Iraq and British oil giant BP are set to finalise a deal by early February to develop four oil fields in Kirkuk and curb gas flaring, Iraqi authorities announced Wednesday.
The mega-project in northern Iraq will include plans to recover flared gas…
Category: 3. Middle East
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Gaza rescuers say Israeli strikes kill 27 Palestinians
Gaza’s civil defence agency said on Wednesday that Israeli strikes killed at least 27 people, as the military issued new evacuation calls in northern areas of the Palestinian territory.
The latest Israeli strikes come as truce mediator Qatar said…
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Negotiators push to finalize Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal
Mediators pushed Wednesday to finalize a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip, while Israel’s military reported carrying out airstrikes overnight in northern, central and southern Gaza.
The Israel Defense Forces said it…
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Syrian activists work to avoid return to dictatorship
In a Damascus courtyard, Syrian activists brainstormed strategies to ensure their country does not return to authoritarianism, in a scene unimaginable under president Bashar al-Assad’s rule.
Since Islamist-led rebels ousted the longtime ruler last…
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Syria detains Egyptian after videos threatening Egypt’s Sisi
Syria’s new authorities have detained an Egyptian Islamist militant who fought against Bashar al-Assad’s rule over threats he made to the government in Cairo, a Syrian interior ministry source and an Arab security source told Reuters on…
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Iran’s navy unveils its first signals intelligence ship
A look at the terms — and tensions — in the Israel-Hamas draft ceasefire deal
CAIRO: If the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal goes according to the current draft, then fighting…Continue Reading
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Palestinian Islamic Jihad official says joined Gaza prisoner swap talks in Qatar
A look at the terms — and tensions — in the Israel-Hamas draft ceasefire deal
CAIRO: If the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal goes according to the current draft, then fighting…Continue Reading
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Iran unveils the Zagros military vessel
Iran’s navy received its first signals intelligence ship on Wednesday, semi-official Tasnim news organisation reported, a few days after the country’s army took delivery of 1,000 new drones.
The Zagros is a new category of military vessel…
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Hamas will continue to exploit the conflict with Israel
As Israel focuses on a potential hostage deal it is important to understand how Hamas will seek to continue to exploit the conflict with Israel. Hamas has thrived for forty years on being underestimated.
When it was founded in the late 1980s…
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Red Sea dive boat survivors say they were ‘pressured to sign documents’
BBCJustin, Frøydis and Lisa were all rescued from the Sea Story and later spoke to the BBC Survivors of a deadly dive-boat sinking in the Red Sea say they were pressured to sign official witness statements in Arabic – which they couldn’t…
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