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Reporter’s Notebook: Thanksgiving weekend in Turkey with an American pope, next stop Lebanon

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Early on Sunday, we learned the Vatican’s chartered Airbus 320, which had ferried Pope Leo XIV, his entourage and 80 journalists to Turkey on Thanksgiving Day, was safe for travel after its software had been successfully updated.  Our flight to Lebanon is on. Hallelujah! I have been on nearly a dozen papal …

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Pope Leo XIV begins Lebanon visit amid economic crisis, heightened security concerns

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Pope Leo XIV arrived in Lebanon on Sunday, opening the second half of his first international trip as pontiff after three days in Turkey marked by calls for unity, peace and renewed ties among Christian communities.  His stop in Lebanon places him in a nation where Christians have long-faced war, instability and …

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Pope Leo tours Istanbul’s famous Blue Mosque, declines to pray alongside imam

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Pope Leo XIV visited Istanbul’s iconic Blue Mosque on Saturday but didn’t stop to pray, as he focused more on bolstering ties with Orthodox patriarchs and promoting courageous steps for Eastern and Western churches to be united. Leo took his shoes off and, in his white socks, toured the 17th-century mosque, looking up …

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Pope Leo XIV opens first foreign trip in Turkey with a visit to Christianity’s early heartlands

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Pope Leo XIV is using his very first foreign trip to make a statement that blends symbolism with geopolitical consequences. By landing in Turkey this morning for the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea and then into Lebanon’s ongoing economic and political freefall, the pope is stepping directly into places where …

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Middle East officials look toward second phase of Israel-Hamas ceasefire with two hostages left in Gaza

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Turkish, Qatari and Egyptian officials met Wednesday in Cairo to discuss the second phase of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal. The meeting is said to have included Turkey and Egypt’s intelligence chiefs, as well as Qatar’s prime minister, according to reports. “During the meeting, [they] also agreed to continue strengthening coordination and cooperation …

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Mossad–European intelligence operation launches sweeping crackdown on Hamas global terror network

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Coordinated counterterrorism raids across Europe have uncovered what Israeli authorities describe as a significant Hamas network preparing attacks against Israeli and Jewish civilians. The joint effort involved the Mossad and multiple European intelligence and law enforcement agencies working across several countries. According to the statement released by Israel’s Prime Minister’s Office on …

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Trump faces Middle East test as Netanyahu balks at Erdogan’s Gaza troop hopes

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump is facing a pivotal decision that could define the next phase of his Middle East policy: whether to allow Turkish troops into Gaza as part of a U.S.-backed stabilization force. The move, which Ankara is lobbying for, has triggered alarm in Israel and among Arab allies who view Turkey’s …

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Trump faces Middle East test as Netanyahu balks at Erdogan’s Gaza troop hopes

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump is facing a pivotal decision that could define the next phase of his Middle East policy: whether to allow Turkish troops into Gaza as part of a U.S.-backed stabilization force. The move, which Ankara is lobbying for, has triggered alarm in Israel and among Arab allies who view Turkey’s …

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Trump signals new trust in Erdogan, raising concerns over Turkey’s ambitions in Gaza and beyond

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! As President Donald Trump celebrated the Gaza ceasefire agreement in Sharm el-Sheikh, he singled out one leader for extraordinary praise – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whose leadership he credited for helping deliver the Gaza ceasefire. “A guy who’s been a friend of mine for a long time. I don’t know why …

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Turkey deports peaceful Christians under guise of ‘national security’ claims watchdog

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Turkey has been accused of deporting hundreds of peaceful Christians under the guise of “national security,” including dozens last year, in a move legal advocates warn is an “attack” on the freedom of religion. In a Monday address to the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), legal expert for the Alliance Defending …

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