Middle East

• A Middle Eastern lifeline built on family, faith and fear - Volunteers from the Druze religious sect in Israel have built a lifeline of aid to help fellow Druze in Syria. The effort now shapes survival, power and the future of Syria's Druze.
• Trump’s Diplomats Act More Like Cowboys. Could That Be a Good Thing? - Sometimes Trump’s unconventional foreign policy just works.
• Pope Leo XIV delivers peace message to 150,000 at Beirut Mass - Pope Leo XIV, on the last day of his first international trip since assuming he papacy in May, celebrated a Mass attended by 150,000 in Beirut and called on people in the Middle East to set aside old divisions and strive or peace.