Anxious to bolster its air power, Turkey has proposed to European partners and the US ways it could swiftly obtain advanced fighter jets as it seeks to make up ground on regional rivals such as Israel, sources familiar with the talks…
Category: 3. Middle East
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UAE says maximalist views on Palestinian issues not valid
UAE says maximalist views on Palestinian issues not valid | The Jerusalem PostJerusalem Post/Middle EastGargash said that any annexation in the Palestinian territories would be considered a “red line,” adding that discussions are ongoing…
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Hamas meets with Turkish officials in Qatar
Hamas meets with Turkish officials in Qatar | The Jerusalem PostJerusalem Post/Middle EastReaffirming Hamas’s commitment to the ceasefire, Darwish emphasized the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination and “an independent state with…
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Gaza health crisis will last for ‘generations’, WHO chief warns
Sean Seddon,
Wahiba Ahmed and
Anna Foster
Gaza health crisis will last ‘for generations’, says WHO chief Gaza is experiencing a health “catastrophe” that will last for “generations to come”, the director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO)…
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Top UN court to rule on Israel’s Gaza aid obligations
TYRE: Nearly a year after a truce was meant to bring calm to Lebanon’s border with Israel, tens of thousands of people have not yet returned to ruined towns in the south, kept away by deadly Israeli strikes and slim…Continue Reading
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Facing threats from Trump and Vance, Hamas says it’s committed to Gaza ceasefire
Nearly all US Senate Democrats urge Trump to ‘reinforce’ his stance against West Bank annexation
Almost the entire Democratic Senate caucus has signed a letter to US President Donald Trump hailing his pledge to prevent Israel…
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Nearly a year after truce, women in south Lebanon say war never ended
JERUSALEM: US Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday cautioned there were challenges ahead both in terms of disarming Hamas and rebuilding Gaza as part of a US-brokered ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian militant…Continue Reading
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Emaar founder Alabbar not inclined to take on Gaza rebuild work
TYRE: Nearly a year after a truce was meant to bring calm to Lebanon’s border with Israel, tens of thousands of people have not yet returned to ruined towns in the south, kept away by deadly Israeli strikes and slim…Continue Reading
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British officers sent to Israel to help monitor Gaza ceasefire
A small number of British planning officers has been sent to Israel to join a US-led multinational taskforce to help monitor the ceasefire in Gaza, the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has said.
The taskforce, called the civil military coordination…
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Israel receives two bodies Hamas says are dead hostages
Israel has received two bodies that Hamas says are two more deceased hostages who had been held in Gaza.
The Israeli military said two coffins were handed over to troops in the Palestinian territory by the Red Cross, which had earlier received…
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