Category: 3. Middle East
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What will happen to Syria’s £4.5bn drug empire now?
BBC When Syrian rebel leader Ahmed al-Sharaa arrived in Damascus and gave a victory speech on the heels of a lightning military campaign that swept through the country and toppled Bashar al-Assad’s regime, one remark went widely unnoticed. That… Continue Reading
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Pope describes Israeli airstrikes of Gaza as ‘cruelty’
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Saturday again condemned Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, a day after an Israeli government minister publicly denounced the pontiff for suggesting the global community should study whether the military offensive… Continue Reading
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US military strikes Houthi targets in Yemen’s capital
CAIRO — The U.S. military said it conducted precision airstrikes on Saturday against a missile storage facility and a command-and-control facility operated by Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa. In a statement, the U.S…. Continue Reading
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Pope slams ‘cruelty’ of strike killing Gaza children
Pope Francis on Saturday condemned the bombing of children in Gaza as “cruelty”, sparking a sharp response from Israel which accused him of double standards. The pontiff made his remarks a day after the rescue agency in Gaza said an Israeli air… Continue Reading
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Israel pushes for 34 hostages in deal with Hamas – report
Israel reportedly presented Hamas with a list of 34 hostages that it insists must be released as part of the first phase of a deal, including 11 names that do not meet Hamas’s criteria for a deal, Egyptian news channel Al-Ghad reported,… Continue Reading
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Syrian soldiers distance themselves from Assad in return for promised amnesty
What Israel’s capture of Syrian territory as Assad fell signifies for the Middle East LONDON: In the early hours of Sunday, Dec. 8, shortly after a coalition of opposition… Continue Reading
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Israel should strike Houthi leadership, anti-Houthi Yemeni figures say
A figure close to the anti-Houthi government told KAN on Saturday that Israel should go further than retaliatory strikes and should target the Houthi leadership as they did Hezbollah’s. Israel struck several Houthi-held parts of Yemen after… Continue Reading
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Initial report: Strike attributed to Israel in Yemen’s Sana’a
The US is striking Houthi military targets in Yemen’s Sana’a, multiple arab news and media sources reported on Saturday. Reports state that military aircraft can be seen in the sky of Sana’a. Initially, reports attributed the attack to Israel… Continue Reading
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When Damascus traffic cops fled, volunteers stepped in
At a Damascus intersection, young volunteers act as unofficial traffic cops after police assigned to the duty deserted their posts when president Bashar al-Assad fell to a rapid rebel advance. Some traffic officers abandoned their uniforms and… Continue Reading
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Iran recruits minors for attacks on Jews, Israelis in Europe – Bloomberg
Iranian-linked operatives have been recruiting minors for attacks on Israeli and Jewish institutions across Europe, according to a Bloomberg report on Saturday. A troubling pattern of incidents in Sweden, Belgium, and Norway has exposed a… Continue Reading
