Both French President Emmanuel Macron and Lebanese President Joseph Aoun condemned Israel’s Friday strike on Beirut at a meeting at the Elysee palace in Paris, with the aim to discuss economic reforms and efforts to stabilize Lebanon as a…
Category: 3. Middle East
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Empowering Mizrahi Jews for conflict resolution in the Middle East
The Middle East has long been a region of complex relationships and political tensions, with the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict at its center.
While much of the global discourse about peace in the region has focused on the…
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Children in Afghanistan risk lives at border of Pakistan
[Islamabad] Pakistan has repatriated 50 Afghan children who had been used in cross-border smuggling operations, intensifying scrutiny of organized networks profiting from child exploitation along one of the most volatile borders in South…
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Israel strikes Beirut for first time since Hezbollah-Israel ceasefire: What to know
BEIRUT — Israeli warplanes launched at least three airstrikes in Beirut on Friday, according to local media, shortly after the Israeli military issued an evacuation order for a building in the southern suburbs of the Lebanese capital, a known…
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Are Lebanon, Syria ripe for peace with Israel or on cusp of more escalation?
While some Israeli leaders hope for normalized ties with Lebanon and Syria, others warn that the uncertainty of the current situation could become permanent or deteriorate.
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Israel’s defence minister threatens Beirut after Lebanon rocket launches
Israel’s defence minister threatened Beirut on Friday after rocket fire from Lebanon, rattling an already fragile truce that had largely ended more than a year of hostilities with Hezbollah.
“If there is no quiet in Kiryat Shmona and the Galilee…
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Israel hits south Lebanon after threatening Beirut over rocket fire
Israel carried out air strikes in southern Lebanon Friday after its defence minister threatened Beirut over new rocket fire, rattling an already fragile truce that largely ended more than a year of hostilities with Hezbollah.
It was the second…
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Israel warns of attacks ‘everywhere’ in Lebanon after rocket fire
Israel said on Friday it will strike anywhere in Lebanon it sees a threat, after rocket fire prompted it to bomb Beirut for the first time during the fragile four-month-old truce with Hezbollah.
Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam described the…
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Israel hits Beirut after rockets fired from south Lebanon
Israel made good on its threat Friday to strike Beirut after rockets were fired towards its territory, rattling an already fragile truce in Lebanon that had largely ended more than a year of hostilities with Hezbollah.
It was the second time…
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How are Gaza protests against Hamas an opportunity for Israel?
Over a photo of a large protest in Israel – pink smoke billowing from the center of the crowd – TRT Global, widely considered a mouthpiece of the Turkish government, ran this headline on Wednesday: “Israel is now a divided nation on…
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