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U.K., Canada and Others Impose Sanctions on Far-Right Israeli Ministers

The coordinated move against Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich highlights the hardening of several countries’ stance toward Israel amid the dire humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

© Pool photo by Abir Sultan

The sanctions targeted the Israeli security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, left, and the finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, who are among the most hard-line members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet.

They Went to Syria to Fight With Rebels. Now Some Are Joining the New Army.

Thousands of foreign fighters fought alongside the Syrian rebel groups that toppled the Assad dictatorship. Many plan to stay, despite the qualms of the United States and some Syrians.

© Diego Ibarra Sanchez for The New York Times

A man from Turkestan, who fought with the Syrian rebels who ousted the Assad regime, at his shop in Binnish, Syria. He is one of many foreign fighters whose future is in limbo.
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