Retired General Nitzan Alon says more captives could have been returned alive and a deal was possible ‘maybe a year earlier’. Published On 2 Oct 20262 Oct 2026 A former Israeli general who was the army’s point person for hostage negotiations at the beginning of the Gaza war says that a deal to return all…

Mahan Air is excluded from the agreement as Baghdad says Washington granted its request for a waiver. Published On 2 Oct 20262 Oct 2026 Iraq has agreed to let Iranian airlines, except Mahan Air, operate up to 40 flights a day to and from Najaf International Airport, saying the United States granted an exemption from…