US President Donald Trump downplayed a growing scandal Tuesday after a journalist was accidentally added to a group chat about air strikes on Yemen, denying any classified information was shared and defending a top aide over the breach.
Trump said…
Category: 3. Middle East
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Palestinians protest Hamas rule in Gaza strip
In a rare event under the Hamas-controlled Gaza strip, hundreds of Gazan citizens marched in the northern town of Beit Lahya carrying white flags, calling to end the Hamas rule, and even calling to hand over the Israeli hostages.
The…
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Iran not building nuclear weapon despite strategic losses: US intel
A report by Washington’s top intelligence office suggests Tehran will struggle to rebuild its proxy militia bulwark after Israeli attacks, but the country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has not yet authorized the creation of a…
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Iran’s currency drops to more than 1 million rials to US dollar: What to know
This is yet another record low for Iran’s currency, as the country navigates intense sanctions and US pressure.
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Turkey’s main opposition CHP seeks to sustain protests over Imamoglu’s arrest
The party faces mounting pressure as nationwide protests continue, with authorities cracking down on supporters and arresting key figures, including several CHP mayors.
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US offers Syrian government conditions for limited sanctions relief
If the conditions are met, the Trump administration would consider waivers for sanctions imposed under the Caesar Act as well as approve a two-year extension of General License 24.
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Israeli incursion into southern Syria kills 6 as Jordan condemns: What we know
At least six people were killed by Israeli shelling in southern Syria’s Koya, per Syrian authorities.
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Monitor accuses Sudan army of major strike on Darfur market
A Sudanese monitor accused the army Tuesday of carrying out one of the deadliest air strikes in the country’s nearly two-year war on a rebel-held town in the western region of Darfur.
The Emergency Lawyers, a group of volunteer legal…
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Israel says Al Jazeera journalist it killed in Gaza was Hamas ‘sniper’
Israel on Tuesday said it had killed an Al Jazeera employee in the Gaza Strip, accusing the journalist, Hussam Shabat, of being a “sniper terrorist” for Hamas.
The Qatar-based network said Shabat was killed Monday in an Israeli strike on his…
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Israel detains Oscar-winning Palestinian director after settler attack: What to know
Hamdan Ballal, one of the Palestinian co-directors of the Oscar-winning documentary film “No Other Land,” remained in Israeli custody on Tuesday, after he was assaulted by Israeli settlers and taken by Israeli forces to an unknown location…
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