Category: 3. Middle East
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In Beirut’s largest stadium, displaced people with disabilities face ‘ordeal’
In the stands of Beirut’s largest stadium, it is the shouts of children displaced by war that echo, not the songs of fans.
Beneath the concrete steps, more than a thousand people fleeing Israeli bombs on Lebanon sleep in tents, including around…
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Lebanon’s internal strength tested as Iranian ambassador refuses to leave
Lebanon is facing a crisis as Iran’s ambassador, Mohammad Reza Sheibani, refuses to be expelled from the country.The ambassador, who was appointed relatively recently and assumed his role in January, was expelled in mid-March for meddling in…
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The United States attacked an ammunition depot in Isfahan, Iran
The US military attacked a large ammunition depot in the Iranian city of Isfahan, writes The Wall Street Journal.
“The United States fired at a large ammunition depot in the Iranian city of Isfahan… bombs to…
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After uprooting Palestinian hamlets, extremist settlers set sights on West Bank-wide purge
Extremist settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank, already at unprecedented levels over the last three years, has reached a new zenith since the outbreak of war between Israel and Iran at the end of February.
Civil rights…
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PA, rights groups denounce death penalty law for Palestinians convicted of deadly terror
The Palestinian Authority condemned Monday’s passing of a law in the Knesset mandating the death penalty for West Bank Palestinians convicted of carrying out deadly terror attacks, saying it violated international law, while Palestinian…
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Iran’s strikes demonstrated the failure of Israel’s air defense systems
The Iranian strikes have shown the failure of Israel’s air defense system, writes the American publication Responsible Statecraft.
“A month after the start of the US military campaign against Iran, the vaunted…
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Arab states express concern over Epic Fury ending with no change in Iran
UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman have warned US President Donald Trump in recent days against ending the Iran war without securing meaningful constraints on Tehran’s regional threat, two sources…
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Israel prepared to keep striking Iran for ‘weeks to come’, military spokesperson says
JERUSALEM, March 31 (Reuters) – Israel is prepared for “weeks” more of fighting in Iran, a military spokesman said on Tuesday after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an interview the war was “beyond the halfway point.”
Lieutenant Colonel…
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The loss of the E-3 aircraft will make it more difficult for the United States to detect threats from Iran
The destruction of a key American long-range radar detection aircraft, the Boeing E-3 Sentry, may reduce the US ability to detect threats from Iran in a timely manner, CNN writes.
Former US Air Force Colonel Cedric…
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