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Aug 13, 20242 min read
Putin tells Abbas of 'great pain' at Palestinian plight
MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin told visiting Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday that Moscow was pained by the...


Aug 12, 20241 min read
Israeli minister tells US that large-scale Iranian attack expected, Axios reports
WASHINGTON - Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant told U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Sunday that Iran was making preparations...


Aug 12, 20243 min read
Israel orders more Gaza evacuations after school shelter attack kills scores
CAIRO - Israel expanded evacuation orders in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip overnight, forcing tens of thousands of Palestinian...


Aug 7, 20243 min read
Hamas names Oct 7 mastermind Sinwar as leader after Haniyeh assassination
CAIRO - Hamas named its Gaza leader Yahya Sinwar as successor to former political chief Ismail Haniyeh, who was assassinated in Tehran...


Aug 6, 20243 min read
US says military moves in Middle East aimed at de-escalating tensions
WASHINGTON - The U.S. is deploying additional military might in the Middle East as a defensive measure with a goal of de-escalating...


Aug 5, 20244 min read
Factbox-What is Iran's 'Axis of Resistance'?
DUBAI - If Iran retaliates for the assassination of its close ally Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran last week, its regional allies -...


Aug 5, 20243 min read
Factbox-Iran's Revolutionary Guards: powerful group with wide regional reach
DUBAI - Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards are likely to play a central role if the country retaliates for the assassination of its close...


Aug 5, 20243 min read
Israeli strikes hit Gaza schools, hospital compound after talks fail
CAIRO - An Israeli airstrike hit two schools in Gaza City on Sunday, killing at least 30 people, Palestinian officials said, while the...


Aug 4, 20243 min read
Israeli strikes kill 15 Palestinians in Gaza school, nine West Bank militants
CAIRO/RAMALLAH - An Israeli airstrike on a school sheltering displaced persons in Gaza City killed at least 15 Palestinians on Saturday,...


Aug 4, 20242 min read
U.S. to send more warships, fighter jets to Middle East to bolster defenses
WASHINGTON - The U.S. military will deploy additional fighter jets and Navy warships to the Middle East, the Pentagon said on Friday, as...


Aug 2, 20243 min read
Death of Hamas military leader Mohammed Deif, Oct 7 mastermind, confirmed, Israel says
CAIRO/JERUSALEM - The head of Hamas' military wing, Mohammed Deif, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza last month, the Israeli...


Aug 1, 20241 min read
Blinken says US not involved in killing of Hamas leader
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday the United States was not involved in the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail...
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