uncertainty.Lebanese people displaced by war have been on an emotional roller coaster. A ceasefire has been extended, but fighting in the south hasn’t ended. Even as families yearning for home prepare to return, despite the uncertainty, they are warned not to take the risk. Hardest-hit by Iran, the UAE pivots from cooperation to confrontationFor years, the business-friendly United Arab Emirates had sought regional normalization. Now, after being targeted by Iran, it is pushing the United States to demand greater concessions from Tehran, and is pressing its neighbors to cooperate militarily. Their nation at war, Israelis still demand to know: How could Oct. 7 happen?Amid wars with Iran and Hezbollah, Israelis still very much want an independent state commission of inquiry to learn the truth about the failure to prevent the Hamas attack that sparked the Gaza war. Israel’s top court has given the Netanyahu government more time. Trump cancels envoys' Pakistan trip, in blow to hopes for Iran war breakthroughPeace talks between the U.S. and Iran were scheduled to continue Saturday in Pakistan, but they fell apart after President Donald Trump announced that he would not be sending U.S.