October 10th, 2025 - 06:30 GMT
ALBAWABA - Axios reports that U.S. President Donald Trump played a key role in getting the most recent ceasefire agreement in Gaza. He personally promised Hamas that Israel would not break the deal or start military operations again. According to American officials, Trump's direct promises were very important in getting Hamas to agree to the terms of the deal, which went into effect early Friday after the Israeli government approved ...
![OPCW, the watchdog overseeing the destruction of Syria's chemical arsenal. [Getty Images]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria2/186297018.jpg?itok=ODNZSh9O "OPCW, the watchdog overseeing the destruction of Syria's chemical arsenal. [Getty Images]")
![The head of Lebanon's militant Shiite Muslim movement Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah. [Getty Images]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria2/187967130.jpg?itok=4ymuCnwP "The head of Lebanon's militant Shiite Muslim movement Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah. [Getty Images]")
![Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarifand Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov speak during a meeting on the third day of talks on Iran's nuclear program on November 9, 2013 in Geneva. [Getty Images]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria2/187465201.jpg?itok=BlP33QY3 "Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarifand Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov speak during a meeting on the third day of talks on Iran's nuclear program on November 9, 2013 in Geneva. [Getty Images]")
![Borge Brende said Norway would dispatch a civilian cargo ship and a Navy frigate to Syrian ports to pick up the stockpiles and carry them elsewhere for destruction. [Reuters]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria2/nor.jpg?itok=3p6Bnx7d "Borge Brende said Norway would dispatch a civilian cargo ship and a Navy frigate to Syrian ports to pick up the stockpiles and carry them elsewhere for destruction. [Reuters]")
![Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmi ( and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov give a press conference on November 14, 2013 in the Egyptian capital, Cairo. Sergei Lavrov and Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu hold talks with Egyptian counterparts on weapons sales and political relations during an official visit. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria2/187964695.jpg?itok=laQUcx4f "Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmi ( and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov give a press conference on November 14, 2013 in the Egyptian capital, Cairo. Sergei Lavrov and Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu hold talks with Egyptian counterparts on weapons sales and political relations during an official visit. [AFP]")
![Signs at the seats where Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and Palestinian representative Saeb Erekat were to sit in a meeting with the Middle East Quartet during the 68th Session of the United Nations General Assembly September 27, 2013 at UN headquarters in New York. [Stan Honda/Getty Images]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria2/182028604.jpg?itok=27fXLe1U "Signs at the seats where Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and Palestinian representative Saeb Erekat were to sit in a meeting with the Middle East Quartet during the 68th Session of the United Nations General Assembly September 27, 2013 at UN headquarters in New York. [Stan Honda/Getty Images]")
![White House National Security Advisor Susan Rice at the New America Foundations September 9, 2013 in Washington, DC. [Getty Images]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria2/180133415.jpg?itok=Qk_JTVIX "White House National Security Advisor Susan Rice at the New America Foundations September 9, 2013 in Washington, DC. [Getty Images]")
![Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the press following his meeting with US Secretary of State at Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv on November 8, 2013. [Getty Images]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria2/187353363_1.jpg?itok=wBJQqiA_ "Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the press following his meeting with US Secretary of State at Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv on November 8, 2013. [Getty Images]")
![Lebanon foreign affairs minister Adnan Mansour reads during a meeting of the Arab League with Arab countries Foreign ministers on Syria on September 1, 2013 at the body's Cairo headquarters. [Getty Images]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria2/179201503.jpg?itok=ZSMUfoWV "Lebanon foreign affairs minister Adnan Mansour reads during a meeting of the Arab League with Arab countries Foreign ministers on Syria on September 1, 2013 at the body's Cairo headquarters. [Getty Images]")
![Morsi is alleged to have encouraged the murder of protesters demonstrating outside Cairo's presidential palace last December. [guim]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Egypt/Mohamed-Morsi-arrives-in--015.jpg?itok=Fq9cZ4Eo "Morsi is alleged to have encouraged the murder of protesters demonstrating outside Cairo's presidential palace last December. [guim]")
![U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrives on Capitol Hill before he briefs members of the Senate Banking Committee behind closed doors about Iran and his recent negotiations in Europe, November 13, 2013. [REUTERS]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Egypt/ker.jpg?itok=cWg20gow "U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry arrives on Capitol Hill before he briefs members of the Senate Banking Committee behind closed doors about Iran and his recent negotiations in Europe, November 13, 2013. [REUTERS]")
![The traditions of Ashura, a holy day Shi'ite Muslims will observe Sunday, started in the Middle East and spread to Iran and South Asia, where they have been practiced for centuries. [atlasshrugs]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/iraq/ashura.jpg?itok=twpgvhlW "The traditions of Ashura, a holy day Shi'ite Muslims will observe Sunday, started in the Middle East and spread to Iran and South Asia, where they have been practiced for centuries. [atlasshrugs]")
