Middle East - VoA

1. Lack of shelter, food increases Gazans’ misery as winter sets in

2. Syria's new rulers name foreign minister in push for international relations

3. Missile fired from Yemen hits Israel, wounding 16

4. VOA Kurdish: Leader of Islamic Union of Kurdistan visits Turkey for talks

5. VOA Kurdish: Torture and repression in Iraqi and Syrian prisons

6. VOA Kurdish: Kobani residents fear new threats amid Turkish-backed groups’ attacks

7. VOA Kurdish: Kurdistan Regional Government working to ease tensions in northeast Syria

8. VOA Persian: Report reveals hundreds of transnational murders, abductions by Islamic Republic

9. US charges Russian Israeli dual national tied to Lockbit ransomware group

10. VOA Persian: Iranian American journalist quarantined in Evin, denied family visits

11. Erdogan says Turkey expects allies to pull support from Kurds in post-Assad Syria

12. Hostage envoy: Syria’s vast secret prison network complicates efforts to find Austin Tice

13. US hostage envoy arrives in Syria as part of search for Austin Tice

14. Trump wants to quickly end Gaza war. Can he?

15. Israeli settlers accused of setting fire to and vandalizing West Bank mosque

16. Trump wants to quickly end Gaza war — can he?

17. US removes $10M bounty on leader of rebel group now in charge of Syria

18. What Assad's ouster means for the Middle East

19. VOA Persian: Iranian universities go online; observers call it 'soft martial law'

20. VOA Turkish: Christians in Damascus prepare for Christmas amid uncertainty