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Jordan, which faces new regional challenges in dealing with Syria’s transitional Islamist regime, is pursuing a strategy of containment through engagement to secure its long, shared border, analysts say.
Jordanian Foreign…
Category: 3. Middle East
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New backlash over Trump plan to move Palestinians out of Gaza
An idea floated by US President Donald Trump to move Gazans to Egypt or Jordan faced a renewed backlash Tuesday as hundreds of thousands of Gazans displaced by the Israel-Hamas war returned to their devastated neighbourhoods.
A fragile ceasefire…
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New backlash over Trump plan to move people out of Gaza
An idea floated by US President Donald Trump to move Gazans to Egypt or Jordan faced a renewed backlash Tuesday as hundreds of thousands of Gazans displaced by the Israel-Hamas war returned to their devastated neighbourhoods.
A fragile ceasefire…
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Israel defies UN and vows to cut ties with UNRWA, with US blessing
Israel will cease all contact with the UN’s Palestinian relief agency UNRWA and any other body acting on its behalf, its UN envoy said Tuesday, after repeatedly accusing the organization of undermining its security.
UNRWA’s offices and staff in…
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UAE’s Edge Group acquires 30% stake in Israeli drone tech firm
The Emirati state-owned defense and technology conglomerate EDGE Group has acquired a stake in an Israeli defense firm, the latter announced on Tuesday, underscoring growing defense ties between Israel and the United Arab Emirates despite Abu…
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Syrians in occupied city worry Israeli forces have come to stay
Israeli forces invaded Syria on the day the regime of Bashar al-Assad fell in December and remain in areas surrounding the occupied Golan Heights. Villages, towns and cities in southern Syria have been under control of Israeli forces for more…
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Mother reunites with daughter after 15 months apart
Palestinians are continuing to arrive back into northern Gaza after Israel reached a deal with Hamas to release six hostages this week.
Israel began to allow Palestinians to move north on Monday, as well as freeing more Palestinian prisoners…
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BBC joins Jordanian airforce airforce for aerial ‘aid bridge’
Helicopters from the Jordanian air force have delivered aid into Gaza for the first time since the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel came into effect.
The BBC’s Fergal Keane joined the mission as an aerial aid bridge flew supplies into…
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Russian delegation in Syria as Moscow scrambles to secure military presence
The visit marks the first since the fall of President Bashar al-Assad, who had been Moscow’s key ally in Syria.
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Iranian foreign minister says Israelis should be sent to Greenland
Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said Israelis should be sent to Greenland, in response to US President Donald Trump suggesting Palestinians from Gaza be relocated to Jordan or Egypt.
The comments were made in Tehran during an…
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