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      Thomas Watkins

      Thomas Watkins

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      Thomas Watkins is US bureau chief and foreign correspondent at The National. He has worked across America, Europe and South Asia and reported from 30 countries, primarily for Agence France-Presse as Pentagon correspondent and Af-Pak bureau chief. He joined The National in 2021 to help set up the Washington bureau and manage its 10-person team. Thomas holds degrees in psychology and journalism.
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      Police at the scene of the rush-hour attack in Ramot, East Jerusalem, in which Hamas gunmen killed three people. Reuters
      Play12:32:00
      Hamas gunmen kill three at Jerusalem bus stop

      Three gunmen 'neutralised' at scene were Hamas members who had previously been jailed, according to Israeli media

      Palestine-IsraelNovember 30, 2023
      Dr Henry Kissinger speaks at the George W Bush Presidential Centre's 2019 Forum on Leadership in Dallas, Texas, in April 2019. Reuters
      Henry Kissinger: US statesman with bitterly divisive legacy dies aged 100

      Kissinger was a controversial Nobel Peace Prize winner who left an indelible mark on US foreign policy

      ObituariesNovember 30, 2023
      Ronel Barak emigrated to Israel from her native South Africa in 2010. She runs a cafe in Mitzpe Yair, a settlement in the South Hebron Hills. Willy Lowry / The National
      Inside an Israeli settler outpost in the occupied West Bank

      Rights group says Israeli policy threatens about 30 Palestinian villages in the South Hebron Hills

      Palestine-IsraelNovember 29, 2023
      Israeli soldiers take position in a damaged building in the Zeitoun district, on the southern outskirts of Gaza city. AFP
      Israelis torn over prospect of another truce extension

      Pause in fighting has created opening for desperately needed humanitarian aid to enter southern Gaza

      Palestine-IsraelNovember 29, 2023
      Israeli tanks outside the city of Sderot, near the border with Gaza. Getty Images
      Israel and Hamas accuse each other of truce breaches as more hostages freed

      Pause in fighting had been extended by two days on Monday

      Palestine-IsraelNovember 28, 2023
      Palestinian detainee Khalil Zama hugs his mother after being released from an Israeli jail on Sunday. AFP
      Israel-Hamas truce extended by two days, Qatar and Hamas say

      Hamas released another 11 hostages on Monday night

      Palestine-IsraelNovember 27, 2023
      A satellite image shows Al-Shifa hospital, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Gaza November 11, 2023. Maxar Technologies/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. MUST NOT OBSCURE LOGO.
      Hamas operating 'control node' from Gaza hospital, US says

      White House and Pentagon cite newly declassified intelligence

      USNovember 14, 2023
      A US Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle. AFP
      US strikes two Iran-backed sites in Syria

      Third such strike since October 27 as attacks on US troops in Iraq and Syria soar

      USNovember 12, 2023
      US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks to the media during a visit to New Delhi on Friday. Reuters
      More must be done to protect civilians in Gaza, Blinken says

      'Far too many Palestinians have been killed,' US Secretary of State says

      USNovember 10, 2023
      A Ukrainian soldier demonstrates tactical movements inside a trench in Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine. Anadolu Agency / Getty Images
      The Pentagon has almost run out of money for Ukraine

      Military supply packages are 'getting smaller' as Congress fight freezes additional funding for Kyiv

      USNovember 09, 2023
      An F-15 fighter jet. EPA
      Play9:50:34
      Iranian proxies attack after US strike in Syria, Pentagon says

      No let-up in attacks despite destruction of weapons storage depot

      USNovember 09, 2023
      The Pentagon said the facility destroyed in the strike was being used by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. AP
      Play9:50:34
      US conducts 'self-defence' strike on Iran-backed base in Syria

      Houthi rebels also claim they shot down a US Reaper drone off Yemen

      USNovember 08, 2023
      White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby speaks to The National outside the White House. Vanessa Jaklitsch for The National
      Play25:48:26
      Biden understands Arab and Muslim concerns over Gaza toll, White House says

      Iran has not yet jumped into Israel-Gaza war 'with both feet', John Kirby tells The National

      USNovember 07, 2023
      Buildings destroyed during Israeli air raids in the southern Gaza Strip on November 5. Getty
      It’s time for the US to ask how its bombs are being used in Gaza

      White House tells its ally to think about civilian toll, but is Israel listening?

      CommentNovember 05, 2023
      US Secretary of State Antony Blinken waits to board a helicopter to meet Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al Sudani. AP
      Blinken says attacks on US troops in Iraq 'totally unacceptable'

      US Secretary of State made unannounced visit to Iraq late on Sunday

      USNovember 05, 2023
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