With Russia’s diminished influence in Syria, Ukraine calls on Israel to reconsider its stance and provide essential defensive weapons and technology.

The Russia-Ukraine and the Israel-Hamas wars underscore some fundamental truths about the nature of warfighting.

Associated Press journalists have been covering these conflicts since they began. Now, as 2024 ends and a new year begins, we asked two veteran AP reporters — Josef Federman in Jerusalem and Samya Kullab in Kyiv — to talk about what they saw the past year and what struck them. Here are their accounts:

AI warfare may conjure images of killer robots and autonomous drones, but a different reality is unfolding in the Gaza Strip. There, artificial intelligence has been suggesting targets in Israel’s retaliatory campaign to root out Hamas following the group’s Oct.

Ukraine, like the United States, is a volunteer society, and immediately after the war, groups sprang up around the country to bring supplies to villages and towns under shelling and help or shelter those who wanted to evacuate. The TrustChain has drawn on such groups.

Russia's president says he should've prepared more before launching his country's full-scale invasion in February 2022.

Geopolitical uncertainties increased in 2024 as tensions escalated in West Asia. Israel was involved in four conflicts in the region, including with Hamas in Gaza and Iran. Peace remained elusive in R

Secretary of State Antony Blinken will make what's likely his final trip in office to the United Nations this week

The THAAD antimissile systems were among the list of weapons that Ukraine requested from the U.S. in December 2023. Kyiv has appealed for the system to be deployed to fight against Russian aggression, although the Pentagon has rejected this prospect.

German arms exports to Ukraine doubled, while halved to Israel, with Ukraine receiving 8.1 billion euros in weapons.

The war in the Middle East between Israel and Hamas passed the one-year mark, expanding into a conflict involving Iran and Hezbollah in Lebanon. Ukraine continues its defense against Russian invasion for a third year with North Korean troops becoming ...

He used the tightly choreographed event to reinforce his authority and demonstrate command of everything from consumer prices to military hardware.