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Lara Jakes
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Lara Jakes

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Tigris River 🇮🇶 Running Club plank owner, @nytimes foreign correspondent. Currently covering diplomacy, conflict & things that go💥in 🇺🇦🇮🇱🇵🇸🇱🇧🇮🇷

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Iran Threatens Strikes After U.S. Hits Targets Near Strait of Hormuz

A Kinship With Kyiv: Underdogs Bite; Renewed Hostilities Might Derail Talks

View Front PageNew York Times • MAY 27, 2026

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Russia Tries to Weaken Ties to Kyiv

Near Miss on Train Is Warning for the West

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New York Times•SEP 15, 2026
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Attacks Across Region Escalate War With Iran

Rail Lines, Power Plant and American Allies Reportedly Hit

With:Shirin Hakim
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New York Times•JUL 18, 2026
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Europe’s Test: Filling U.S.-Size Hole at NATO

With:Steven Erlanger
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New York Times•JUL 8, 2026
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NEGOTIATORS SEE SIGN OF PROGRESS IN U.S.-IRAN TALKS

‘FOUNDATION’ FOR DEAL

With:Michael Levenson,Alan Rappeport
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New York Times•JUN 23, 2026
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RUSSIANS EXPLOIT GAP OVER UKRAINE

Missile Swarms Overrun Depleted Air Defenses

With:Nicholas Kulish,Kim Barker
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New York Times•JUN 16, 2026
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Iran Threatens Strikes After U.S. Hits Targets Near Strait of Hormuz

A Kinship With Kyiv: Underdogs Bite; Renewed Hostilities Might Derail Talks

With:Michael Levenson,Euan Ward,Erika Solomon
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New York Times•MAY 27, 2026•Lead Story
The paper presents a deteriorating security situation, linking recent U.S. strikes to Iranian threats while drawing a tactical comparison between Iranian and Ukrainian asymmetric warfare strategies.

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Paperboy tracks bylines on the front pages of major US and UK broadsheets. This page shows every front-page story attributed to Lara Jakes in our archive, based on bylines extracted from front-page images by AI. It covers only front-page stories — not the full output of this journalist. Data begins April 2026.