By Frances Vinall, Annabelle Timsit Iraq’s military condemned a U.S. strike in Baghdad that killed a commander of an Iranian-backed group. A Hamas delegation arrived in Cairo for negotiations. Source: Blinken leaves Israel after talks; Netanyahu rebuffs Hamas terms on Gaza deal
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By Robyn Dixon The barring of Boris Nadezhdin from running suggests a degree of Kremlin nervousness about an antiwar protest vote amid Russian war fatigue. Source: Russia bars antiwar candidate from challenging Putin in March election
By Kareem Fahim, Dan Lamothe, Mustafa Salim, Alex Horton The targeted operation in Iraq follows a large wave of airstrikes there and in Syria last week, retaliation for the deaths of three U.S. soldiers in Jordan. Source: U.S. strike in Baghdad kills key militia commander, officials say